BSOD on launch, BCCode: 116

[slayerized]

BSOD on launch for 2 days now, pc only starts in safe mode or with graphics card disabled (NVidia GeForce GTX 460). Tried reinstalling drivers, cleaned all the dust from inside case, run antivirus, uninstalled pretty much all non-core programs, nothing helps so far.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 116
BCP1: FFFFFA800AB46010
BCP2: FFFFF8800F27B0C0
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000002
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\051016-25381-01.dmp
C:\Users\Fierce\AppData\Local\temp\WER-26114-0.sysdata.xml

 

[axe0]

Hi slayerized,

Welcome to the 7forums

Please update the BIOS to version F3.
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1366 - GA-X58-USB3 (rev. 1.0)

Given the amount of crashes and the crashes occurs within 20 seconds after booting I think below are the possibilities of causes

• The GPU is faulty
• The GPU needs to be reseated
• The slot the GPU is seated into is faulty

However it seems that the GPU drivers are looking pretty outdated, this could be a potential cause possibility too.

6: kd> lmvm nvlddmkm
Browse full module list
start             end                 module name
fffff880`056f7000 fffff880`0619e000   nvlddmkm T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
    Image name: nvlddmkm.sys
    Browse all global symbols  functions  data
    Timestamp:        [COLOR="Red"]Fri Jan 18 14:22:15 2013[/COLOR] (50F94C87)
    CheckSum:         00A92B69
    ImageSize:        00AA7000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

My suggestion: reseat the GPU, does reseating help? No? -> reseat the GPU into a different slot, does it help? No? Possibility that the GPU is faulty is almost 100% when reseating the GPU in a different slot doesn't help, a next step could be to try the GPU in another system to verify that the GPU is faulty or not.

We cannot forget to attempt to update the drivers, I'm not 100% sure if you can install updated drivers without any problems but lets try it
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/327414-nvidia-drivers-avoid-problems.html
Drivers | GeForce