Solved Frequent BSOD crashes

[writhziden]

As I am new to this thread, I do not know fully what has already been done, so let me know if you have already done a step.

If the fix-its and registry tweaks do not work, you are left with http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html.

If that still does not resolve it, http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164.

Steps 1-3 in the second link may be needed for the repair install, as well. I recommend backing up any important data and getting your license keys together prior to doing the repair install or the clean reinstall just in case something unexpected happens. Repair installs usually succeed without loss of data or programs, but it is best to be safe. Steps 3, 6, and 7 in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164 may help.

 

[Bob Pickering]

As I am new to this thread, I do not know fully what has already been done, so let me know if you have already done a step.

If the fix-its and registry tweaks do not work, you are left with http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html.

If that still does not resolve it, http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164.

Steps 1-3 in the second link may be needed for the repair install, as well. I recommend backing up any important data and getting your license keys together prior to doing the repair install or the clean reinstall just in case something unexpected happens. Repair installs usually succeed without loss of data or programs, but it is best to be safe. Steps 3, 6, and 7 in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164 may help.

It was a long slow process, but finally the updates all seem to have worked after a repair install. Many thanks for your help. Bob

 

[Bob Pickering]

Agree with zigzag, Norton caused that last couple of crashes.

If you get another crash, post the full Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions
We need to compare it with previous crashes.

Everything seems to be working well now. Will still keep watching for a couple more days, then if all is well I will add more apps. Only crash happened whilst computer baulked whilst repairing .NET Framework. All updates now installed OK.

 

[writhziden]

You're welcome. Glad to see some progress made! Let us know if you need any further help. Otherwise, post back in a few days how the system is responding.

 

[Dave76]

Good work writhziden.

@Bob, glad that your computer is running better now.
Let us know if it's running stable.

 

[Bob Pickering]

Good work writhziden.

@Bob, glad that your computer is running better now.
Let us know if it's running stable.

It seems to be running OK, but I have hardly added any new software to it. I will gradually return some of the apps and see if it remains stable. Have had a couple of BSODs, but think they are related to issues I was having at that time. Had to replace router (ADSL2+ & voip) after being unable to log in to it, and was also having major issues with Nodephone voip at the same time. Since discovered the voip looks like being problem with phone's wireless base station, and the login problem with router may have been a network one, rather than the router. Anyway whilst setting up new router, PC had a funny turn and crashed, but has run perfectly for last few days since then.

 

[Dave76]

Glad to hear it's more stable than it was.

Let us know if you get any more crashes.

 

[jkatblues]

Just my recent experience with BSOD.

Random Bsod's and Black screens, rebooting etc. Tried everything on the web except changing hardware, BSOD'S STARTED TO GET WORSE 6+ A DAY (ambient temperature rose seasonally). then as a last resort went into bios and switched off smart fan control and presto no BSOD'S etc, (fan was running at low revs before). Downloaded speedfan and controlled the fan from there as a temporary measure. I realised I had disturbed heatsink a few weeks previous (removed fan for cleaning). Will now have reseat cooler with artic silver. hope this helps. cheers!

 

[Bob Pickering]

ongoing problems

Glad to hear it's more stable than it was.

Let us know if you get any more crashes.

Well, it's been a while since I last posted, but still get BSOD crashes, and reports more often than I would expect to. Lately Windows hangs on shutdown. I then let it sit, with no activity on the shutdown screen (no rotating symbol), and it will eventually have a BSOD, or I force it to shutdown by holding the power button. not a good situation to keep going. Can you help again, please? Let me know what to submit on the forum. ps it is an absolutely glorious spring day in Adelaide. You should all be here! (then I'd let you fix my PC before you go for a walk on the beach) EDIT: have added SF diagnosis zip.

 

[Arc]

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BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa80068f8060, fffff80000b9c3d8, fffffa800a2219a0}

[COLOR=Red]Probably caused by : 1394ohci.sys[/COLOR]

Followup: MachineOwner
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It is your direct issue, and to get rid of it, see here: How to Revert the Win7 1394ohci.sys to the Legacy Driver
Or you may install a firewire card.

But, you need to Free up the startup , too.

