BSOD unexpectedly with different types errors each time

[lem0nwings]

I've been experiencing BSODs for the past months or two with different types of errors, though most commonly 0x7a.

I hope some of you can give me some insight into this matter, thanks.

 

[Arc]

The uploaded zip does not contain all the necessary info.

Try an alternative. Use SF Diag Tool and let us see the resulting zip.
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BugCheck F4, {3, 87a363c0, 87a3652c, 836713b0}

----- ETW minidump data unavailable-----
Probably caused by : csrss.exe

Followup: MachineOwner
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[lem0nwings]

Okay here's the one from SF Tools.

 

[Arc]

It appears to be a storage related issue.

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc000000e - A device which does not exist was specified.

DISK_HARDWARE_ERROR: There was error with disk hardware

3863 errors : !Ntfs (8bd33000-8bd33fff)

Test your HDD using Seatools. Take both the short test and the long test.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/313457-seatools-dos-windows-how-use.html
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Let us know the results.

Another thing, it is not healthy to run so many programs with startup. Specially for a laptop. Free up the startup. Windows does not need any other program to auto start with it, but the auto start programs often conflicts and causes various problems including BSODs.

1. Click on the Start button
2. Type “msconfig (without quotes), click the resulting link. It will open the System Configuration window.
3. Select the “Startup” tab.
4. Deselect all items other than the antivirus.
5. Apply > OK
6. Accept then restart.

 

[lem0nwings]

Hey Arc, thanks for helping out.
I ran SeaTools for Windows with the Short Drive Self Test, Short Generic, and Long Generic tests with Pass results on all of them; nothing went wrong during those tests.

 

[Arc]

Next, set the HDD to not sleep.

Follow http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/778-power-plan-settings-change.html .... go upto stop 5.B. When you are there, Set the time for HDD to zero or never.

 

[lem0nwings]

Okay I've done that, what do I do now?

 

[Arc]

Now wait and observe how it goes.

If the BSOD strikes back, we have to go for some more tasks.

 

[lem0nwings]

All right I'll see how it goes, thanks Arc.
Should I mark this thread as solved or just leave it open?

 

[Arc]

Leave the issue open, for at least one week.

I think that the BSOD may occur again, and we have to do some more troubleshooting on it.

 

[lem0nwings]

It happened again, this time an 0xF4.

 

[Arc]

C drive is running out of storage space.

Drive    C:
Size    84.88 GB (91,134,881,792 bytes)
[COLOR=Red]Free Space    6.38 GB[/COLOR] (6,851,915,776 bytes)

Make it at least 12 GB free ... then see how it goes.

 

[lem0nwings]

I managed to free up 14 GB of space on the C: drive, but it went BSOD shortly after that. Very frustrating.

 

[Arc]

Now, dismantle the computer. Open all the attached hardware from teh motherboard other than the CPU and heatsneak. Make it sure there is no loose screw holding the hard disks. change the sata cables, and apply the sata cable to any other unused sata port on the motherboard. Re-seat the RAM and graphics card.

See it it changes anything. Let us know.

 

[lem0nwings]

I've reseated the components I was able to get my hands on since my laptop can't allow thorough dismantling without breaking the case (at least that's the current state of it, I don't know how to properly open it up). I took this report after a few BSODs and it seems that if I don't hold my laptop correctly when I move it around it goes haywire. Also when I close the lid (I made it so that nothing happens when I do that) it'll most likely go BSOD.

 

[Arc]

Also when I close the lid (I made it so that nothing happens when I do that) it'll most likely go BSOD.

If your post #7 and post #5 are valid statements, and still this BSOD happens when you close the lid, you have two more things to do.

1. Free up the startup. Windows does not need any other program to auto start with it, but the auto start programs often conflicts and causes various problems including BSODs.

1. Click on the Start button
2. Type “msconfig (without quotes), click the resulting link. It will open the System Configuration window.
3. Select the “Startup” tab.
4. Deselect all items other than the antivirus.
5. Apply > OK
6. Accept then restart.

2. Disable hibernate. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/819-hibernate-enable-disable.html
It is needed because the C drive is running out of free space, and there is not enough space for the hiberfile, which results in stop 0xF4 BSOD.

ITEM|VALUE
Drive | C:
Size | 84.88 GB (91,134,881,792 bytes)
Free Space | 11.71 GB (12,572,397,568 bytes)

Also try to salvage some more space there. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/129976-hard-disk-space-free-up-recover.html

Report us for any further BSOD after doing these, also let us know how much space you salvaged there.

 

[lem0nwings]

I've managed to free up to 16 GB of free space. Just FYI I was having a very hard time getting this one done because my laptop kept BSODing every time I try to open Firefox. Hopefully there won't be any more problems after this.