Blue Screens and Random Reboots

[CarlTR6]

Yes, there are third party apps that will do this. I don't have any experience with them; my mobo is so old that it does not support those apps. There are a number of folks here who use third party apps.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Yes, use Speedfan.

SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

 

[jason786]

I opened Speedfan and got a blue screen

Speedfan shows my computer temp at 44 in the task bar, is that normal? I'm sure Asus showed it at around 34

 

[Jonathan_King]

Time for a CPU test.

Try this free stress test: Free Software - GIMPS

Prime95 Setup:
- extract the contents of the zip file to a location of your choice
- double click on the executable file
- select "Just stress testing"
- select the "Blend" test. If you've already run MemTest overnight you may want to run the "Small FFTs" test instead.
- "Number of torture test threads to run" should equal the number of CPU's times 2 (if you're using hyperthreading).
The easiest way to figure this out is to go to Task Manager...Performance tab - and see the number of boxes under CPU Usage History
Then run the test for 6 to 24 hours - or until you get errors (whichever comes first).
The Test selection box and the stress.txt file describes what components that the program stresses.

Here are your third- party drivers:

[font=lucida console]
fffff880`00c54000 fffff880`00c5f000   amdxata  amdxata.sys  Tue May 19 13:56:59 2009 (4A12F2EB)
fffff880`04875000 fffff880`04e8c000   atikmdag atikmdag.sys Mon Aug 17 23:05:47 2009 (4A8A1A8B)
fffff880`05c3b000 fffff880`05d35000   Dnetr28ux Dnetr28ux.sys Wed Aug 05 09:59:46 2009 (4A799052)
fffff880`0104c000 fffff880`0105e000   L1E62x64 L1E62x64.sys Thu Jun 11 02:45:22 2009 (4A30A802)
fffff880`01995000 fffff880`019c2000   MpFilter MpFilter.sys Fri Nov 20 21:56:47 2009 (4B0756EF)
fffff880`05f73000 fffff880`05f83000   MpNWMon  MpNWMon.sys  Fri Nov 20 21:56:38 2009 (4B0756E6)
fffff880`015ce000 fffff880`015d5000   speedfan speedfan.sys Sun Sep 24 09:26:48 2006 (45168798)
[/font]

After Prime95 is done running, enable driver verifier: http://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lo...-driver-verifier-identify-issues-drivers.html

 

[jason786]

Cheers, got it running, do I just use my PC as normal while it runs in the background?
I selected the Small FFTs test

 

[Jonathan_King]

No, disable Verifier until you are done running the stress test.

When you do enable Verifier again, use your computer normally, like you always do.

 

[jason786]

No, disable Verifier until you are done running the stress test.

When you do enable Verifier again, use your computer normally, like you always do.

Sorry, I meant I have Prime95 running at the moment, verifier is off

Can I use the computer while Prime95 runs is what I was asking

 

[Jonathan_King]

If you want, go ahead. Nothing bad will happen as a result.

You might not want to, as it will be crazy slow, but if not, go for it.

 

[jason786]

If you want, go ahead. Nothing bad will happen as a result.

You might not want to, as it will be crazy slow, but if not, go for it.

Thats what I thought too, though it seems fine even after Task Manager shows CPU Usage at 100%

There's no delay at all :S

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Hello !!

We might wanna find if there is any Drivers that is not verified. If it's something software this should help us finding it

Download this http://live.sysinternals.com/sigcheck.exe save it your C Drive.

Start | CMD | Right Click and Run as administrator

Then type in cd\ then Hit enter

sigcheck -u -e c:\windows\system32 > C:\Sicheck.txt

Hit Enter

It might take a while then it will create a file under C Drive Upload that file it will give us a lit of Drivers that is not verified.

Good Luck,
Captain

 

[jason786]

Ok, I ran Prime95 for a while, and it stopped after 11 minutes and there were no errors detected on any of the cores

I then tried the signature checker, and while running it I got a blue screen, I'll try running it again

 

[CarlTR6]

Jason, this was another error code A. The dmp did not tell us much.

