BSOD playing Skyrim, error 0x0000007f

[kmeck22]

Hello,
I have been BSOD free since March 2014. Now while I was in the skills menu of Skyrim and playing music on Zune's software, my computer crashed for no reason. I have replaced the motherboard on this system from the last diagnoses from this site. I am now at a loss of ideas what this could be since I have tested all other components to this system already and all of them passed their tests. Attached is the SF Diagnostic tool results.

 

[HarriePateman]

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[COLOR="Red"]UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP (7f)[/COLOR]
This means a trap occurred in kernel mode, and it's a trap of a kind
that the kernel isn't allowed to have/catch (bound trap) or that
is always instant death (double fault).  The first number in the
bugcheck params is the number of the trap (8 = double fault, etc)
Consult an Intel x86 family manual to learn more about what these
traps are. Here is a *portion* of those codes:
If kv shows a taskGate
        use .tss on the part before the colon, then kv.
Else if kv shows a trapframe
        use .trap on that value
Else
        .trap on the appropriate frame will show where the trap was taken
        (on x86, this will be the ebp that goes with the procedure KiTrap)

Okay so thats complicated let me break it down.

This error message can occur if either of the following conditions exists:
Your computer has hardware or software problems (hardware failure is the most common cause).
You try to over clock the speed of your computer's processor (for example, you set a 150 MhZ processor to run at 187 MhZ).
The above STOP error means a trap occurred in kernel mode and the trap is either one the kernel is not allowed to have or is always fatal.

The most common causes of a STOP 0x7F are:
Low-level hardware corruption, such as corrupt memory (RAM)
Mismatched memory modules
A malfunctioning motherboard

If you are overclocking please return the values back to stock speeds.

Also i would like you to run MEMTEST86+

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

 

[kmeck22]

Thanks for the quick reply!!!

My computer is not overclocked in anyway. The only thing I have running is MSI Afterburner, which is only controlling my fan speed at this moment. I have user defined controls set for the CPU fan. Could this be the cause??

Also, I have already ran a Memtest back when I was having issues with my motherboard in March. I ran through 9 passes without one error or hiccup. Do you still think I should do this again??

 

[HarriePateman]

Yes please run The Memtest again.

Also MSI Afterburner is notorious for causing BSOD's.

 

[kmeck22]

Again, thank you for helping me with this issue! I will stop using MSI afterburner and I will run the Memtest as you recommended. I will post the results as soon as I can.



Thanks,
Kurt

 

[HarriePateman]

fffff880`09f31000 fffff880`09f38000   [COLOR="blue"]NTIOLib_X64 NTIOLib_X64.sys[/COLOR] Mon Nov 19 04:32:58 [COLOR="Red"]2012[/COLOR] (50A9B67A)
fffff880`09f38000 fffff880`09f3f000   [COLOR="Blue"]NTIOLib_X64_fffff88009f38000 NTIOLib_X64.sys[/COLOR] Tue Nov 20 08:14:23 [COLOR="red"]2012 [/COLOR](50AB3BDF)

I also found these are relating to MSI Afterburner.

 

[kmeck22]

Those are dated back in 2012 though. Were they in the 7-15-2014 BSOD results??

 

[HarriePateman]

The "2012" is the driver version.

 

[kmeck22]

I see. That could be the sole cause of this issue all together. Thing is, I just downloaded Afterburner in 2014 from MSI's site. It said there was an update, so I will update it. After updating, do you recommend using it? Or stay away for testing purposes?

I am back to running Skyrim without it. So far so good. Then again, BSODs can come back weeks later after extensive successful testing. I will run the Memtest tonight when I don't need my computer up for file sharing today.

 

[HarriePateman]

Stay away from it, Play skyrim for a few hours/days.

If the BSOD is still persistent then we know there is another issue.

 

[kmeck22]

Will do! Thanks again!!

 

[HarriePateman]

No worries, stay active

 

[kmeck22]

Hey, so I haven't received another BSOD since I stopped using Afterburner. I did, however, update it. I am still not using it though because I seriously think I don't need it when I am already running temps averaging around 28C. I will mark this as solved for now. Thank you so much for your assistance. You rock!

 

[HarriePateman]

No worries glad i could help!

 

[kmeck22]

So I got another BSOD while playing Skyrim again... Attached is the SF diagnostic tool results. Let me know if you need anything else!

 

[kmeck22]

I got another one just several minutes ago while playing Skyrim again. I don't know why all of a sudden that I am getting these... Attached is the new BSOD.

 

[HarriePateman]

[COLOR="Red"]DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)[/COLOR]
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high.  This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If kernel debugger is available get stack backtrace.

   Information

Driver Verifier runs in the background, "testing" drivers for bugs. If it finds one, a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will result; the corresponding dump file will hopefully show the faulty driver.

:ar:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/101379-driver-verifier-enable-disable.html

 

[kmeck22]

How many .dmp files do you need from the verifier dumps? Lol because I already have 3 for ya!

 

[HarriePateman]

Just the latest ones

one will be enough!

 

[kmeck22]

Attached are the 3 .dmp files you requested. I am going to turn off verifier now, unless otherwise specified. And thanks for the help! You have been awesome so far!!