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    Vista BSOD. Who can tell me what this error means?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by madroxinide, Jan 6, 2008.

  1. madroxinide

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    STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x81E77D56, 0x9D8B7BA0, 0x9D8B789C)

    Was playing TF2 when this happened. This is a desktop by the way.
     
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    Did you check the event manager?
     
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    disk space availability? pagefile large enough? memcheck?

    cheers ...
     
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    Where is the event manager?

    Bunch of space available, recently defragged. Large pagefile. Doing a memcheck here in a couple minutes.
     
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    Try typing Event Viewer on search/start.

    I'm not log on Vista now, so I can't walk you thru the exact menus.

    Or you can google it.
     
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    Okay I went into event viewer and found an error at about the time of BSOD and it says this:

    Audit events have been dropped by the transport. The real time backup file was corrupt due to improper shutdown.


    Does this have to do with audio?
     
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    Not sure of which driver exactly. You should do a system restore.

    From doing searches, it could be anything form Sound drivers to Enabling Bit Locker.
     
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    this error you describe could be driver related. if if recall this correctly, the graphics driver could be the culprit. and since you were playing a game, this seems more than likely.

    maybe you should try reinstalling your graphics driver or switch to another driver and hope the bsod does not come back.
     
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    I'm thinking its a sound driver. I have been using a CHEAP USB headset and I've been noticing that the sound in TF2 has been messing up. And earlier yesterday I noticed that the sound cut out completely and thats when I noticed problems. I'm going to play without the headset for a while and see if there are any BSOD's. I have been using this video driver for 1+weeks now without any problems in multiple games.
     
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    new error:


    STOP: 0x000000F4 (0x00000003, 0x86EDA1C8, 0x937B8CD4, 0x00000000)

    Win32k.sys - Address 937b8cd4 base at 93600000, datestamp 46d4d163
     
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    You can google the STOP error codes to get an idea of what they mean. It typically won't give you a simple fix, but it might point you in the right direction. (It'll also make it easier for us to troubleshoot if you post that info)

    The first number (the 0xF4 one above) is the most important, as that's the actual error code. Each error has a special code there. The following 4 are just parameters supplying a bit of extra information (and aren't always used)

    So google "STOP 0x000000F4" and see what you get
     
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