BSOD on Startup ntoskrnl.exe or rthdmivs.sys Realtek HD Drivers issues

[Rgeno79]

Hello and thanks for this forum. I have learned a lot from browsing this site.

I bought my computer early October just for gaming. A week in I got my first BSOD, was disappointed but thought components just breaking in. Then found it happening every time I logged on when I went to click onto my user icon to get into windows computer just would power down and couldn't get it to start. Put the Windows 7 disk in tried the repair stuff, but didn't seem to work so did a fresh format and reinstall.

Did this like 4 times in 2-3 days because it kept happening. Tried Memory test and everything was fine. I got a program to review the dumps and it indicated it was caused at ntoskrnl.exe and that it is probably a 3rd party driver rthdmivx.sys. Looked that up and it was a driver from Realtek HD Audio, so I saw that it was old, so I updated it to the latest one and still BSOD. It only happens when I am logging on, once I am able to log in to windows then it doesn't occur during playing games or on the internet, only at startup.

Hoping someone can help. Thanks

 

[koolkat77]

Welcome to the forum.

Please update the firmware of your SSD to its latest.

Follow these-

Get rid of intel rapid storage.

1. Right click on "my computer" icon and click "manage" on the context menu.
2. It will open the "computer management" window.
3. Select "Device Manager" in the left pane, It will list all the existing devices up.
4. Expand "Disc Drives" by clicking on the triangle in front of it.
5. Select one item under it, right click, uninstall.
6. Continue the process for all items under "Disc Drives"
7. Now restart the computer. At restart, windows will auto configure the appropriate system driver, msahci.sys.

If you have an SSD, make sure the following are up to date:

• SSD firmware
• BIOS Version
• Chipset Drivers
• Hard disk controller drivers/SATA drivers
• If you have a Marvell IDE ATA/ATAPI device, make sure the drivers are up to date from the Intel site or Marvell site and not from your motherboard/vendor support site.

• System File Checker
  • The SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker scans the integrity of all protected Windows 7 system files and replaces incorrect corrupted, changed/modified, or damaged versions with the correct versions if possible. If you have modified your system files as in theming explorer/system files, running sfc /scannow will revert the system files to it's default state.
    • Link to full tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html
• Run Disk Check in Windows 7
  • Run this on your Hard Drive(s). This will show you how to run Check Disk or chkdsk in Windows 7 to check a selected hard disk for file system errors and bad sectors on it. With both boxes checked for all HDDs and with Automatically fix file system errors. Post back your logs for the checks after finding them using http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/96938-check-disk-chkdsk-read-event-viewer-log.html
    • Link to full tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

• Virus Check:
  • Make scans with these tools below:
    • TDSSKiller Rootkit Removal Utility Free Download | Kaspersky Lab US
    • Online Virus Scanner Eset
• Application conflict:
  • Reduce the start-up items. This will help avoid software conflicts:
    • Remove Startup Programs in Windows 7
    • Clean Startup in Windows 7

• McAfee is a frequent cause of BSOD's. Please uninstall it. Use Microsoft Security Essentials & the Free version of Malwarebytes, update and make full scans separately:
  • Uninstallers (removal tools) for common antivirus software - ESET Knowledgebase
  • Help protect your PC with Microsoft Security Essentials
  • Malwarebytes Free

   Note

:info: Do not start the trial version of MalwareBytes

• Also take a look at: Good & Free System Security Combination

• Use Crystal Disk Info to upload a screenshot of your Hard Drives (s).
  • Then test your Hard Drives (s) running a Hard Drive Diag.

• Test and Diagnose RAM issues with MEMTEST86+
  • Pay close attention to Part 3 of the tutorial "If you have errors". Take the test for at least 7-10 passes. It may take up to 22 passes to find problems.
    • Make sure to run it once after the system has been on for a few hours and is warm, and then also run it again when the system has been off for a few hours and is cold. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

• Check for heating issues using Speccy or HWmonitor
  • HWMonitor CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting
  • Speccy - System Information - Free Download
    • Please upload a summary tab using Speccy. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html