Friday, November 29, 2013

[SOLVED] KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

Link to solved thread - Blue Screens!

What the issue was -
SATA cables needed to be swapped because the original connected to the HDD was faulty.

[SOLVED] SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION

Link to solved thread - SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION(win32.sys) BSOD

What the issue was -
Video card drivers needed to be updated, Daemon Tools needed to be removed.

[SOLVED] WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR

Link to solved thread - BSOD error c5

What the issue was -
RAM needed to be set to correct timings.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

Link to solved thread - DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD when running low on battery and coming out of hibernation

What the issue was -
sptd.sys needed to be removed, and graphics drivers needed to be updated.

[SOLVED] REFERENCE_BY_POINTER

Link to solved thread - shutdown causes crash
 

What the issue was - OP needed to speak to Secure Star to get an 8.1 updated version of DriveCrypt.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL / DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION

Link to solved thread - Windows 8.1 BSOD on hcwPP2.sys - Hauppage WinTV-150

What the issue was -
Hauppage card needed to be removed as there were no device drivers created yet for 8 / 8.1.

[SOLVED] SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION / DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Link to solved thread - Pls help with blue screens on my laptop

What the issue was -
McAfee needed to be removed and replaced with Microsoft Security Essentials.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Link to solved thread - Windows 8.1 Error driver_irql_not_less_or_equal

What the issue was - McAfee needed to be removed and replaced with Windows Defender.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Link to solved thread - DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (igdkmd6464.SYS)

What the issue was - Intel Graphics driver needed to be updated.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Link to solved thread - BSOD error when I turned off wireless

What the issue was - Atheros drivers needed to be updated.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

Link to solved thread - I'm facing DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE on my HP envy laptop

What the issue was - avast! needed to be removed and replaced with Windows Defender, Driver Agent needed to be removed as well.

[SOLVED] Windows 8.1 restarting. CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION

Link to solved thread - Windows 8.1 restarting. CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION

What the issue was - Avira needed to be removed and replaced with Windows Defender, and sptd.sys needed to be removed as well.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

Link to solved thread - win 8.1 = Driver Power State Failure Error (help needed)

What the issue was - Heatsink fan wasn't plugged in properly and CD-ROM Class Filter Driver by Gear Software needed to be removed.

[SOLVED] DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION

Link to solved thread - Unending DPC Watchdog Violation?

What the issue was - AVG needed to be removed and replaced with Windows Defender.

[SOLVED] CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION

Link to solved thread - Critical Structure Corruption after upgrading to windows 81.

What the issue was - Norton and avast! needed to be removed (two antiviruses creating conflict).

[SOLVED] SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M

Link to solved thread - Blue screen of death and reported nonexistent solution

What the issue was - Video card drivers needed to be updated, Norton needed to be removed and replaced with Windows Defender.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

Link to solved thread - Asus G750JH Blue screen Driver_Power_State_Failure

What the issue was - Asus Charger Driver needed to be removed, Keyspan serial adapter needed to be removed as well.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Link to solved thread - driver_irql_not_less_or_equal (Netio.sys) blue screen Windows 8.1

What the issue was - Xilinx microprocessor driver needed to be removed as it was too old for 8 / 8.1.

[SOLVED] Critical Structure Corruption Windows 8.1

Link to solved thread - Critical Structure Corruption Windows 8.1

What the issue was - Norton and sptd.sys both needed to be removed.

[SOLVED] IRQL_UNEXPECTED_VALUE / DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION

Link to solved thread - automatically restarting saying that "Your PC ran into problem"

What the issue was - Atheros drivers needed to be updated / modem needed to be replaced as too old for 8 / 8.1.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Link to solved thread - DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL(ndis.sys)

What the issue was - Kaspersky needed to be removed and replaced with Windows Defender.

[SOLVED] IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Link to solved thread - Windows 8 BSOD caused by ntoskrnl.exe

What the issue was - Realtek HiDefinition Audio driver needed to be updated.

[SOLVED] BAD_POOL_CALLER

Link to solved thread - help with dump file

What the issue was - Beta video card driver needed to be installed.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

[SOLVED] PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

Link to solved thread - BSOD ERROR

What the issue was - RAM needed to be replaced.

[SOLVED] SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION / KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE / DRIVER_VERIFIER_IOMANAGER_VIOLATION / IRQL_GT_ZERO_AT_SYSTEM_SERVICE /

Link to solved thread - BSOD ntoskernel.exe plus other things

What the issue was - RAM needed to be replaced.

[SOLVED] REFERENCE_BY_POINTER

Link to solved thread - physical memory dump blue screen of death

What the issue was - Video card drivers needed to be updated to latest version.

[SOLVED] VIDEO_TDR_ERROR

Link to solved thread - nVidia Driver Kernel Error Bluscreen Crashes

What the issue was - Video card needed to be replaced.

[SOLVED] CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION

Link to solved thread - Is there a story to be told regarding ntoskrnl.exe+75bc0?

What the issue was - SSD firmware needed to be updated to latest.

[SOLVED] CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION

Link to solved thread - Critical_Structure_Corruption Windows 8.1 ntoskrnl.exe

What the issue was - Daemon Tools needed to be removed along with sptd.sys.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

Link to solved thread - Driver_power_state_failure after upgrade to Windows 8.1 x64

What the issue was - Broadcom driver needed to be updated to latest version.

[SOLVED] PFN_LIST_CORRUPT / PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA / BAD_POOL_HEADER / BAD_POOL_CALLER /

Link to solved thread - bsod issues All diagnosis info enclosed

What the issue was - Faulty RAM, needed to be replaced.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

Link to solved thread - Driver Power State Failure (Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit)

What the issue was - Intel Rapid Storage Technology needed to be uninstalled.

[SOLVED] MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

Link to solved thread - Windows Server 2012 - BSOD & MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

What the issue was - Server's RAM needed to be replaced.

[SOLVED] SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION

Link to solved thread - Help tracking down BSOD Windows 8.0 64 bit

What the issue was - nVidia video drivers needed to be rolled back to a previous version.

[SOLVED] DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

Link to solved thread - DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE -- 0x0000009f -- ntoskrnl.exe

What the issue was - Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Adapter driver needed to be updated.

[SOLVED] IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL / NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM

Link to solved thread - getting bsod!!!!

What the issue was - RAM needed to be replaced.

[SOLVED] KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

Link to solved thread - Random BSOD showing "Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe"

What the issue was - System was still severely infected with malware based off of my analysis and best course of action was to go through with a clean install.