5 BSOD in 4 weeks on new build

[dballs]

I have just built a new computer. And have gotten 5 BSOD (Stop errors) already. 4 In the first 2 weeks. 1 two weeks later.

Errors Codes are as follows:

I didnt write the codes down the first 2 times.

3rd time getting BSOD:
*** STOP: 0x0000007F (0x0000000000000008, 0x0000000080050031, 0x00000000000006F8, 0xFFFFF80003888F72) 
 
4th time getting BSOD:
*** STOP: 0x0000007F (0x0000000000000008, 0x0000000080050031, 0x00000000000006F8, 0xFFFFF80003888F72) 
*** dxgmms1.sys - address FFFFF880061B2360 base at FFFFF880061A2000, DateStamp 4ce799c1 
 
5th time getting BSOD:
*** STOP: 0x0000003B (0X00000000C0000005, 0xFFFFF96000093BFA, 0xFFFFF88008B0C210, 0x0000000000000000)
*** win32k.sys - Address FFFFF96000093BFA base at FFFFF96000010000, DateStamp 4d2415ea

6th time:
***STOP: 0x000000BE (0xFFFFF960002E22D8, 0x80900003ED6AC021, 0xFFFFF88002A64960, 0x000000000000000B)
 
 
***     win32k.sys - Address FFFFF96000103977 base at FFFFF96000040000, DateStamp 4d2415ea

My system is as follows:

-AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 w/ ZALMAN 9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
-2X G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL (16GB total)
-Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (mainly have OS on here, and heavy programs like my DAW's)
-2 Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives (4gb total. In RAID 1 Mirror, 2 partitions: P: 195gb for programs and the rest S: 1.62gb for stoarage)
-ASUS EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5 Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
-GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
-CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
-Philips Internal Drive SPD2415BD DVD 20x ReWriter SPD2415BD/17 IDE
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit (MSDN version)
-Presonas Firestudio Project Firewire recording interface
-2 monitors set up as follows: Samsung 226bw (s version) via DVI cable plugged into top DVI port of my video card. And a Gateway 700G 17 inch monitor Via DVI/HDMI adapter on bottom port of my video card via HDMI to DVI cable (i didnt have another DVI cable lying around).
-I use the onboard optical out to optical in on a nice Denon DTS precision audio recivier (with 5.1 speaker setup)
-Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

What I can say what i was doing when i got the blue screens:

-first two times all i know is i was in ventrilo (voice comunication program) using a usb mic and one of those times i was playing Team Fortress 2
-thrid and forth times i was recording with my Presonas Firestudio Project interface.
-5th crash i was away. i dont think i had anything major running and the screens were off and i was out of the room.

So far i have done the following to try to fix this error:
Ran:
-Disk Defrag on all drives
-Maleware (0 threats)
-IoBit secutry 360 (0 threats)
-AVG free (1 threat removed)
-CCleaner (both registry and disk clean)
-Driver Max and updated every Driver
-Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool with 0 problems.
-Prime95 (359 Torture Tests in 8 hours, 14 minutes with 0 errors and 0 warnings)
-AS SSD to see my drivers. got this:

C:
AS SSD Benchmark 1.6.4067.34354
------------------------------
Name: C300-CTFDDAC064M SCSI Disk Device
Firmware: 0006 
Controller: ahcix64s
Offset: 103424 K - OK
Size: 59.62 GB
Date: 3/26/2011 11:56:01 AM
------------------------------
P:
AS SSD Benchmark 1.6.4067.34354
------------------------------
Name: AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 SCSI Disk Device
Firmware: 1.10
Controller: ahcix64s
Offset: 132096 K - OK
Size: 1862.64 GB
Date: 3/26/2011 11:55:34 AM
------------------------------
S:
AS SSD Benchmark 1.6.4067.34354
------------------------------
Name: AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 SCSI Disk Device
Firmware: 1.10
Controller: ahcix64s
Offset: 204932096 K - OK
Size: 1862.64 GB
Date: 3/26/2011 11:55:03 AM
------------------------------

(C is my SSD with windows 7 on it and P and S are 2 partitions i set up on my RAID 1 Sata drives for Programs and Storage)

-Ran Windows Action Center and got this:
Driver software installation
Problem: Could not install driver software
Files that help describe the problem:
DMI3140.tmp.log.xml
oem36.inf
setupapi.app.log
setupapi.dev.log
View a temporary copy of these files
Warning: If a virus or other security threat caused the problem, opening a copy of the files could harm your computer.

