Windows 7 Windows 7 BSOD with some info..

[fratleyslaye]

While gaming today, I got a blue screen of death.(mass effect 2, by the way) Well, it actually crashed the game for a moment, and windows told me there was a problem with game. this isn't unheard of for a game to have a problem, so i checked temps on computer just verifying this new game wasn't overheating anything, and I was fine. re-ran the game, and 30seconds into the game it crashed again, but instead of giving me a windows notification that the game has stopped working, it blue screened.

i ran perfmon /rel (an old command i remembered from problems with vista) and got this from the crash.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name:    BlueScreen
OS Version:    6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID:    1033

Extra information about the problem
BCCode:    101
BCP1:    00000031
BCP2:    00000000
BCP3:    807C3120
BCP4:    00000001
OS Version:    6_1_7600
Service Pack:    0_0
Product:    256_1
Bucket ID:    CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_4_PROC
Server information:    9d6623e0-92b3-404d-86be-db937d8c4e93

Read stickies, followed all of the guidelines. resource and performance monitor gave back one driver error, but i couldn't find any information about this on google.

Symptom: Link Removed
Device is not present, not working properly, or does not have all of its drivers installed. Cause: A device has a configuration problem that prevents it from working properly. Details: The device, adfs, is reporting "tv_ConfigMgrErr24". This device will not be available until the issue is resolved. The Plug and Play ID for this device is ROOT\LEGACY_ADFS\0000. Resolution: 1. Verify the correct driver is installed.
2. Try updating the drivers using Windows Update.
3. Check with the manufacturer for an updated driver.
4. Attempt to uninstall and then reinstall the device using Device Manager. Related: Link Removed due to 404 Error
Manage Devices in Windows

Tried using windows debug tools and couldn't get it to work. installed, and said symbol path is not initialized. but just for the sake of it, i'll post the info it gave back.

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.11.0001.404 X86
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\Minidump\012910-21730-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: *** Invalid ***
****************************************************************************
* Symbol loading may be unreliable without a symbol search path.           *
* Use .symfix to have the debugger choose a symbol path.                   *
* After setting your symbol path, use .reload to refresh symbol locations. *
****************************************************************************
Executable search path is: 
*********************************************************************
* Symbols can not be loaded because symbol path is not initialized. *
*                                                                   *
* The Symbol Path can be set by:                                    *
*   using the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable.                 *
*   using the -y <symbol_path> argument when starting the debugger. *
*   using .sympath and .sympath+                                    *
*********************************************************************
Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntkrnlpa.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntkrnlpa.exe
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7600 MP (4 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 7600.16385.x86fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0x85c4c000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x85d94810
Debug session time: Fri Jan 29 04:58:09.236 2010 (GMT-6)
System Uptime: 1 days 1:39:12.405
*********************************************************************
* Symbols can not be loaded because symbol path is not initialized. *
*                                                                   *
* The Symbol Path can be set by:                                    *
*   using the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable.                 *
*   using the -y <symbol_path> argument when starting the debugger. *
*   using .sympath and .sympath+                                    *
*********************************************************************
Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntkrnlpa.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntkrnlpa.exe
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
.........................................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
.....

any help is greatly appreciated, and anything else that I may need to do to further assess my situation, please let me know and I'll get right on it. Thanks!

~Bobby

 

[Blunts]

Have you overclocked your processor, or GPU?

 

[ickymay]

to get debugger to load symbols you need to open debugger then click on the File menu item, then on Symbol File Path.
then In the window that opens, insert the exact text on the next line in the Symbol File Path box. This is a critical step, and if done incorrectly you'll end up with symbol errors:

SRV*c:\symbols*hZtp://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols (replace the Z for a t )

I also suggest you upload your minidump and it can be run through debugger

 

[fratleyslaye]

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here is my most recent one.

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about a week older.

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about 2 weeks.

these are only 3 i've ever had, to be honest. i'd upload my dump.dmp but it's massive, like 250mb. O_O

I played around with overclocking awhile back, but didn't save any changes at all i'm about 99% positive. and even then i was trying to underclock my card, when I used to think my computer was overheating. Turns out it's a driver error between windows7/nvidia/another video game I play

I'd love for both problems to be solved, but i'll stay on topic.

Oh, also about the windows toolset... i used this line exactly:

SRV*c:\symbols*hZtp://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

without the z, obviously but it still doesn't seem to read it correctly. says the debugee is not connected.

 

[ickymay]

change your setting to small memory dump ?

 

[fratleyslaye]

not sure how to do that... isn't the minidump more than enough info though?

 

[ickymay]

not sure how to do that... isn't the minidump more than enough info though?

the newest dump file wont run through windows debugger it says it's corrupted and blue screenview didn't come up with anything helpful, although you do have some drivers which need updating or removing

giveio.sys 0x8c218000 0x8c218680 0x00000680 0x316334f5 04/04/1996 02:33:25
libusb0.sys 0x9eb18000 0x9eb26000 0x0000e000 0x422f5379 09/03/2005 19:50:17
GVTDrv.sys 0x9060d000 0x90610e80 0x00003e80 0x43842fa2 23/11/2005 09:00:18
speedfan.sys 0x8c3ef000 0x8c3f0480 0x00001480 0x4516880f 24/09/2006 13:28:47
vrtaucbl.sys 0x9e3b6000 0x9e3bdb80 0x00007b80 0x45978509 31/12/2006 09:38:17
RivaTuner32.sys 0x90607000 0x90609380 0x00002380 0x469d14dd 17/07/2007 19:13:33

I would suggest research those drivers with google and update them, then remove your old dump files and setup your pc to record small memory dump files

when you next get a blue screen go to the dump file normally found C:\Windows\Minidump and copy it to an easily accesible folder or to desktop then zip it and attach it to your post here