Random Windows 7 Home Premium Lockups

I have a Asus G53JW-A1 factory installed Home Premium OS 64-Bit. I have been having random lock ups that require a hard reboot or pulling the power completely. There are no BSOD, no pitch black screens or anything, the screen remains exactly as the last thing I was doing before freezing and then I have to hold the power button or pull power to reset it. I run disk cleanup and there are no error files (I have disabled windows error reporting). Are there any software I can download and run to test everything out? I have tried replacing the HDD only to find out it still does it. I am lost, I have a lot of time involved in getting the OS exactly like I wanted it. I have also located a hotfix KB2265716x64 that I tried and it didnt work either. I read that on a forum random Windows 7 lockups. Any idea or help anyone can offer? I have run disk check after rebooting and finds no issues, I have AVG PC Tuneup 2011 and cleaned the bad registry values and it doesn't help either.





Physical devices listed below.
Field Value
PCI Devices
Bus 3, Device 0, Function 0 Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter
Bus 4, Device 0, Function 0 Fresco Logic USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
Bus 0, Device 30, Function 0 Intel 82801xxM Mobile I/O Controller Hub
Bus 0, Device 31, Function 0 Intel HM55 PCH - LPC Bridge
Bus 0, Device 27, Function 0 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - High Definition Audio Controller
Bus 0, Device 22, Function 0 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - Host Embedded Controller Interface 1 (HECI1)
Bus 0, Device 28, Function 0 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - PCI Express Root Port 1
Bus 0, Device 28, Function 1 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - PCI Express Root Port 2
Bus 0, Device 28, Function 3 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - PCI Express Root Port 4
Bus 0, Device 28, Function 4 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - PCI Express Root Port 5
Bus 0, Device 28, Function 5 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - PCI Express Root Port 6
Bus 0, Device 31, Function 3 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - SMBus Controller
Bus 0, Device 31, Function 6 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - Thermal Sensor
Bus 0, Device 29, Function 0 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - USB 2.0 EHCI Controller 1
Bus 0, Device 26, Function 0 Intel Ibex Peak PCH - USB 2.0 EHCI Controller 2
Bus 0, Device 31, Function 2 Intel Ibex Peak-M PCH - 4-port SATA AHCI Controller
Bus 255, Device 4, Function 1 Intel IMC Channel 0 Address Registers
Bus 255, Device 4, Function 0 Intel IMC Channel 0 Control Registers
Bus 255, Device 4, Function 2 Intel IMC Channel 0 Rank Registers
Bus 255, Device 4, Function 3 Intel IMC Channel 0 Thermal Control
Bus 255, Device 5, Function 1 Intel IMC Channel 1 Address Registers
Bus 255, Device 5, Function 0 Intel IMC Channel 1 Control Registers
Bus 255, Device 5, Function 2 Intel IMC Channel 1 Rank Registers
Bus 255, Device 5, Function 3 Intel IMC Channel 1 Thermal Control
Bus 255, Device 3, Function 0 Intel IMC Registers
Bus 255, Device 3, Function 1 Intel IMC Target Address Decoder
Bus 255, Device 3, Function 4 Intel IMC Test Registers
Bus 0, Device 8, Function 0 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - Address Mapping / VT-d / System Management Control
Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - DMI Host Bridge
Bus 0, Device 8, Function 3 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - Miscellaneous Control
Bus 0, Device 3, Function 0 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - PCI Express Root Port 1 (x16/x8)
Bus 0, Device 16, Function 0 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - QuickPath Interconnect Link
Bus 0, Device 16, Function 1 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - QuickPath Interconnect Routing and Protocol
Bus 0, Device 8, Function 1 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - Semaphore and Scratchpad Control
Bus 0, Device 8, Function 2 Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield IIO - System Control/Status
Bus 255, Device 0, Function 0 Intel QuickPath Architecture - Generic Non-Core Registers
Bus 255, Device 0, Function 1 Intel QuickPath Architecture - System Address Decoder (SAD)
Bus 255, Device 2, Function 0 Intel QuickPath Interconnect - QPI Link 0 Control
Bus 255, Device 2, Function 1 Intel QuickPath Interconnect - QPI Physical 0 Control
Bus 1, Device 0, Function 0 nVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M (Asus) Video Adapter
Bus 1, Device 0, Function 1 nVIDIA GF106 - High Definition Audio Controller
Bus 6, Device 0, Function 0 Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Bus 5, Device 0, Function 0 Realtek RTS5208 PCI-E Card Reader