-I have ran a check Disk on all 3 partitions just after crash 4

C: (my SSD) 0 problems, 0 bad sectors.
S: (1.62TB Partition on my RAID 1 drives for storage) 0 problems, 0 bad sectors
P: (200gb partition on my RAID 1 drives for programs)
CHKDSK P:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Programs.
 
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
 
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
7680 file records processed.
File verification completed.
0 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
0 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
9000 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
7680 file SDs/SIDs processed.
Security descriptor verification completed.
661 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
9177824 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
The master file table's (MFT) BITMAP attribute is incorrect.
The Volume Bitmap is incorrect.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.
 
204799999 KB total disk space.
26162916 KB in 6907 files.
3300 KB in 662 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
89295 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
178544488 KB available on disk.
 
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
51199999 total allocation units on disk.
44636122 allocation units available on disk.

I ran it with /F and it fixed the problem.but still got BSOD after this (5th crash)

Thoughts of possible suspects:
-sound card driver issues
-when i first installed windows Pagefile.sys and hibernate.sys were huge so i disabled hibernate and somehow disabled Pagefile.sys but I forget how.
these files were like 13gb large! i had to do something about it on my 64gb ssd that is already only 59gb. and with 16gb of ram i didnt think it would ever be a problem.
-I didnt manually format P and S partitions when i first installed. they were brand new drives. i had to set them up in Disk Manager by right clicking in it and choosing "New Simple Volume..."
-monitor issues? maybe the cableing on the second monitor is messing with something (DVI to HDMI converter on vid card with a HDMI to DVI cable to monitor). i just didnt have another DVI lying around). 2 different resolutions, sizes and aspect ratios?

 

[SmurofNeves]

Just remember when running Ccleaner to deselect the Index.dat and history if working coporate.. You might need those in the future.

 

[dballs]

I didnt run cCleaner after the last crash. i might have ran iobits that found 2 infections. how else can i insure that im getting proper dumps. could i have disabled that option somewhere when disabling my PageFile.sys?

 

[dballs]

ok crashed again today while playing DOD:S

BSOD code:

***STOP: 0x000000BE (0xFFFFF960002E22D8, 0x80900003ED6AC021, 0xFFFFF88002A64960, 0x000000000000000B)


*** win32k.sys - Address FFFFF96000103977 base at FFFFF96000040000, DateStamp 4d2415ea

i restarted and ran the test immediately.

 

[SmurofNeves]

Have you ran a CHKDSK using /R?

 

[dballs]

I have run it with /R but i did again just in case and found no errors no bad sectors.

I enabled my PageFile.sys again to see if that helps. its huge though at over 13gb now. sigh. takes up a lot of my small SSD.

 

[SmurofNeves]

Have you tried cleaning your gold edges of the RAM with a rubber? It always helps defying the problem at hand. Just remember to touch some metal parts of your caseing before touching the RAM(To avoid static).. After a good clean give it a try..

 

[dballs]

they are brand new. clean out of the box. also it gives no errors when i ran a 8 hour stress test. you really think this could be the problem?

I also want to add that my system hickups a bit currently. as in when i type something into say a web browser it some times takes a sec to appear. like i type something, the cursor pauses, i see nothing of what i just typed then it quickly jumps and all that i typed shows up. you know what i mean? this shouldnt happen with my set up. at all. its doing something behind the scenes.

I might just try a reformat. I've ran tests on my ram, cpu, hdd's with no errors. could be a video card or audio card problem though. could be anything. dam bluescreens being so mysterious.

did that last test dump right? I'm not sure what to look for. but i like to learn

 

[SmurofNeves]

Download & run FURMARK and let it run for a while(To stress test your GPU)... Keep a close look at the TEMP of your GPU..Also download the latest ATI drivers but before install,uninstall the old drivers & restart... There is a good tool to use with your display its called ATIExperttool..You can set a couple of settings by using this like fan speed ect.

FurMark: VGA Stress Test, Graphics Card and GPU Stability Test, Burn-in Test, OpenGL Benchmark and GPU Temperature | oZone3D.Net
ATI Tray Tools specs and Tweaks Software specifications - CNET Downloads

 

[dballs]

ok i did some stress tests:

First i did a Burn-In test for 30 minutes @ full screen Resolution: 1680x1050 (FS) - AA:2 samples:
max temp 81, avg fps 25, max fan speed 47%

then some menchmarks at 1 min each one right after the other with little time in between to cool off:

-BM 1 SCORE:1488 points (24 FPS, 60000 ms) FPS: min:22, max:31, avg:24 - OPTIONS: DynBkg
-BM 2 SCORE:943 points (15 FPS, 60000 ms) FPS: min:13, max:19, avg:15 - OPTIONS: DynCam
-BM 3 SCORE:1318 points (21 FPS, 60000 ms) FPS: min:22, max:23, avg:21 - OPTIONS: none (burn in)
-BM 4 SCORE:646 points (10 FPS, 60000 ms) FPS: min:11, max:12, avg:10 - OPTIONS: XB
-BM 5 SCORE:2179 points (36 FPS, 60000 ms) FPS: min:34, max:40, avg:36 - OPTIONS: FX

no crashes. temps look good.



