BSOD while playing Metro 2033

[michaelgears]

To make long story short, I have experienced some BSODs while playing Metro 2033, I looked at .DMP files and found the following drivers that caused BSOD - CompositeBus.sys and blbdrive.sys. I googled and could not find anything that would explain which application(s) use these drivers. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the aforementioned drivers.

Afterwards another .DMP is generated referring to Watchdog.sys

BSOD caused by blbdrive.sys occurred while running under Catalyst 10.3
BSOD caused by CompositeBus.sys occurred while running under Catalyst 10.4

Also, I have only experienced this issue while running Metro 2033 everything seems to be fine.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[usasma]

CompositeBus.sys and blbdrive.sys are Windows components and, as such, they probably aren't the cause of the crash.

The 2 dump files that you have uploaded don't list these problems - rather they blame your video driver/device.
I would suggest:
- uninstall all ATI software from your system using Control Panel...Programs...Uninstall a program
- download the Display Driver only (select Individual Catalyst Components after clicking on your specific graphics adapter link) from this link: Drivers & Support | GAME.AMD.COM
- install the driver and see if you still experience BSOD's

If you still have issues, then we'll have to try some hardware tests - please let us know the exact make and model of your system - along with the exact make and model of your ATI graphics card.

Also, please remove or update these older drivers that were loaded at the time of the crash. Don't use Windows Update or the Update drivers function of Device Manager.
Please use the following instructions to locate the most currently available drivers to replace the one's that you uninstall OR remove:

How To Find Drivers:
- search Google for the name of the driver
- compare the Google results with what's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongs to
- visit the web site of the manufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers (DON'T use Windows Update or the Update driver function of Device Manager).
- if there are difficulties in locating them, post back with questions and someone will try and help you locate the appropriate program.

- - The most common drivers are listed on this page: http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.html
- - Driver manufacturer links are on this page: http://www.carrona.org/drvrdown.html

Here's the older drivers. Please pay particular attention to any dated 2007 or earlier:

000.fcl      Fri Sep 26 09:11:22 2008 - CyberLink FCL Driver - http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.html#000.fcl
BASFND.sys   Thu Apr 24 19:17:12 2003 - [COLOR=Red]THIS IS A VERY OLD DRIVER AND MAY ALSO BE CAUSING YOUR ISSUES [COLOR=Black]- It belongs to your Broadcom NetDetect device (a networking device) - http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.html#[/COLOR][/COLOR]BASFND.sys

Summary of the BSOD's:

Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Wed Apr 28 19:13:22.356 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:14:07.308
BugCheck 119, {6, fffffa800cb3a410, 0, 0}
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for dxgkrnl.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for dxgkrnl.sys
Probably caused by : dxgmms1.sys ( dxgmms1!VidSchDdiNotifyInterruptWorker+84 )
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x119
PROCESS_NAME:  System
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Wed Apr 28 19:13:21.712 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:14:06.664
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for dxgkrnl.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for dxgkrnl.sys
BugCheck 117, {fffffa800a919440, fffff8800414740c, 0, 0}
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atikmpag.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atikmpag.sys
Probably caused by : atikmpag.sys ( atikmpag+640c )
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x117
PROCESS_NAME:  System

 

[michaelgears]

Thank you for you reply,

- I have uninstalled Catalyst 10.3 and installed 10.4 yesterday then I got BSOD.
-My system is Alienware Aurora - Core i7 960 3.2GHz | 12GB of RAM | 5870 CrossFire.
-I only get random BSOD while playing Metro 2033 and in some situation game simply locks up and I have to hard reboot.
-When I was using Catalyst 10.1 I had a few crashes but no BSOD and computer did not lock up I simply CTRL+ALT+DEL and restarted the game.

On another note, perhaps the network driver does have something to do with it because I got the error around 7:13pm, then I booted back up, I saw that my Steam was updated with file time stamp 7:17. Perhaps it was trying to update while I was gaming but the old network driver does not function properly while computer is in 3D mode?:huh:

 

[michaelgears]

I did search on my computer and all BASFND.SYS files are from 2009.
-I uninstalled CyberLink.
-Disabled FireWire and ATI High Definition Audio in Device Manager as I do not use them anyway.
I will play some Metro 2033 on the weekend.

 

[michaelgears]

Again, I got BSOD after playing Metro 2033 for about 3 hours. The strange thing is both times when I got BSOD my Steam files were updated a few minutes after.

