Dj Shark - BSOD

[Dj SharK]

Alright, so i just changed the battery. Came back with a "Floppy Disk(s) Fail (40). CMOS Checksum error - Defaults loaded. Warning! CPU has been changed, etc etc etc." I went into BIOS and set everything all over again. For now, let's just assume it's fine.

But now, there's another issue; BSOD. I've got this for over 3 weeks now (not all the time but enough to make me kick my CPU for a second). BSOD error attached. Sorry for the quality as i took it with my cell phone. Any idea what could be done to get rid of this BSOD?

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[yowanvista]

Seems like vtgkmodedx32.sys part of S3 graphics driver is causing it
Update your driver: S3 Graphics - Drivers

 

[Dj SharK]

Graphic driver? I did a little check on google and it says something about VIA. But i'm on nVidia graphics though. :s

 

[yowanvista]

Upload the dumps: http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[Dj SharK]

I just went through the information and i don't really feel comfortable releasing them where anyone could view them.

Anyways, i went to the S3 site you posted earlier. I wasn't sure which ones to download so i went for the option where it scans and find the S3 product on my PC (S3 Graphics - Drivers). The results, attached.

I did once try to uninstall the s3Funkey.exe (posted 2 weeks back here ). It was gone but it came back on the next reboot.

 

[yowanvista]

s3funkey might be causing the BSOD

 

[stormy13]

Not enough info in your system specs, but does the motherboard have onboard video? If so with the reset of the bios you will probably find that it has been set to the default of enabled. Just in case you missed when when re-entering your settings, double check that it is set to disabled.

 

[Dj SharK]

Yes, i do have on-board graphics. It's VIA. I hope i got it right but i changed the 'VGA Share Memory Size' from 64M to Disable. Is that right? Or it's another option?

Also, since a few weeks back (since i had a bunch of issues, etc), everytime i logon, i'll get these (attached) for just a second. Never happened before. Only started when my HDD crashed, updated was installing and in the midst of it, i received a BSOD and a bunch more issues.

 

[stormy13]

I hope i got it right but i changed the 'VGA Share Memory Size' from 64M to Disable. Is that right? Or it's another option?

Have a look again, all that one does is set the amount of shared memory to zero. There probably is another somewhere for disabling the onboard video, if it doesn't get disabled automatically when a video card is detected. I guessing it doesn't disable auto seeing as it is still being detected by Windows.

Also open Programs and Features and if present uninstall anything to do with S3/Via graphics. It may not be there as I have a feeling with the bios reset and subsequent re-enabling of the onboard video, the driver got installed automatically through Windows Update; so have a look in the update history and see if it is there as well.

 

[Dj SharK]

I'm on the laptop now so it's easier for me to tell you what i see and which to turn off.

Here are basically what i guess has to do with the onboard graphic. Please tell me which is the right one as i'm not too familiar with this.

- Standard CMOS Features: I doubt there's anything in there that has anything to do with graphics.

- Advanced BIOS Features
-- Shadow Setup -- Video BIOS Shadow -- Enabled

- Advanced Chipset Features
-- VGA & P2P Bridge Control
--- AGP Aperture Size: 128M
--- AGP 2.0 Mode: 4X
--- AGP Master 1 WS Write: Enabled
--- AGP Master 1 WS Read: Enabled
--- VGA Share Memory Size: Disabled
--- Direct Frame Buffer: Enabled

- PnP/PCI Configuration
-- Init Display First: PCIEx
-- PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Disabled
-- Assign IRQ For VGA: Enabled
-- Assign IRQ For USB: Enabled


That's all i think that has anything to do with graphics.

 

[stormy13]

Nothing there. Is there anything for it under "Integrated Peripherals"?

What is the make and model number of the motherboard? If unsure this,

CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

should be able to show it on the Mainboard tab. Then I can look up the manual and see what it has to say.

 

[Dj SharK]

Integrated Peripherals
VIA OnChip IDE Device
-- Sata Controller, IDE DMA transfer access, OnChip IDE Channel0, OnChip IDE Channel1, IDE Prefetch Mode and IDE HDD Block Mode are set to Enabled.
-- SATA controller Mode is set to IDE.
-- Primary Master P10, Primary Slave P10, Secondary Master P10, Secondary Slave P10, Primary Master UDMA, Primary Slave UDMA, Secondary Master UDMA and Secondary Slave UDMA are all set to Auto.

VIA OnChip PCI Device
-- Azalia HDA Controller: Auto
-- LAN Controller: Enabled
-- Lan Boot ROM: Disabled

Super I0 Device
-- Onboard FDC Controller: Enabled
-- Onboard Serial Port 1: 3F8/IRQ4
-- Onboard Parallel Port: 378/IRQ7
-- Parallel Port Mode: SPP

Lastly, USB Device Setting which i doubt there's anything useful in there.

Booting my PC now so i could get the motherboard model number. Will edit this section. ~ Attachment.

 

[stormy13]

Can't find the same model as shown in the screen shot but found this one that is close,

BIOSTAR :: P4M900-M7 FE :: Specification

Had a look at the manual for that one and it has all the same options in the bios that you listed, and nothing for disabling the onboard video. I have a feeling it is one of those that is supposed to auto disable when a video card is detected.

Back to your other screen shot shown the Via/S3 stuff on startup, if you haven't yet have a good look through Programs and Features and the list of installed Windows Updates and see if there is anything listed for Via/S3 and if so uninstall them. Also have a look in Device Manager and if it is showing in there, and if it is start with trying to uninstall it first (right click and select Uninstall). Restart and if Windows detects and re-installs it.

If that happens open msconfig (Start and type msconfig in the search box), and check the Startup tab for anything relating to Via/S3; with it being a Via based motherboard it is possible there is more than one so if there is double check that what it is referencing is for the onboard video and not something else. Then go back to Device Manager and set the via graphics to disabled. That should at least stop it from loading at startup and hopefully stop the BSOD relating to it.

 

[Dj SharK]

Thank you very much Stormy13. I will go down the list as mentioned and will update this topic if anything else arises. Else, i might just re-format.