PnP Devices
PNP0303 101/102-Key or MS Natural Keyboard
PNP0C08 ACPI Driver/BIOS
FIXEDBUTTON ACPI Fixed Feature Button
THERMALZONE ACPI Thermal Zone
PNP0A08 ACPI Three-wire Device Bus
ATK0100 Asus ATK-100 ACPI Utility
PNP0C0A Control Method Battery
PNP0200 DMA Controller
PNP0C09 Embedded Controller Device
PNP0103 High Precision Event Timer
INT0800 Intel Flash EEPROM
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
GENUINEINTEL_-_INTEL64_FAMILY_6_MODEL_30_-_INTEL(R)_CORE(TM)_I7_CPU_______Q_740__@_1.73GHZ Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz
PNP0C0D Lid
6TO4MP Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
ACPI0003 Microsoft AC Adapter
ISATAP Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
ISATAP Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
ISATAP Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
ISATAP Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
ISATAP Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
PNP0C04 Numeric Data Processor
PNP0A03 PCI Bus
PNP0000 Programmable Interrupt Controller
PNP0B00 Real-Time Clock
PNP0C0E Sleep Button
SYN0A06 Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
PNP0100 System Timer
TEREDO Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
PNP0C02 Thermal Monitoring ACPI Device
PNP0C02 Thermal Monitoring ACPI Device
PNP0C02 Thermal Monitoring ACPI Device

USB Devices
0B95 7720 ASIX AX88772 USB2.0 to Fast Ethernet Adapter
0B05 1788 BT-270
8087 0020 Generic USB Hub
8087 0020 Generic USB Hub
04F2 B1BB USB Composite Device
04F2 B1BB USB2.0 2.0M UVC WebCam

 

Next time it happens do a hard reboot and then after restart go to the Windows Event Viewer. Look if there are any Errors or warnings displayed.

 

DHCP -client (Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 0x4E5D6071941C. The following error occurred: 0x79. Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.)

volmgr (Crash dump initialization failed!)

User Profile Service (Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.

DETAIL -
1 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-1389918614-3565391328-1262997178-1000_Classes:
Process 1844 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\FBAgent.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1389918614-3565391328-1262997178-1000_CLASSES)

User Profile Service (Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.

DETAIL -
4 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-1389918614-3565391328-1262997178-1000:
Process 1844 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\FBAgent.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1389918614-3565391328-1262997178-1000
Process 1844 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\FBAgent.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1389918614-3565391328-1262997178-1000
Process 1844 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\FBAgent.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1389918614-3565391328-1262997178-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
Process 1844 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\FBAgent.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1389918614-3565391328-1262997178-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer)

DHCP-Client (Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 0x4E5D6071941C. The following error occurred: 0x79. Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.)

DHCP-Client (The IP address lease 10.3.194.28 for the Network Card with network address 0xC0C1C00C2CA6 has been denied by the DHCP server 10.2.192.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).)


Application Error (Faulting application name: Update.exe_unknown, version: 1.2.2.0, time stamp: 0x2a425e19
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bdbdf
Exception code: 0x0eedfade
Fault offset: 0x0000b727
Faulting process id: 0x29d4
Faulting application start time: 0x01cbb0c6de9b09a9
Faulting application path: C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX1\Update.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 246abce2-1cba-11e0-989e-74f06db29fb1)


Disk (The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk2\DR2.)


VDS Basic Provider (Unexpected failure. Error code: 490@01010004)


volsnap (The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to a user imposed limit.)

not even close to being all the errors this is OEM install too.

 

Are all of the device drivers fully up to date, no third-party 'tweaks' applied, all software properly owned/licensed, etc, etc? Is your CPU properly heat-sinke'd, no dust bunnies in the fan or cooling vents and so on.

Although it's in RC status, the SP1 release for Win7 includes a HUGE pile of request-only fixes (several hundred of which are NOT available through any other channel) that solve random/rare system lockups. It's something to consider if all else fails.

But first get the usual stuff taken care of as per the first paragraph here.

And as long as you are having system problems like this, be sure to take good and regular backups of important user files.

 

What application is this?
Additionally, autostarts should be checked (Autoruns from Sysinternals is recommended for that).

Michael

 

I have reinstalled drivers, and did some tweaks after reading articles on Microsoft Technet. Now I am only having three errors that are making me think its the cause. Any suggestions for these three issues?


volmgr error 46 - Crash dump initialization failed!

volsnap error 36 - The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to a user imposed limit.

Disk error 11 - The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk2\DR8

 

I have the EXCACT same problem on my Asus G73JW

 

I have used a tweak program to clear my pagefile on shutdown, so far no locukups yesturday, not to say it wont but I had a good day. Still testing.

 

Look at your memory, sounds like something not compatable. My Asus desktop with a P5 motherboard would do that and it was memory not liking the motherboard.

 

I ran the memory test and found no issues, doesnt seem to be doing it right at the moment so far two days and counting. I had the pagefile cleaned on shutdown not sure if thats what fixed it or not.