Can Steam update cause BSOD while gaming? In other words, if Steam installs or attempts to install an update while gaming causes BSOD?

 

[usasma]

BASFND.sys Thu Apr 24 19:17:12 2003 - THIS IS A VERY OLD DRIVER AND MAY ALSO BE CAUSING YOUR ISSUES - It belongs to your Broadcom NetDetect device (a networking device) - http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.html#BASFND.sys

 

[michaelgears]

BASFND.sys Thu Apr 24 19:17:12 2003 - THIS IS A VERY OLD DRIVER AND MAY ALSO BE CAUSING YOUR ISSUES - It belongs to your Broadcom NetDetect device (a networking device) - Driver ReferenceBASFND.sys

Thank you for the reply. I checked my network adapter driver and it is dated sometime in 2009. I did search for all BASFND.sys files on computer and they are all dated 2009. But I will double-check again, once get home.

 

[usasma]

I forgot this little trick:

7: kd> lmvm basfnd
start end module name
fffff880`02bc3000 fffff880`02bca000 BASFND (deferred)
Image path: \??\C:\Program Files\Broadcom\MgmtAgent\BASFND.sys
Image name: BASFND.sys
Timestamp: Thu Apr 24 19:17:12 2003 (3EA87078)
CheckSum: 000042F6
ImageSize: 00007000
Translations: 0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Rename the BASFND.sys file (at the location noted in red above) to BASFND.BAK
Reboot and see if that stops the BSOD.

 

[michaelgears]

I completely uninstalled Broadcom Control Suite, so I do not have any BASFND.SYS files in my system. I will keep you posted.

 

[usasma]

Double check to ensure that there's nothing at C:\Program Files\Broadcom\MgmtAgent\BASFND.sys

 

[michaelgears]

The Broadcom folder is gone nor do I have any BASFND.SYS files left in my system. Also, I updated my Steam files manually they are exactly the same DLLs that were updated yesterday at the time of BSOD.

 

[usasma]

I'll keep my fingers crossed!

 

[michaelgears]

After playing Metro 2033 for about 30 minutes my computer locked up but there was no BSOD. I could not CTRL+ALT+DEL I had to hard reboot the machine, then checked the event viewer and found this warning:
Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

When I played Metro with Catalyst 10.1 I had only 2 occasions when it locked up without BSOD. Ever since I updated Catalyst to 10.3 and 10.4, I started getting BSOD with this game. Should I perhaps revert to the older driver?

 

[usasma]

Why should the older drivers work and not the newer ones?
I would suspect that there's a hardware issue.
Try running this free stress test:

FurMark: Graphics Card Stability and Stress Test, OpenGL Benchmark and GPU Temperature | oZone3D.Net

FurMark Setup:
- If you have more than one GPU, select Multi-GPU during setup
- In the Run mode box, select "Stability Test" and "Log GPU Temperature"
Click "Go" to start the test
- Run the test until the GPU temperature maxes out - or until you start having problems (whichever comes first).
- Click "Quit" to exit

 

[michaelgears]

I don't know but I had fewer issues with this game and Catalyst 10.1. May be I just got lucky when played it for the first time as these crashes seem to occur intermittently. I work for a software company I know what intermittent crashes are and how difficult it is to catch them.

Nonetheless, I will try this Stress Test utility but frankly speaking I am very skeptical about it.

I just played Crysis and Crysis Warhead for over an hour without any issues. These games are extremely taxing on the GPU. I have also played whole campaign of Gears of War without issues.

I suspect that it may be a combination of game and ATI drivers that are not optimized for Metro 2033 yet, I read about similar problems with nVidia cards. Besides I played the first two chapters of the game without any issues. Last but not least there are other people who have lots of problems with Metro 2033 stability-wise including but not limited to BSODs, system lockups, it even corrupts windows system files that require system restore.

 

[cyberican]

Am having a similar issue but my drivers are nvidia, mb 680i sli, 2x gtx 260, latest bios update: 15.53_nforce_win7_64bit_international_whql and 260.99_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql.
I have many other games on steam, none does this. I dont believe is a driver specific issue.

 

[michaelgears]

It has been while since I posted here. Since then both of my Radeon 5870 cards failed or at least started to fail one of them started making very loud buzzing noise the other was leaking some oily substance from the fan. I had both cards replaced under warranty however currently I am running on a single card and I have completed Metro 2033 without an issue. I do not know if my cards were faulty from the beginning or not but to me it seems that single card setup is less troublesome.