Solved Random BSOD's, mainly ntoskrnl.exe but also other errors.

[Kreshnak]

I tried to move all the things i had backed-up on the external to my main hdd and that's when it bsod. I usually have my external plugged into my TV because i have all my movies on it. It can't open in the TV any more, and I've tried to open it in my brothers PC aswell. But it says that I have to format it on that one aswell. I'm positive my external is not the cause of all the bsod. As I said, it's usually plugged into my TV.

EDIT: Hopefully I'll get a used hd on monday from a friend of mine to try out. It has windows installed so if that hd works with my computer and doesn't bsod, then I'll just buy a new hd and this issue is solved.

 

[gregrocker]

You can try running How to Check File System? Partition Wizard Video Help.
and Video help on how to perform partition surface test with Partition Wizard. to see if it will repair.

I would also try the How to activate Partition Recovery Wizard of partition magic? Partition Wizard Partition Recovery Wizard Video Help. although it doesn't appear the partition was deleted.

If these fail then you can pull the drive out of the case, install it internally alone and try running the maker's diagnostics extended CD scan on it.

If all else fails you can try running data recovery software such as Recuva - Features

If you succeeded in copying any data off of it onto the bad HD I'd back it up now.

 

[Kreshnak]

Ok, I've tried everything but the Recuva. When I open Recuva, even that program requires me to format the hd. So my question is simple: can I format the hd and thus remove everything I have on it, and then get everything back using Recuva?

 

[gregrocker]

Formatting the HD make's it less likely data will be recovered. I'd try some other data recovery scans.

 

[Kreshnak]

I've purchased a new internal hdd now. I'll mark this thread as solved if it works.

 

[Kreshnak]

Still getting some BSOD. Not from ntoskrnl.exe anymore however, the minidumps that say that it is because of ntoskrnl.exe is from when i had the old hdd still plugged in. Can You help me with what is causing these BSOD?

 

[koolkat77]

This is starting to look like more of a hardware problem.
Can you remove the other HDD and test?
Also, have you reinstalled windows on the new HDD?

 

[Kreshnak]

The only HDD I've got plugged in at the moment is my new one. I have installed windows on it, haven't activated it though.
However when I start the PC the first time when I've cut the power it does a really loud and annoying sound. (Attachment: Computer sound startup) I have to press the power button for about 5 sec for it to turn off again, and when I start it again it doesn't make the sound anymore. Every now and then when I start it it makes another sound though, and doesn't always start. (Attachment: Computer Sound)

 

[Kreshnak]

Forgot the attachments of course..

 

[essenbe]

The sound I heard sounded like the computer was trying to find the correct ram timings and voltage to post. You didn't list your motherboard in system specs, but if the ram timings, frequency and voltage is not set in BIOS, it tries to find one that will work. It will start up then shut back down and try another combination and start again. Some boards will continue to do that until they find a correct one that will work. The next time you get it to start, go straight to BIOS. See what your sata controller is set to (AHCI, IDE) then load optimized defaults, set your sata controller to what it is now, set your ram timings, frequency and voltage manually and set the boot order. Save and exit. If you don't know the manufacturer's specs on your ram, the first 5 timings, frequency and voltage is on a white sticker on the side of the ram sticks. See if that helps any.

 

[Kreshnak]

From Belarc:
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4N68T Rev X.0x
Serial Number: MT7006013601817
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0706 04/09/2010

Can't find any of the things You mentioned in my BIOS.

The sticker on my ram sticks say: 1333Mhz 9-9-9-24 1.50V

 

[essenbe]

Do you have an overclocking section of bios? It should be there, timings in dram riming control, look for dram voltage too.

 

[Kreshnak]

Ok so I tried that. Didn't work and I'm still getting bsod's because of ntoskrnl.exe. So, to conclude: It's not the HDD - tried that by getting a new, It's not the ram - tried that both with memtest86 and changing the voltage, timings and frequency. It's not the Graphics card - tried that by getting a new and updating the drivers from ATI. What could it be?

 

[koolkat77]

Hmm, can you upload the new logs so we could have a look.

 

[Kreshnak]

Here You go

 

[koolkat77]

Shows some problem with ATI drivers.

Did you install the latest version?

Enable Driver Verifier to see if it catches any misbehaving driver:

Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable​

• :info: Using Driver Verifier to identify issues with Drivers

 

[Kreshnak]

I'm fairly sure I installed the latest version, will double-check though.

It crashed multiple times before i could even get into Windows, and I couldn't get into safe mode either so i had to do a system restore. Clearly some drivers are faulty, how do I know which are? Should I try the Driver Verifier with just one driver selected one by one?

 

[essenbe]

I don't know if you can do this, but if you think you can, try it. Go to AMD and download the latest WHQL driver and put it on your desktop. Also download Driver Sweeper and put it on your desktop (be careful of all the 'extras' they want you to download with it). Uninstall amd display driver from control panel, it will tell you to reboot, do so. Open the AMD driver, accept the terms and it will ask you if you want to install or uninstall, select uninstall and reboot again when it finishes, only this time boot into safe mode. In safe mode open driver sweeper and select only AMD Display driver, click the analyze button, then clean. It will tell you to reboot, do so. That is about as clean as you can get the system of the old drivers. Run the AMD Display driver you downloaded, only this time click install. That should resolve any problems you have with a graphics driver. It sounds like a lot, but is really 5 minutes once you download the 2 drivers.

 

[Kreshnak]

Ok, so that seems to have helped against the AMD-caused bsods. However I'm still getting bsods because of ntoskrnl.exe

 

[centaur78]

Kreshnak

1. Please update you bios to the latest Version 1102 ....this has stability fixes.

2. What the PSU make, model as well the Total Wattage.

Report if BSOD after the BIOS update