BSODs caused by different drivers. Motherboard failing?

marianomdq

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Hi!

First, in advance, sorry for the s**t load of writing and thanks for reading. The thing is like this:

I'm suffering from a weird issue since a few months. It started a couple of years ago, my desktop pc started having BSODs related to different drivers (random style) and in random moments, sometimes a few minutes after turning it on, and sometimes after hours. It happened 3 times in about 2 years and every time I fixed it with a clean reinstall of the OS W7 x64 Ultimate.

Now it's different. It's happening A LOT. And more frequently, no more than 5 minutes after turning it on. But! If I enter safe mode (with or without networking), it works perfectly. I think there was only one time where a BSOD was thrown during safe-mode.

These are some of the various BSOD's error messages:

  • ■ntoskrnl.exe | NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS
    ■NDProxy.sys | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
    ■ntoskrnl.exe | KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
    ■rdyboost.sys | DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
    ■Ntfs.sys | NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
    ■ntoskrnl.exe | IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
    ■CompositeBus.sys | IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
    ■Classpnp.sys | MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS
    ■win32k.sys | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
    ■kltdi.sys | PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
    ■beep.sys | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION

I've tried many tests and advises, but not one worked so far. I think it's probably worth mentioning all of them for the sake of this problem and for not making you waste your time.

This time, I've tried the following in order:

Format and reinstall of Windows 7:

  • ■Now, when the installation reaches 14% it throws the "windows cannot install the required files" error.
    ■I've tried with different discs and ISOs and the same happens. ■Finally, I had to plug my hdd to another pc and there my installation disc worked properly. But after this, I plugged my hdd back to my mobo, and the BSODs were back again!! So, hardware issue confirmed.
Testing the memory sticks:

  • ■I'd run memtest86+ in several ways, everything was ok, no RAM issues.
    ■I've tried with all my four 2gb sticks plugged in, and separately on each one.
    ■Run every test for at least 6 hours.
    ■The BSODs happens with every memstick plugged individually in different sockets. So, assuming memtest+ failed to detect a ram problem, that means that every stick is broken (not likely). So, no ram issue.
Testing the HDD

  • ■I've taken the hdd to another pc and it works smoothly. I've played games and navigated through the web for days without one BSOD.
    ■I've run Western Digital's diagnostic tool and the disc is in perfect state. So, no hdd issue.
Testing the power supply

  • ■I've taken my PS to another pc and it worked awesomely. I've also plugged another working PS to my mobo and the problem persisted. So, no power supply issue.
Testing the Video Card

  • ■I've taken my video card to another pc and it worked flawlessly. I've also plugged another working video card to my mobo and the problem persisted. So, not a video card issue.
Testing the cpu

  • ■I've torture-tested my micro with Prime95 in safe-mode (the only way that I can) and everything was ok.
    ■I couldn't test it in another mobo, but after Prime95 successful test, I guess it's not damaged.

Sooo.. Everything points towards the mobo. And my question here is. With everything that I've done, am I in the correct guess or am I missing something?? And how can I test if the mobo is the failing device??

Oh, I almost forgot. My PC specs:

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H
CPU: Intel Core i3 550
RAM: 4 Novatech 2GB
GPU: ATI Radeon 6770 1GB
Powersupply: 650w Antec

Again, thanks for reading
 
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marianomdq

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I've made some recent interesting discovery.

I plugged in my hdd to a borrowed tower (different mother, gpu and psu) and I have been using it for a while. The system runs smoothly, no BSOD for about a month.

Theeeen! I took the tower like that to the owner's house and I could experience an overall speed increase. So I thought, the electrical installation in my house maybe??

So, I plugged back my hdd to my computer, took it to my friend's house and this happened:

> No BSOD at first, then after 5 minutes of playing FIFA 15, yes, BSOD (IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL)
> So, I'd run "chkdsk /f /r" and, voila! No BSOD for about two days!!!!!!

COULD IT BE MY HOUSE'S ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION???

And in that case, is there a way to confirm it with an electrical tester??

 
you should put a memory dump on a server and post a link.

several of the dumps can be related to network hardware/drivers problems but some seem unrelated. My first guess would be BIOS related problems.
(old bios, or overclocking problems in BIOS, memory corruption by drivers)

very hard to tell the cause without looking at the bugcheck codes and the return error codes listed in the memory dump.

note: it is pretty hard to get a bugcheck in beep.sys, unless you have a DMA channel conflict in your audio drivers.
(reset the BIOS, remove/disable unused sound devices in your system)

note: if your storage drive is producing errors while reading data from the drive into memory, the bugcheck sub code will list a error code that will be related to the type of error. (CRC errrors most common)

I have seen some people isolate power problems to the cheap power strips the computer was plugged into. Also to power circuits that had electrical motors on the same circuit. (vacuum cleanner or refrigerator motor startting up)
normally these tend to cause your CPU to reset or a bugcheck 0x124 called by the CPU because of the voltage fluctuation.


 

pmarceau

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1st remove readyBoost, it does no good.
All it does it put PC to sleep, but Does something to make OS think it rebooted.
Just look at the times fro sleep vs it's boot. Identical.
2 it is one of your errors
and 3 it may be causing the other problems.
After removing it. It is no benefit, Just set your PC to sleep.
And as you can see can cause errors, the one listed, and possibly others.

The Power in your house is unlikely but possible.
Also confirm you have enough power, to run.
It could even be the power cables/if any going to video card.

So many possibilities.
And the western digital software sucks, but their Hdd's are the best.
It said my HDD was fine, And had 3 sections in the red, with warranty ticked.


Based on the Info, and errors. Most likely, Your Hdd's OS/filesystem

ntoskrnl.exe | NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS
NDProxy.sys | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
ntoskrnl.exe | KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

rdyboost.sys | DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
I would Delete this As it may even be your problem.

Ntfs.sys | NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM Can be caused by HDD, but usually driver(s) HW/SW interaction

ntoskrnl.exe | IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
CompositeBus.sys | IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Classpnp.sys | MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS
win32k.sys | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
kltdi.sys | PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA HDD/or OS, virtual Ram etc.
beep.sys | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION

I hope this Helps.

If you have more info that may help, or figured it out.
I am curious to know.
I learn as more than I am able to help/show others
 
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pmarceau

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Actually different Pc same HDD.
Either the file format, most likely is corrupted.
Or the HDD.
And the BSOD error you mentioned is usually caused by HDD's failure to read.
Either just bad luck, or systematic.