 

[jason786]

Jason, this was another error code A. The dmp did not tell us much.

Dang, any suggestions on what I should do next?

The hardware seems to be OK, I haven't manually installed any drivers yet after the clean install (except the outdated motherboard driver)

edit: the other thing I've noticed, is that sometimes my PC acts really strange

It's hard to explain it, but for example when I open the start menu and click all programs, if I scroll down and click a folder, windows automatically scrolls back up to the top, sometimes if I reboot, this goes away, other times it just remains..

Also, while the pc is in this mode, any drop down menus disappear instantly, and also I remember when I tried to enable driver verifier, when I got to the point where I was seleting drivers, the windows always scrolled up like it was stuck on the up key, so I could never scroll down as it just went back up again

Also, when you click the middle mouse in on a webpage, the scroll arrow comes up where you can freely move the page up or down, when in this mode, the scroll arrow disappears as soon as you move the mouse

I'm not sure if this means anything, but my PC is doing that at the moment

 

[CarlTR6]

Jonathan suggested that you run Driver Verifier again. Go ahead and do that.

I have to admit, this one has got me stumped. You have done everything that I can think of including a clean install. But I'm ready to give up!

 

[jason786]

I got another blue screen just before I ran driver verifier

Also, Carl could you refresh and read my last post? I updated it a bit with some strange information

 

[CarlTR6]

I do see that ASACPI.sys May 13 2009 is back. I would suggest renaming it while we are testing. It was NOT mentioned in your latest dmp however; but it is a pre Win7 driver.

You also have another pre Win7 driver, amdxata.sys May 19 2009. Can you update this one? I would like to at least eliminate the old driver possibilities.

I read it and I don't have an answer as to why. Obviously something is conflicting. I will take a look at the latest dmp.

 

[jason786]

I do see that ASACPI.sys May 13 2009 is back. I would suggest renaming it while we are testing. It was NOT mentioned in your latest dmp however; but it is a pre Win7 driver.

You also have another pre Win7 driver, amdxata.sys May 19 2009. Can you update this one? I would like to at least eliminate the old driver possibilities.

I read it and I don't have an answer as to why. Obviously something is conflicting. I will take a look at the latest dmp.

Renamed the first

amdxata.sys, update or rename that too?

I couldn't really for it, and I couldn't see it in device manager to check windows update

 

[CarlTR6]

The last dmp was another bugcheck A and again, it blamed a Windows system core file.

Let me research the amdxata.sys Tue May 19 13:56:59 2009 driver. I will reply in this same post.

Amdxata.sys with description Storage Filter Driver is a driver file from company Advanced Micro Devices belonging to product Storage Filter Driver.
In total there are 1 launchpoints for this file .
There are 13 different variations of the file in our database and the file is digitally signed from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer - G2

This is an AMD driver. I only see one AMD device on your computer and that is your graphics card. I suggest you first look on the ATI site for an updated version and then on the AMD site. As a rule, I do not recommend using Windows Update for drivers nor updating them through Device Manager. I recommend going to the manufacturers' sites.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Jason,

I'm starting to think it might even be a bad disk for Windows 7 because even a Vanilla install is causing BSOD. And you have ran all the Hardware test that came out clean. Regarding the Drivers each time pointing to different Drivers. You also wanna disable Automatic Driver Installation because often the drivers that comes with Windows Update might cause problems. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82137-drivers-turn-off-automatic-driver-installation.html . Did you Manage to get the list of unverified Drivers list ?? Also run this Tool and Update the results http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/92394-sf-diagnostic-tool-using-troubleshooting.html make sure you right click and run as administrator.

Hope this helps,
Captain

 

[CarlTR6]

Captain Jack, I was thinking the same thing. I wanted him to get that driver updated and see what happens. If he gets another BSOD, I was going to suggest that he borrow another Windows CD and do another clean install from it.