First, I'm sorry about the length of my post- I'm a noob to all of this and am not sure of what is relevant and isn't...even if some of the event viewer errors seemed non relevant, I've put them here,
Second, I'm not sure if there is where I need to post but I'm not sure if its a software problem or otherwise.
I've started playing on Steam after around two months with the purchase of Skyrim's legendary edition last week. After modding it, started playing only for the game to crash into a black screen with a jarring/grinding noise after around ten minutes. Removed the mods and tried again, same crash near bleak falls barrow this time. Then started a new game and the game crashed almost immediately.
Assuming it was a problem with the game, un-installed it and started playing just cause 2...I played for around an hour before the crash happened! Tried again, crashed after around ten minutes and took my save files with it (I was surprised to find myself starting from a 2012 save instead of the new file I created today.)
Dark souls 2 also crashed after around 15 minutes.
Borderlands 2 crashed within the last hour within ten minutes of play.
L4D2 hasn't showed any signs of crashing yet but I haven't played for more than half an hour.
Outside of Steam, Mass Effect 3 didn't crash after an hour of playing.
All of this made me think that this was a steam error but while I was using VLC today...the laptop did experience a similar crash....but that hasn't happened since or before.
I've been plagued by this issue for a week now since I tried Skyrim.
I'm using an Alienware M17x R4 with a 2gb gtx 675m and 8gb of ram. I've already had problems with this laptop when its hard-drive and speakers failed within months of my purchase. But since the tech replaced the hdd on warranty around February of last year...I haven't faced any major issues.
Alien Autopsy and the boot diagnostics don't show anything wrong with the laptop, nor do MalwareBytes, SuperAntiSpyware or Avast!
SpeedFan shows the following:
GPU: 56C
HDO: 51C
Temp1: 28C
Temp2: 30C
Core0: 60C
Core1: 62C
Core2: 63C
Core3: 63C
These temperatures are being shown as I'm typing with Itunes in the background. All except for temp 1&2 have flame symbols next to them.
Recently I've also noticed an error at startup when " DSD_2--- is not working" appears. It disappears once everything loads. I haven't figured out what it exactly is yet...that 2 is followed by three other numbers that seem to vary on each boot up.
The event viewer shows the following errors in last one and a half of hours...that's when Borderlands 2 and Just Cause 2 crashed crashed; I've included everything, not just what I think is relevant...I'm not sure of what is:
Event Type Critical:
1. The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. I assume this is because of the
crash-this error registers 11 times since the 16th of this month-all due to the crash-I can't
recall any other types of crash during this time.
Event Type Error:
1. Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE
TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not
be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot
be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected. (twice in the last hour)
2. Faulting application name: JustCause2.exe, version: 1.0.0.2, time stamp: 0x4c1b5791
Faulting module name: JustCause2.exe, version: 1.0.0.2, time stamp: 0x4c1b5791
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0051eeb5
Faulting process id: 0x2328
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfa3f8a899a87b
Faulting application path: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Just Cause 2\JustCause2.exe
Faulting module path: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Just Cause 2\JustCause2.exe
Report Id: 997a4c80-0fec-11e4-a681-685d4360cc1d
3. Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP Server) for the
Network Card with network address 0x685D4360CC1D. The following error occurred: 0x79.
Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address
(DHCP) server. (5 times in the last hour)
4. The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000116
(0xfffffa800db75010, 0xfffff8800ffcad1c, 0xffffffffc000009a, 0x0000000000000004). A dump was
saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: .
5. The IP address lease 192.169.8.120 for the Network Card with network address
0x685D4360CC19 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.1.1 (The DHCP Server sent
a DHCPNACK message).
6. Unable to produce a minidump file from the full dump file.
7. The previous system shutdown at 2:52:14 PM on 7/20/2014 was unexpected.
Event Type Warning:
27 in the last hour.
1.Source: Kernel Processor Power- The speed of processor 7 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has
been in this reduced performance state for 15 seconds since the last report. (16 times in the
last hour) -40 in the last day and 120 in the last week.
2. NtpClient was unable to set a manual peer to use as a time source because of DNS
resolution error on ''. NtpClient will try again in 3473457 minutes and double the reattempt i
interval thereafter. The error was: The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested
type was found. (0x80072AFC)
3. The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0F64&MI_00\6&2f549876&1&0000.
4. Name resolution for the name wpad.mshome.net timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. 5 times in the last hour.
5. Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.
DETAIL -
4 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000:
Process 7240 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\nvstreamsvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000
Process 7240 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\nvstreamsvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D
Process 1256 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root
Process 7240 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\nvstreamsvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
6. WLAN Extensibility Module has stopped.
Module Path: C:\Windows\System32\IWMSSvc.dll
Once more, I'm really sorry for the length of this post...I'd really appreciate any help.