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 the restart.

Let us know the results.

 

[Bob Pickering]

SEE NEXT POST: xxxxxxxxxI have tried both actions, but still cannot shut down or restart. Still freezes after beginning shutdown.

 

[Bob Pickering]

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa80068f8060, fffff80000b9c3d8, fffffa800a2219a0}

[COLOR=Red]Probably caused by : 1394ohci.sys[/COLOR]

Followup: MachineOwner
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It is your direct issue, and to get rid of it, see here: How to Revert the Win7 1394ohci.sys to the Legacy Driver
Or you may install a firewire card.

But, you need to Free up the startup , too.

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 the restart.

Let us know the results.

I have completed above. Had to reselect some startup items, particularly keyboard/mouse, and backup. I still cannot shutdown or restart. It begins shutdown then freezes for some time. It will eventually crash. Can anyone help me with that problem? websearches seem to only bring up software apps.

 

[Bob Pickering]

Still having BSOD crashes, and the inability to shutdown. When I attempt to shutdown, it seems to get to the point of switching off the HDD, but then hangs until I do a hard shutdown. Here's the latest SF data.

 

[Arc]

The uploaded zip contains nothing more than a folder :sarc:

 

[Bob Pickering]

oops! something went wrong. Will try again. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Arc]

Before uploading, check what you are uploading actually.

 

[Bob Pickering]

I tried to examine the attachment after uploading it, but couldn't unzip it for some reason. Now it doesn't even appear on the message. Will try again now. Please let me know the outcome.

 

[Bob Pickering]

Here's a new folder, as it seems the old post may have had two sets of files.

 

[Bob Pickering]

Hi folks. Am having problems with BSOD again. Still having problem with failure to shutdown. Here is todays SF diagnostic. Looks as if I am having some problem with Memeo Premium Backup (to external USB3 hard drive H). But there are probably other issues.

 

[Arc]

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[COLOR=Red][B]BugCheck F4[/B][/COLOR], {3, fffffa800af4ab30, fffffa800af4ae10, fffff800031d1470}

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

Followup: MachineOwner
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Update the firmware of your OCZ-VERTEX3 SSD.

For the discs other than the SSD, do some disc checks.

1. Reseat the sata and power.
   
   
2. Run chkdsk /f/r, following the option two of the tutorial Disk Check
3. Seatool for dos: SeaTools | Seagate download
   Burn it in a blank cd. boot from the CD, click on "Accept", wait for it to finish detecting the drives, then in the upper left corner select "Basic Tests", then select "Long Test" and let it run.

Marvell storage controllers. Always problematic, and it is very old here.

fffff880`010c0000 fffff880`0114f000   mvs91xx    (deferred)             
    Image path: mvs91xx.sys
[COLOR=Red]    Image name: mvs91xx.sys
    Timestamp:        Mon Mar 07 07:43:40 2011[/COLOR] (4D743F54)
    CheckSum:         0005ACD9
    ImageSize:        0008F000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Uninstall the following in control panel > Programs and features.

Start Menu\Programs\Marvell
Start Menu\Programs\Marvell\91xx driver
Start Menu\Programs\Marvell Storage Utility

Then follow Drivers - Clean Left over Files after Uninstalling, clean up everything under Marvell.

Intel RST is also very old here.

fffff880`0125d000 fffff880`015ff000   iaStor     (deferred)             
    Image path: iaStor.sys
[COLOR=Red]    Image name: iaStor.sys
    Timestamp:        Fri May 20 22:22:24 2011[/COLOR] (4DD69C48)
    CheckSum:         0008CA08
    ImageSize:        003A2000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Download and install this version of Intel RST.

It is a desktop PC. Hibernate is not anything must for at, as it uses power from external source, not battery based. You can disable hibernate, and you should do it. Follow http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/819-hibernate-enable-disable.html.

Free up the startup.

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.

Uninstall this program.

Start Menu\Programs\Spybot - Search & Destroy

It has compatibility issues with windows 7, in many a cases.

Also, if MacDrive is not the most essential, uninstall it. The mechanism to read a different file system may also cause some HDD\SSD malfunctioning.

Let us know the results.