Random BSOD New build 0x800... event id 1001

[VistaKing]

The motherboard will only ship with the current bios version of the time its being shipped to stores . Updating the bios is up to you to do . The new bios only fixes the issue it says in the description area . The USB 3.0 doesn't have a firmware but it does have a driver .

 

[kenh536]

Okay so correct me if I am wrong, but it doesn't seem like I need the new version of the BIOS because it only fixes small things that are not causing me issues. I know how to check for drivers and those are all up to date. So is there any way I can check for updated firmware? Or is there anything else I need to do?

 

[VistaKing]

If your drivers are up to date . See if you get anymore BSODs .

 

[x BlueRobot]

I thought the BIOS was a form of firmware :huh:

 

[kenh536]

Okay after hours of apps, games, and chrome closing and crashing, I finally got a BSOD. Weird how the blue screen doesn't pop up anymore.

 

[x BlueRobot]

[COLOR="Red"]BugCheck 3B[/COLOR], {c000001d, fffff80002ccb51b, fffff88007943030, 0}

Probably caused by : [COLOR="red"]memory_corruption[/COLOR]

Usual causes:  System service, Device driver, graphics driver, memory

CHKIMG_EXTENSION: [COLOR="SeaGreen"]!chkimg -lo 50 -d !nt[/COLOR]
    fffff80002ccb51c - nt!KeSetEvent+3ea
	[ 0f:2f ]
[COLOR="red"]1 error : !nt[/COLOR] (fffff80002ccb51c)

There still seems to be some Kernel code corruption, I will still advise to update the BIOS, as a result of the Event Log clues indicating firmware has caused some form of memory corruption which is continuous with every crash.

 

[kenh536]

[COLOR="Red"]BugCheck 3B[/COLOR], {c000001d, fffff80002ccb51b, fffff88007943030, 0}

Probably caused by : [COLOR="red"]memory_corruption[/COLOR]

Usual causes:  System service, Device driver, graphics driver, memory

CHKIMG_EXTENSION: [COLOR="SeaGreen"]!chkimg -lo 50 -d !nt[/COLOR]
    fffff80002ccb51c - nt!KeSetEvent+3ea
	[ 0f:2f ]
[COLOR="red"]1 error : !nt[/COLOR] (fffff80002ccb51c)

There still seems to be some Kernel code corruption, I will still advise to update the BIOS, as a result of the Event Log clues indicating firmware has caused some form of memory corruption which is continuous with every crash.

Okay well if that is my only option I will try it. What,s the best way to do it safely? I have seen some kind of flash utility in my BIOS I think but I can try to read up online on how to do it.

EDIT: Okay seems pretty straightforward I will do it tomorrow after work I think.

 

[kenh536]

Wow I feel kind of silly for being worried about updating BIOS. It took about 5 minutes and is apparently pretty safe with Gigabytes dual BIOS feature on this board. Anyway I am now running the most current BIOS (FC). I loaded the optimized defaults in the BIOS after the update. I figured I would leave the XMP profile for the RAM disabled and let the RAM run at 1600mhz, just in case.

I will run the PC and pray for no more BSODs and let you know what happens.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Okay that's good to know, thanks for the update.

 

[kenh536]

Okay I have been running the PC for awhile now and no BSODs or app crashes at all! I enabled the XMP profile for the RAM and still no issues so that's great. Thanks for all the help guys, it is very much appreciated.

Do you know of any reason why the outdated BIOS was causing the crashes? I just would like to know for future builds and configurations as well as just general curiosity.

Also for some reason my windows product key does not work. I click activate and it says it is not a valid key. I checked and double checked the key and it was correct. How can I resolve this?
Thanks.

EDIT: Well shouldn't have said anything. I have been trying out some games finally today and had one crash plus saying windows window manager or something crashed. That game was still in beta so I figured it was the game having issues. Tried out a different game and it ran great for about 30 mins and then I got an error that it stopped working and closed out of it. Figured I would keep trying because if it is the same issue I should get a BSOD. The last time the screen just froze and there was nothing I could do but hit the reset switch. Skipped through the safe mode prompt to get into windows. I don't know what could still be causing issues.. maybe because I enabled the xmp profile in the BIOS. I didn't have any more issues before that (granted I didn't use the PC much). Could the RAM running at 1866mhz mess with anything?

 

[x BlueRobot]

What clock speed for the RAM does your motherboard support?

For your Windows installation not activating for some reason, then post a thread here: Windows Updates & Activation - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[kenh536]

What clock speed for the RAM does your motherboard support?

For your Windows installation not activating for some reason, then post a thread here: Windows Updates & Activation - Windows 7 Help Forums

Well it says it supports up to 2000mhz, 2500 overclocked. And it also says it supports 1866, but lists only a few specific models of RAM though I doubt those are the only ones that work. I do know that the FX-series of cpus only support 1866 in dual-channel mode, but thats how I am running them.

http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Memory/memory_ga-990fxa-ud3.pdf

 

[x BlueRobot]

Have you loaded the BIOS to it's default settings?

There is a note that not all the RAM modules can be verified, so it might still be compatible at the current clockspeed.

 

[kenh536]

Have you loaded the BIOS to it's default settings?

There is a note that not all the RAM modules can be verified, so it might still be compatible at the current clockspeed.

Yes immediately after I updated the BIOS, I rebooted and went into BIOS and loaded the defaults. After a few days of it working fine, all I did was enable the XMP profile to enable the RAM to run at 1866. That was all I changed. So now I have changed everything back to default including disabling the XMP profile. It seems to run just fine at 1600, so now I am pretty sure that is my issue. What confuses me though, is that the board and cpu are supposed to be able to run those speeds in dual channel... and saying that I just consulted my mobo manual yet again and I do have the RAM installed in the recommended slots for dual channel.

I suppose I can always run the RAM at 1600 and it won't hurt performance much, but it just really annoys me that I can't run the RAM like it should be able to and I would just like to know why after all this hassle. Do you think I should try to get it to work or would it be better to just run it at 1600?

 

[x BlueRobot]

I would leave it at the current clockspeed, there's always a chance that the motherboard isn't able to run that particular type of RAM at that clockspeed.

 

[kenh536]

I would leave it at the current clockspeed, there's always a chance that the motherboard isn't able to run that particular type of RAM at that clockspeed.

Ya makes sense. Maybe I will try to find out why it causes issues later, probably when I decide to overclock my cpu and gpu. Thanks again for all the help. Sure was one helluva process. Ill look at it as a learning experience I guess haha.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Glad to help, and your welcome