Second, I'm not sure if there is where I need to post but I'm not sure if its a software problem or otherwise.
I've started playing on Steam after around two months with the purchase of Skyrim's legendary edition last week. After modding it, started playing only for the game to crash into a black screen with a jarring/grinding noise after around ten minutes. Removed the mods and tried again, same crash near bleak falls barrow this time. Then started a new game and the game crashed almost immediately.
Assuming it was a problem with the game, un-installed it and started playing just cause 2...I played for around an hour before the crash happened! Tried again, crashed after around ten minutes and took my save files with it (I was surprised to find myself starting from a 2012 save instead of the new file I created today.)
Dark souls 2 also crashed after around 15 minutes.
Borderlands 2 crashed within the last hour within ten minutes of play.
L4D2 hasn't showed any signs of crashing yet but I haven't played for more than half an hour.
Outside of Steam, Mass Effect 3 didn't crash after an hour of playing.
All of this made me think that this was a steam error but while I was using VLC today...the laptop did experience a similar crash....but that hasn't happened since or before.
I've been plagued by this issue for a week now since I tried Skyrim.
I'm using an Alienware M17x R4 with a 2gb gtx 675m and 8gb of ram. I've already had problems with this laptop when its hard-drive and speakers failed within months of my purchase. But since the tech replaced the hdd on warranty around February of last year...I haven't faced any major issues.
Alien Autopsy and the boot diagnostics don't show anything wrong with the laptop, nor do MalwareBytes, SuperAntiSpyware or Avast!
SpeedFan shows the following:
GPU: 56C
HDO: 51C
Temp1: 28C
Temp2: 30C
Core0: 60C
Core1: 62C
Core2: 63C
Core3: 63C
These temperatures are being shown as I'm typing with Itunes in the background. All except for temp 1&2 have flame symbols next to them.
Recently I've also noticed an error at startup when " DSD_2--- is not working" appears. It disappears once everything loads. I haven't figured out what it exactly is yet...that 2 is followed by three other numbers that seem to vary on each boot up.
The event viewer shows the following errors in last one and a half of hours...that's when Borderlands 2 and Just Cause 2 crashed crashed; I've included everything, not just what I think is relevant...I'm not sure of what is:
Event Type Critical:
1. The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. I assume this is because of the
crash-this error registers 11 times since the 16th of this month-all due to the crash-I can't
recall any other types of crash during this time.
Event Type Error:
1. Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE
TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not
be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot
be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected. (twice in the last hour)
2. Faulting application name: JustCause2.exe, version: 1.0.0.2, time stamp: 0x4c1b5791
Faulting module name: JustCause2.exe, version: 1.0.0.2, time stamp: 0x4c1b5791
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0051eeb5
Faulting process id: 0x2328
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfa3f8a899a87b
Faulting application path: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Just Cause 2\JustCause2.exe
Faulting module path: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Just Cause 2\JustCause2.exe
Report Id: 997a4c80-0fec-11e4-a681-685d4360cc1d
3. Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP Server) for the
Network Card with network address 0x685D4360CC1D. The following error occurred: 0x79.
Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address
(DHCP) server. (5 times in the last hour)
4. The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000116
(0xfffffa800db75010, 0xfffff8800ffcad1c, 0xffffffffc000009a, 0x0000000000000004). A dump was
saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: .
5. The IP address lease 192.169.8.120 for the Network Card with network address
0x685D4360CC19 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.1.1 (The DHCP Server sent
a DHCPNACK message).
6. Unable to produce a minidump file from the full dump file.
7. The previous system shutdown at 2:52:14 PM on 7/20/2014 was unexpected.
Event Type Warning:
27 in the last hour.
1.Source: Kernel Processor Power- The speed of processor 7 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has
been in this reduced performance state for 15 seconds since the last report. (16 times in the
last hour) -40 in the last day and 120 in the last week.
2. NtpClient was unable to set a manual peer to use as a time source because of DNS
resolution error on ''. NtpClient will try again in 3473457 minutes and double the reattempt i
interval thereafter. The error was: The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested
type was found. (0x80072AFC)
3. The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0F64&MI_00\6&2f549876&1&0000.
4. Name resolution for the name wpad.mshome.net timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. 5 times in the last hour.
5. Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.
DETAIL -
4 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000:
Process 7240 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\nvstreamsvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000
Process 7240 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\nvstreamsvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D
Process 1256 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root
Process 7240 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvStreamSrv\nvstreamsvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929604252-521983820-2795643576-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
6. WLAN Extensibility Module has stopped.
Module Path: C:\Windows\System32\IWMSSvc.dll
Once more, I'm really sorry for the length of this post...I'd really appreciate any help.
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