Vista ultimate x86 BSOD's during vid card usage

ssjpinkbits · 01-01-2009, 06:49 PM

Hi there, Yesterday I couldn't open Nvidia Control Panel to put my vid cards in SLI, and there were other things bothering me about my install, so I decided to reinstall.

I reinstalled and applied the fixes from: Here

I also was having display driver crashes, so I installed the latest 180.84 beta from Nvidia. I read that expanding the nvlddkm.sy_ from the Nvidia folder and copying it to system32 fixed that, so implemented, and it stopped the display driver crashes, but when I try to use the cards anywhere other than Vista, video's, games etc the system locks, 5 secs later BSOD from an unrecoverable hardware error and then dies.

As per previous posts on here by jcgriff2 I've run his event log dumper, and done a perfmon report for perusal.

The hardware this system is running on:
ASUS Striker 2 NSE
Intel Q9550 (Liquid cooled)
OCZ (Don't remember the exact name) 4GB 1333 RAM
powered by TT Toughpower 1200W
HDD's (All Seagate, all NCQ):
80GB Sata1 x 1
320GB Sata2 x 1
750GB Sata2 x 2
Video cards: 2x ASUS EN260GTX 896MB

I've had a read of the Please read before posting, but a little unsure of what to post about drivers etc until I get further input. I've spent the last day zapping event log error messages.

The only thing displaying itself in my logs atm after the pc reboots from the BSOD: Windows (288) Windows:

Code:

Windows (288) Windows: The database page read from the file 
"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb" 
at offset 143171584 (0x000000000888a000) (database page 17476 (0x4444)) 
for 8192 (0x00002000) bytes failed verification. Bit 10938 was corrupted and has been corrected.  
This problem is likely due to faulty hardware and may continue. Transient failures such as these 
can be a precursor to a catastrophic failure in the storage subsystem containing this file.  
Please contact your hardware vendor for further assistance diagnosing the problem.

I'm also suffering from This. I've tried applying the fix, but it's still not working. I think I'm going to have to try a repair to solve that one. Imo they didn't seem linked, just trying to give as much info as possible.

I know the error is saying Hardware failure, but I've seen MS errors spit that FUD before and it's been completely wrong. Also the fact that not 12hrs ago, the PC was running fine and hasn't been moved.

EDIT

Have tested in SLI and without SLI and same issue occurs

**jcgriff2** · 01-01-2009, 08:48 PM

Hi -

Thanks for the reports; however, over 1/2 are missing - specifically AutoRuns. Re-run the batch script - be sure to run at elevated admin level (right-click, run as admin). Use THIS link.

I did go through your system log & driverquery and noticed that you seem to have issues w/ Internet connectivity. Could be due to hamachi.sys - not sure - but it needs to be updated -

Code:

hamachi      Hamachi Network Interf     Kernel         
16/08/2007 9:05:00 AM  
C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\hamachi.sys          1,664

I also found evidence of 2 BSODs -

Code:

Event[31]:
  Log Name: System
  Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting
  Date: 2009-01-02T11:04:04.000
  Event ID: 1001
  Task: N/A
  Level: Information
  Opcode: N/A
  Keyword: Classic
  User: N/A
  User Name: N/A
  Computer: user-PC
  Description: 
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 
0x00000124 (0x00000000, 0x8891e020, 0xb2000040, 0x00000800).

Code:

Event[1661]:
  Log Name: System
  Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting
  Date: 2009-01-02T00:52:28.000
  Event ID: 1001
  Task: N/A
  Level: Information
  Opcode: N/A
  Keyword: Classic
  User: N/A
  User Name: N/A
  Computer: user-PC
  Description: 
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 
0x00000124 (0x00000000, 0x888a9020, 0xb2000040, 0x00000800).

The bugcheck 0x124 = WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR = a fatal hardware error has occurred. WHEA = Windows Hardware Error Architecture.

Regards. . .

jcgriff2

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ssjpinkbits · 01-02-2009, 08:00 AM

Ok, I've had some issues between now and when I posted.

I've had to reinstall again because when I tried the repair to fix the features blank window issue, it wouldn't repair. It had meanwhile stuffed my install.

So I tried reinstalling and it gave me issues during install of x86, so I installed x64.

I'm still experiencing the same issues, so other than the OS change, nothing's different.

I've attached the info you requested, thanks for looking into this for me.

01-01-2009, 08:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
jcgriff2 Moderator, Microsoft Supp Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Great State of New Jersey - away from the gross corruption of the Riverside County, CA, SO office. SHAMEFUL ! Posts: 10,158 OS: Windows 7, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Vista ultimate x86 BSOD's during vid card usage Hi - Thanks for the reports; however, over 1/2 are missing - specifically AutoRuns. Re-run the batch script - be sure to run at elevated admin level (right-click, run as admin). Use THIS link. I did go through your system log & driverquery and noticed that you seem to have issues w/ Internet connectivity. Could be due to hamachi.sys - not sure - but it needs to be updated - Code: hamachi Hamachi Network Interf Kernel 16/08/2007 9:05:00 AM C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\hamachi.sys 1,664 I also found evidence of 2 BSODs - Code: Event[31]: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting Date: 2009-01-02T11:04:04.000 Event ID: 1001 Task: N/A Level: Information Opcode: N/A Keyword: Classic User: N/A User Name: N/A Computer: user-PC Description: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000124 (0x00000000, 0x8891e020, 0xb2000040, 0x00000800). Code: Event[1661]: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting Date: 2009-01-02T00:52:28.000 Event ID: 1001 Task: N/A Level: Information Opcode: N/A Keyword: Classic User: N/A User Name: N/A Computer: user-PC Description: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000124 (0x00000000, 0x888a9020, 0xb2000040, 0x00000800). The bugcheck 0x124 = WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR = a fatal hardware error has occurred. WHEA = Windows Hardware Error Architecture. Regards. . . jcgriff2 . __________________ . . . . . . . . BSOD Posting Instructions B Expecting a reply and waiting > 36 hours ? Send a PM to me containing a link to your thread Glad to be home in the Great State of New Jersey ! !