*also worth reiterating i am running 2 screens. one 16:10 @ 1680X1050 via DVI and one 4:3 @ 1280X1024 via DVI/HDMI converter to HDMI/DVI cable. stress tests on my 16:10 widescreen samsung.

 

[dballs]

got another BSOD today after i re-enabled pagefile.sys. it said it collected a crash dump this time. never did that before.

It happened while i just started to play team fortress 2 for about 3-5 minutes. here's the code:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

***STOP: 0x0000000A (0xFFFFF6F44001A710, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000001, 0xFFFFF800038D58E9)

 

[SmurofNeves]

Uninstall any anti-virus your running using
- Guru3D - Driver Sweeper
Then download
- Microsoft Security Essentials - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
After a solid update boot up in safe mode and do a full system scan..
Let me know about any infection..
Also upload the BSOD after this if there is one again.
-
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[dballs]

I ran Guru3D - Driver Sweeper and my system is completely !@*#(&! the ssd with windows on it is fine but my disks on my RAID are so corrupt i cant repair them with CHKDSK. it gets unexpected errors. many files are gone including all my music recordings. i backed it up last week but still now i gotta explain to my band mates that a hole week (many hours) worth of work are gone... not to mention many files i didnt have backed up (not vcrazy important stuff i can think of but still a pain). any suggestions? help!

its my fault. i didnt read your post right. i just selected all that Guru3D - Driver Sweeper found then analysed it and cleaned it. i thought you were just saying to run it. so i did.... grrrr not just for the anti virus

 

[Dave76]

Download and install all new drivers from the Gigabyte web site and then any others you think you will need.

You might try to put one of your HDDs in another computer to see if you can read from it, or an external enclosure.

Your Page file should be able to be turned off with that much RAM, it is usually recommended to leave it on even with a SSD. Just make it smaller, Initial size 500 to 1000MB and Maximum size 1000 to 2000MB. I set mine at Initial 1000MB/Max 2000MB.


General causes of "STOP 0x0000007F" errors are usually hardware caused, including RAM.



You have a lot of RAM installed.
Anything over 4GB will usually require a memory controller voltage bump, as will RAM cards 2GB or larger, and when four RAM cards are installed.
You have all three, first can you D/L CPUZ and post a snip of the CPU, Mainboard, Memory, and SPD tabs.

For posting the information , enter 'Snipping tool' in the Start button > Search box, hit enter. Select the area you want to post and save to a convenient place.
How to Post a Screenshot in Seven Forums


Have you been checking your temperatures?

Use Core Temp , to check the CPU temps when at idle, under load and/or testing.
Let us know the minimum and maximum temps you get.

Go to your BIOS and tell us what the CPU, RAM and CPU integrated memory controller voltages are.
Your CPU memory controller voltage is called 'CPU NB VID Control' in the 'System Voltage Control' section of the BIOS.

You have mentioned that you ran Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool, it not a good memory testing app.

Download and run Memtest86+, this is a very good memory tester.
First, run it with all your RAM installed, for at least 7 passes or overnight, if you get any errors you can stop the test.
Let us know the results, you will probably need a memory controller voltage bump, I would do this before running a more thorough memtest86+ test.

This tutorial explains how to run the test when looking for bad RAM cards or bad motherboard slots.
RAM - Test with Memtest86+

 

[dballs]

Here are the CPU-Z pics. temps are great:
-Monitored all temps via CPUID's HW monitor. all temps look really nice and low even during stress tests.
MAXIMIM TEMPS:
CPU: 52 C (all cores during prime95 | ~40 C max during games and other normal high usage)
GPU: 81 C (during furmark, no more than 57 C during games)
HDDs: 25-26 C always
TMPIN0 34 C (after prime95 stress test)
TMPIN1 56 C (after prime95 stress test)
TMPIN2 57 C (after prime95 stress test)
-Voltages:
Voltage 0 1.22 Volts [0x4C] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 1.47 Volts [0x5C] (VIN1)
Voltage 2 3.36 Volts [0xD2] (+3.3V)
Voltage 3 5.03 Volts [0xBB] (+5V)
Voltage 4 12.42 Volts [0xC2] (+12V)
Voltage 5 -8.96 Volts [0x8C] (-12V)
Voltage 7 3.60 Volts [0x86] (+5V VCCH)
Voltage 8 3.25 Volts [0xCB] (VBAT)
Processor Watts: 62.40 W - 141.6 W
Vid Card Votls: VINO 1.2V

