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[SOLVED] Can CPU overload cause BSOD

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I was in the midst of editing a video (using dynamic link between Premiere and AE) and I decided to open Task Manager to monitor my CPU usage. I had been getting BSOD for awhile and I had noticed the computer seemed to be working extra hard (especially for the fact that I'm running Win 7 64bit on a quad core processor with 3gb or ram). I got to a point where the video was trying to render a frame and it was jammed packed with information and right about when my CPU usage hit the top (looking at the icon) I got a BSOD (which is exactly how it happened the first time a BSOD happened during video editing).

The BSOD read

(the typical--IRQL_Not_Less_Or_Equal--it may have said driver at the beginning, but it is unlikely)

Storport.sys


so then my question is what is the problem, I've attached the last few minidump files, for now I'm just going to run a defrag
:4-dontkno

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Re: Can CPU overload cause BSOD

Yes, a heavily loaded CPU can cause BSODs. Could it be heat causing the issue?

Check your temps with Speedfan.

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

...Summary of the Dumps:
Code: 
[font=lucida console]
Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Thu Jul 15 10:23:11.597 2010 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:07:23.485
BugCheck D1, {8, 2, 0, fffff880010a6673}
Probably caused by : storport.sys ( storport!RaidUnitCompleteRequest+1a3 )
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xD1
PROCESS_NAME:  AfterFX.exe
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Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Thu Jul 15 10:34:54.752 2010 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:02:35.030
BugCheck FE, {5, fffffa8003c251a0, 10de03f2, fffffa800449bc50}
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for usbehci.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for usbehci.sys
Probably caused by : usbehci.sys ( usbehci+5fdf )
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xFE
PROCESS_NAME:  chrome.exe
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Re: Can CPU overload cause BSOD

Yeah that may be, here are the speed fan readings in the attached photo, but that is at the start of the day when I have just started up my computer less than 30mins ago


The computer ran a test during start up just the other day checking memory hardware, which it had done awhile back already (still in the age of BSODs though) and it, both times, came back saying what you will see in the other attached photo...so maybe the memory wasn't stable...

Did any of this tell you anything, and if not what might be the next step? I already ran driver verifier, nothing occurred on start up...that means it is hardware right?

Oh and it says inside that code box something about AfterFx.exe was that a problem, or just a process that was running? Cause that program was running pretty intensely at the time of the BSOD...

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usasma
Re: Can CPU overload cause BSOD

The Windows Memory test indicates that there's a problem with your memory.
I'd run this memory test just to be sure: http://www.carrona.org/memdiag.html (read the details at the link)
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Re: Can CPU overload cause BSOD

So then you are suggesting I follow the steps starting at 7 to 10 at the link? I'd be interested to try it, and I did read on a forum somewhere that just simply removing and replugging them back in helped...something to do with drivers...idk if I understand that, but then again I couldn't figure out how to open the case of my HP desktop...I was going to clean off the fans of dust, anyway, do you know how I'd be able to open and test this?
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usasma
Re: Can CPU overload cause BSOD

Yes, sometimes reseating them helps - but most often it's that there's damage to at least one stick. Try the stuff from Step 7 onwards - that'll tell you what's good and what's bad.
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Re: Can CPU overload cause BSOD

Just wanted to let you know that removing and putting each one back in one at a time fixed this (oddly) I was trying to find a bad seat or a bad stick, but they all work....so whatever, but I read a thread that said there was some problem with win7 and that idk, I haven't had a BSOD since Monday, so if I get another I'll simply reply here :p

Thanks for the advice anyway!
:D


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Some mobo's seem to have memory issues with Win7 - but that's just a guess on our part. I've seen it with the Asus P5 series of motherboards

I've also replaced memory only to find that the replaced sticks were still good. Often just cleaning out the slots will "fix" problems with memory.
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