Physical memory dump BSOD on startup
So yesterday I turned on my computer which is connected to my TV as a monitor so I did not get to see the start up process. After a couple minutes I switched the
input to the computer and am greeted with the BSOD with error message:
"a process or thread crucial to system operation has unexpectedly exited or been terminated
It recommended restarting and if it persisted to remove any new hardware and BIOS memory options like caching.
Stop: 0x000000F4 (0x00000000000000003 , 0xFFFFFA80126E4B30, 0xFFFFFA80126E4E10, OxFFFFF800031CC8B0)
Collecting data for crash dump...
intitalizing disk for crash dump..
beginning dump of phhysical memory.
Dumping physical memory to disk: 100 "
I had used the computer the day before with no issues and have not installed any new software or drivers of any kind.
On restart I received the same message. On another restart when attempting to start in safe mode, I received the same message.
When i entered startup repair it restarted the computer a couple times and eventually came up with the message that startup repair cannot automatically repair this problem.
I then used Windows Restore and restored the pc to a 1/3 date when it had been working fine. I received the same BSOD on startup right after the windows logo is on the
screen and before my profile appears.
About two weeks ago I was getting a BSOD on bootup where i determined that my boot disk wasnt detected, so I followed some instructions to enter my RAID utility and remove
the acceleration on my cached drive which fixed my problem. I thought that my problem might be connected to that again so I repeated those steps but still receive the bsod memory dump.
I checked my BIOS and I think everything
is correct. On the integrated peripherals page extreme hard drive (xhd) is set to disabled and PCH SATA Control mode is set to RAID(XHD) and everything else is enabled. The hard Disk Boot Priority is:
1. SCSI-0 : ST31000524AS
2. Bootable add-in Cards
quick boot is disabled. first boot device is CDrom and second and third are Hard Disk.
On my RAID utility screen it shows:
RAID volumes:
ID 0 Volume_0000 RAID0(cache) strip128kb size 29.8gb status available Bootable: No.
Then my physical devices:
port 0 ST31000524AS size 931.5GB Non-Raid Disk
Port 1 Kingston SV100S2 size 29.8GB Cache Disk(0)
I include this because that was where i had an issue a couple weeks ago and i didn't know if I needed a bootable RAID volume.
I have also tried to boot using a windows recovery disc. After hitting "repair your computer" it asks me to select an operating system to repair with windows 7 being
the only option. When selecting that I get the error message " This version of system recovery options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trrying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows"
My system is as follows:
CAS: * Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Gaming Case
CASUPGRADE: None
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive
CD2: LG UH12LS28K 12X Blu-Ray Player & DVDRW Combo Drive
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i5-2500K 3.30 GHz 6M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)
FA_HDD: None
FAN: Asetek 570LX Liquid Cooling system w/ 240MM Radiator and Dual Fans (Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
HDD2: None
IEEE_CARD: None
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
MB_SRT: 30 GB Kingston SSDNOW V Series SATA-II 3.0Gb/s SSD - 180MB/s Read & 50MB/s Write (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Corsair XMS Gaming Memory with Heat Spreader)
MONITOR: None
MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] GigaByte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Intel Smart Response Tech. & 7.1 Dolby Home Theater Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III
RAID, mSATA Connector onboard, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI (All Venom OC Certified)
NCSW: None
NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabite 10/100/1000 Network Card
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more)
POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: None
TEMP: None
TVRC: None
UPS1: OPTI-UPS VS575B 575VA/345W Uninterruptible Power Supply
VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by AMD)
CARE1: Ultra Enhanced Packaging Solution
Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions.
January 10th, 2012 6:39pm
0xF4 CRITICAL Object termination, you may want to start with an offline
verification,
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-perform-offline-system-integrity.html
and an analysis of the dumps,
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/troubleshooting-0xf4.html
If you would like help analyzing the dumps, please upload the files in
c:\windows\minidump to skydrive and post a link,
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2010/08/skydrive-uploading-files-for-community.html
If the system won't boot, you may be able to recover the dumps following
this procedure (but don't shred the drive)
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-rescue-files-from-damaged-system.html
-- Mike Burr
Technology
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January 10th, 2012 11:27pm
0xF4 CRITICAL Object termination, you may want to start with an offline
verification,
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-perform-offline-system-integrity.html
and an analysis of the dumps,
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/troubleshooting-0xf4.html
If you would like help analyzing the dumps, please upload the files in
c:\windows\minidump to skydrive and post a link,
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2010/08/skydrive-uploading-files-for-community.html
If the system won't boot, you may be able to recover the dumps following
this procedure (but don't shred the drive)
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-rescue-files-from-damaged-system.html
-- Mike Burr
Technology
January 11th, 2012 7:19am