Ill run memory tests later. right now im really concerned with my corrupted data. trying to recover it. i know its another problem for another tread but here is what i have done:



Some of the codes i got:

Inserting an index entry into index $0 of file 25 (crazy amounts of these espcially on S
deleting index entry ______________ (many differnt things written after that. way too many to write)

in stage 2 0f 3 on P partition: an unexpected error occurred (696e647863686b2e 12d8) or (696e647863686be e0b) and a few others. if need be i can type some more after i run more failed CHKDSK's.

deleting corupt attribute record (128, "") or (160, $I30) etc...

correcting error in index $0 for file 25

I mean it did alot of things i wasnt sure what it was doing.

I have ran some free recovery programs such as "pandora recovery" and "recover files" from cnet, to try to recover deleted files but it either wasn't there in those programs or the ones that were said they had been overwritten and would be corrupt anyways. i tryed to get a few wav files back from my recordings but they didnt play in winamp

i tried reinstalling some drivers. that didnt do anythng.

I tryied taking out one of the HDD's and putting it in my other computer running XP. when i used it with just SATA cables it didnt work at all. said it "failed to initialize the disk. press (g) to continue" or something of that nature. and windows didnt see it at all. but if i used an IDE to SATA adapter it would reconize it, said it was running properly, when viewing it in disk manager it said it was Healthy and all one large partition (even though there is 2 partitions on it) as DISK 0 Basic online (GPT protective Partition) but had no drive letter nore anything under file system. its color was blue (primary partition). right clicking only allowed "properties".

windows runs great but my RAID is messed up any chance of recovery? or should i just reformat the RAID drives and lose what i had? all i want is my recordings back.

 

[Dave76]

Looks like you have tried the right things to recover your data.
Post a thread in the Hardware & Devices forum, tell them what happened, what you have done to recover and what files you want to recover.
Try this before reformatting the RAID 1 setup.
Hopefully you can get some help.


The temps are good.

You will need to go to your BIOS for the RAM and CPU integrated memory controller voltages.

Go to BIOS > 'MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)' > 'System Voltage Control' set this to Manual > DRAM Voltage control,
If all you can see is 'AUTO' then select it and you should see a list of the options, one of them should be selected.

Your CPU memory controller voltage is called 'CPU NB VID Control' in the 'System Voltage Control' section of the BIOS.
If you have done the above settings ('System Voltage Control' set this to Manual) then select 'CPU NB VID Control'.
If all you can see is 'AUTO' then select it and you should see a list of the options, one of them should be selected.
If you can't see any selected then select 1.200v.
'Save and Exit' before leaving the BIOS.

The 'CPU NB VID Control' will likely need to be bumped to a higher voltage than 1.200v, but it is best to raise this slowly in order to get the lowest voltage setting that runs stable.

Let us know the memtest86+ results.

 

[dballs]

WOOT! got my files back. I had to unplug one of the hard drives in the RAID and CHKDSK recovered all my files! o man time to celebrate. then back to the BSOD.

btw i tried disabling RAID in bios and that didnt work. i had to physically disconnect one of the hard drives.

 

[Dave76]

That is great news, glad you recovered your files.

 

[dballs]

Well after i lost nearly all my storage from my RAID falling apart, I recovered my data and decided to reformat and create a RAID 0 this time with my two 2tb hard drives. the system is running A LOT better. no hickups like before and no crashes for a month... until today.

after i installed sony vegas 10.0 X64 today, i was making a video and selected "selectivly prerender video" which i believe loads and renders the project into RAM and got a BSOD mid way through the rendering.

the BSOD created a dump and then rebooted the computer before i could write down the code or take a picture of it. anyways here's the dump info attached:

 

[dballs]

after i reformatted i didn't get a BSOD but one when i was rendering to memory in video editing. so i ran memtest86+ and got errors at %33-%37.

I tested each stick in slot one and got errors with all of my ram sticks in slot one at around %34

I tested a stick in slot one and slot 3 and got errors just the same in both

I brought my ram to my friends house and got 0 errors. ram sticks seem to be fine.

could i really have 2 bad slots on my motherboard? could this just be a settings issue (timing/voltage?). should i warranty my motherboard or buy a different one?

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-MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]AMD [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Motherboard[/FONT][/FONT]