Multiple BSOD's

[Jonathan_King]

You need to type devmgmt.msc and press enter.

 

[cnvt09]

ran the chkdsk on both of my hard drives, no errors found, but I crashed a few more times during the reboot process, so here is some more literature

 

[cnvt09]

I've burned the ISO to a CD, and I'll get back to this task tomorrow. time for me to get some sleep

 

[Jonathan_King]

Could RAM be the issue?

Download a copy of Memtest86 and burn the ISO to a CD using Iso Recorder or another ISO burning program. Boot from the CD, and leave it running for at least 5 or 6 passes.

...Summary of the Dumps:

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Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Mon Aug  2 01:30:09.000 2010 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:10.156
BugCheck A, {e, 2, 1, fffff80002eed31b}
Probably caused by : CI.dll ( CI!SHATransform+236 )
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VERIFIER_ENABLED_VISTA_MINIDUMP
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xA
PROCESS_NAME:  System
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Mon Aug  2 01:11:25.718 2010 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:07.875
BugCheck A, {3, 2, 0, fffff80002ee8306}
Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt!KiPageFault+260 )
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VERIFIER_ENABLED_VISTA_MINIDUMP
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xA
PROCESS_NAME:  System
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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[cnvt09]

I ran memtest for 10 passes from a flash drive and got 0 errors

 

[ttran]

I ran memtest for 10 passes from a flash drive and got 0 errors

10 passes should take much longer time than just 20 minutes, make sure you use memtestx86. Sorry if I misunderstood you

 

[cnvt09]

I ran memtest for 20+ hours straight about 3 weeks ago and got those results. that's when I did the 10 passes.

 

[Jonathan_King]

I still think the problem is video card related.

Did you get crashes when you ran with only 1 card?

 

[cnvt09]

I still got crashes when I ran only one card.

A few pieces of information I failed to mention.

1) I installed XP 64-bit for a few days and never got a BSOD
2) Unlike most custom builds I've seen, when I power this computer up, I don't get the initial "start up power" where the computer powers up, powers back down, and then fires back up again. The computer did that maybe one or two times when I first put it together, but never did it again. Maybe a bad PSU?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339030


my psu

 

[Jonathan_King]

Have you tried running with just the other card?

 

[cnvt09]

I went into the BIOS and changed "Memory Ratio" from "3" to "Auto"

I rebooted, played around, and rebooted again, and I haven't seen a BSOD yet. Is this possibly the solution?


And yes, I tried running with each card by itself.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Definitely, that is certainly a possibility.

 

[cnvt09]

Well, it didn't fix anything. After no crashes all evening, the computer sat turned off all night long and took 25 minutes to boot this morning (it failed to boot about a dozen times and blue screened several more). I'm at work right now but will upload the dmps shortly.

 

[cnvt09]

And here they are.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Could you check your hard drive?

HD Diagnostic

Also, do a check disk. Open an elevated command prompt and enter chkdsk /r.

...Summary of the Dumps:

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Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Tue Aug  3 06:18:01.000 2010 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:18.125
BugCheck 3B, {c000001d, fffff8a000c22152, fffff88005a3a440, 0}
Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt!CmpFreeValue+12 )
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VERIFIER_ENABLED_VISTA_MINIDUMP
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x3B
PROCESS_NAME:  poqexec.exe
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Tue Aug  3 06:12:20.046 2010 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:17.171
BugCheck 50, {fffff88005a0e000, 1, fffff80002e6a47f, 0}
Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+42877 )
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VERIFIER_ENABLED_VISTA_MINIDUMP
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x50
PROCESS_NAME:  poqexec.exe
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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[cnvt09]

Alright, so here's my progress report.

I did a chkdsk /r

The check removed one corrupt file and bluescreened like usual during the Windows launch after the scan was over. When it finally booted successfully, it said the drive was clean. I have not yet done the HD diagnostic, but with a clean chkdsk do I even need to?

More .dmps

 

[cnvt09]

I have attempted again to run the computer using only one RAM stick at a time. I got a blue screen regardless of which stick was used. Here are the .dmps.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/snolan/tf2/1ststick.dmp
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/snolan/tf2/2ndstick.dmp
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/snolan/tf2/3rdstick.dmp
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/snolan/tf2/4thstick.dmp
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/snolan/tf2/5thstick.dmp
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/snolan/tf2/6thstick.dmp

 

[Jonathan_King]

Yes, carry on with the hard drive diagnostic.

Test RAM as well.

Download a copy of Memtest86 and burn the ISO to a CD using Iso Recorder or another ISO burning program. Boot from the CD, and leave it running for at least 5 or 6 passes.

 

[cnvt09]

I tested all my ram. 0 errors. I also booted my computer multiple times using only one ram stick, got BSOD's with all 6.

On a whim, I changed my dedicated PhysX card from my #2 GTX 480 to my #1 GTX 480 and I haven't had a BSOD yet. Perhaps a driver leak was causing the BSOD's the whole time?? Maybe I'm getting excited when tomorrow morning it's just going to break down into blue screens again, but for now it's performing excellently.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Interesting uptimes.

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System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:08.609
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:08.531
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:08.359
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:09.781
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:08.250
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:08.187
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Looks like hardware.