Running out of ideas on what's causing the crash

[imaginepc]

i have no idea how this is possible. But with hidden files turned on and did a search through hidden files.. there is no pagefile.sys file anywhere on the system. Can i replace it from the CD or something?

 

[dclive]

You have show SYSTEM files turned on too, right?

You apparently turned off your pagefile then. Turn it back on and you should see it in the root of D:.

Turning off your pagefile is bad.

 

[imaginepc]

It appears to be turned on, least i don't know how you actually turn it off all the items in system error reporting are checked.

It's been up for 2 1/2 hours and no crash. I even plugged in all my USB devices (2 more PVR's)


The only thing I changed was I manually configured in the BIOS to 800MHZ
and set the voltate of auto to 2.10

Could that have been the instability? still to early to tell but IM running everything i can on this system to see if i get a crash.

3 PVr's watching a movie, surfing the internet..etc


I will report if i can get the dump file. Is there another place I may check to make sure the page

 

[dclive]

I've asked a few specific questions. I need you to tell me if you have Show System Files turned on in Windows Explorer. It's the option right under Show Hidden Files. Both need to be on. Once that's on, you can look at the root folder (D and confirm you have a pagefile.sys file there.

 

[imaginepc]

Yes I have it turned on - DOH missed one of the options. Ok the PAGEsys file is in there

I am normally not this illiterate

The pagefile is in there and it is turned on. I'm still running a ton of stuff and no system crashes yet.

 

[dclive]

Pagefile.sys is in D:?

And minidumps are enabled?

Then you should get dumps. What does the Windows Ssytem eventlog look like at the time of the crashes? That should have a brief report of what happens.

 

[imaginepc]

Just an update:

After I changed the Voltage and clock speed from default to 2.10 and the clock speed to 800mhz in the BIOS the system has been running under full load (3 pvr recordings, watching tv, cpu monitor) everything has been running for 6 hours straight now without issue.


Since 10 A.M. without a crash so far!

I wonder if it was really that simple?


Im currently not seeing any errors in the event log. Believe me I will let you know as soon as I get a BSOD and can view the dump file! Minii dump is enabled.

 

[dclive]

If it's a hardware issue, the dumpfile won't help much. I'm happy you found the resolution to your issue!

Incidently, a kernel dump will be an even better way of trying to resolve crash issues, as it captures a bit more information for the debugger to look at.

 

[imaginepc]

regardless the information and help you provided gives me a much better way and process to diagnose future, computer issues!

So thanks to that!...

I'm still crossing my fingers to see this system run 24 hours straight

 

[imaginepc]

I'm back system ran fine for many hours 24 + came home this morningand it was rebooted: Here is the DUMP analyze -v


BAD_POOL_CALLER (c2)
The current thread is making a bad pool request. Typically this is at a bad IRQL level or double freeing the same allocation, etc.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000007, Attempt to free pool which was already freed
Arg2: 00000cd4, (reserved)
Arg3: 020e0001, Memory contents of the pool block
Arg4: 89b81db8, Address of the block of pool being deallocated

Debugging Details:
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POOL_ADDRESS: 89b81db8

FREED_POOL_TAG: KSsp

BUGCHECK_STR: 0xc2_7_KSsp

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME: System

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 8054a583 to 804f9deb

STACK_TEXT:
bacffc58 8054a583 000000c2 00000007 00000cd4 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b
bacffca8 b9d56ffd 89b81db8 00000000 88e2ba28 nt!ExFreePoolWithTag+0x2a3
bacffcc4 b9d58c48 89b81db8 88e1ad3c 00000000 ks!CKsQueue::FreeStreamPointer+0x3e
bacffcdc b9d581e4 02e2ba28 00000000 bacffd00 ks!CKsQueue:eleteStreamPointer+0xde
bacffcec b9cd4221 89b81df0 8902ec30 00ffffff ks!KsStreamPointerDelete+0x15
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
bacffd00 b9cea383 89b81df0 89a58bd0 00000102 hcw18bda+0x1221
bacffd20 b9cd3c7a 8902ec30 8902ec30 bacffd38 hcw18bda+0x17383
bacffd30 b9cd3c40 bacffd58 b9d56af5 88e1adc8 hcw18bda+0xc7a
bacffd38 b9d56af5 88e1adc8 894d22d8 88e1af88 hcw18bda+0xc40
bacffd58 b9d6a484 00e1ad3c bacffd7c b9d5280b ks!CKsPin:rocessingObjectWork+0x95
bacffd64 b9d5280b 88e1ad3c 894d22b8 8056375c ks!KsWorkSinkItemWorker+0xe
bacffd7c 805379bd 894d22b8 00000000 89e3d640 ks!WorkerThread+0x45
bacffdac 805ce84c 894d22b8 00000000 00000000 nt!ExpWorkerThread+0xef
bacffddc 8054532e 805378ce 00000001 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x34
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x16


STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:
ks!CKsQueue::FreeStreamPointer+3e
b9d56ffd 8d8690000000 lea eax,[esi+90h]

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 2

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: ks

IMAGE_NAME: ks.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 41107ef8

SYMBOL_NAME: ks!CKsQueue::FreeStreamPointer+3e

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xc2_7_KSsp_ks!CKsQueue::FreeStreamPointer+3e

BUCKET_ID: 0xc2_7_KSsp_ks!CKsQueue::FreeStreamPointer+3e

Followup: MachineOwner
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[dclive]

Run verifier. Pick the 'code developers' option, and to individually select choices from a full list. Choose the first four options, and click next; check all unsigned drivers. Reboot when prompted.

If you get into a no-boot situation simply boot in safe mode and run verifier again and turn all verification off.

 

[imaginepc]

is verifyer in the WNDBG?

 

[dclive]

Click start...run...key in 'verifier'...