KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED crash constantly after startup

Britt Kelly

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Jun 8, 2015
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I have had my custom computer for over a year and have been upgrading the things that I saved money on in the beginning. For the past 8-9 months, for every 5 times I power my PC on, I get the crash error KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. I am aware it is a driver error, but besides that I know nothing to fix it. The only way I know in advance that a crash is coming is when the Application "Spotify" doesn't launch at startup. Most of the time I just reset my computer when it doesn't launch and it will fix. The most resent case was trying to update the drivers for my GTX 960 and when installing Physx it crashed with the same error. Any info on how to fix or suggestions of what to do are greatly appreciated.

PC Specs:
CPU- AMD x4 760k
Motherboard- MSI A88X-G45
RAM- Crucial Balistix Sport 8gb (1x8)
GPU- 1 (Soon to be 2) MSI GTX 960
SSD- PNY 120GB CS1100 Series
HDD- WD Blue 1TB
PSU- Sentey BXP600
Case- Corsair SPEC-02 Red
 
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From this article: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557408%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

You need to determine the actual bug check code and compare to the following list:

"Common exception codes include:
•0x80000002: STATUS_DATATYPE_MISALIGNMENT
An unaligned data reference was encountered.

•0x80000003: STATUS_BREAKPOINT
A breakpoint or ASSERT was encountered when no kernel debugger was attached to the system.

•0xC0000005: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
A memory access violation occurred. (Parameter 4 of the bug check is the address that the driver attempted to access.)"

Seems to be that your issue maybe incompatible hardware or a buggy driver. Additionaly, you can try to upgrade your BIOS(if you havent done this yet.)...
From this article: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557408%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

You need to determine the actual bug check code and compare to the following list:

"Common exception codes include:
•0x80000002: STATUS_DATATYPE_MISALIGNMENT
An unaligned data reference was encountered.

•0x80000003: STATUS_BREAKPOINT
A breakpoint or ASSERT was encountered when no kernel debugger was attached to the system.

•0xC0000005: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
A memory access violation occurred. (Parameter 4 of the bug check is the address that the driver attempted to access.)"

Seems to be that your issue maybe incompatible hardware or a buggy driver. Additionaly, you can try to upgrade your BIOS(if you havent done this yet.)

Cheers, let us know how it turns out.
 
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