blue screen of death!!

[mjc928]

Hi everyone. Well I got the bsod. What I find odd about it is that I just built my new machine over the weekend, all my parts are new. Here is the error message: STOP 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I've done some research and from what I've read it's driver related. More specifically mouse/keyboard. I did have a logitech wireless mouse that I unplugged and put a usb mouse in but it still happens. The times I'm having issues is when I try using dragon age origins (though I don't have any other programs installed aside from my antivirus).
Here are my system specs:
Asus hd6970
crosshair extreme mobo
phenom 1100t
corsair dominator 8gb (2x4gb)
thermaltake tr2 rx 1200w psu
wd caviar black 1tb
asus dvd-rom/writer
in win dragon rider full tower
I'm running the 64bit version of windows 7.
I'm about to use ccleaner on my registry. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[skier]

have you overclocked?

have you verified the RAM as running the rated speed or timings?

[mjc928]

No overclocking yet. Not sure how to check the if the ram ie running at the correct speeds or timing.

[vbironchef]

Windows update?

[mjc928]

Windows update?

I've been up to date with it.

[vbironchef]

Try reinstaling windows 7. If it gives you the same then I'm thinking it's your harddrive. If you have your harddrive connected to sata 6 connector try putting the sata 3 connector instead. When I buildt a rig for my sister I ran into the same issue. I also noticed that the same harddrive that you have I put in my sisters rig. That harddrive ran really so when I had it connected to sata 6. All was fixed when I went to the sata 3 connector. Harddrive ran faster and more stable. Don't know why.

[mjc928]

I'll give all that a shot. How do I know which is the sata 3 or 6?

[Sowser]

It looks like Microsoft has a hotfix here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817789

[Major_A]

That's for Windows Server 2003. When you get random Blue Screens and lockups it's usually either...
A) Bad driver(s)
B) Unstable/Bad RAM
C) BIOS update

Are you running an enhanced speed profile for your RAM? Are you running the latest BIOS from ASUS? Might address compatibility issues with your RAM or CPU.

From ASUS' Website concerning the BIOS history of the Crosshair IV Extreme:

Version 0502
Description Crosshair IV Extreme 0502 BIOS
Improve system stability
File Size 942.58 (KBytes) 2010/11/19 update



Version 0406
Description Crosshair IV Extreme 0406
Improve system stability
File Size 942.91 (KBytes) 2010/11/09 update


Version 0243
Description Crosshair IV Extreme 0243 BIOS
First release BIOS
File Size 942.58 (KBytes) 2010/08/27 update

[mjc928]

Not running anything enhanced for my ram. I'll try the bios update. Maybe that would do the trick.

[mjc928]

well I updated the bios and I'm still having a problem. Do you think it might be the games compatibility with windows 7? The only time my comp crashes is when I try downloading content for the game. It says that it can be played on 7 but it doesn't specify 32x or 64x. The game btw is dragon age origins/awakening.

[Major_A]

Have you tried running it in a different Compatibility Mode?

The error specifically states that it's a driver that keeps crashing. Since this happens when you download have you checked for updated NIC drivers? It seems like with the last Catalyst driver there was a hotfix that rolled out for it too. I just looked up the specs for your board, what about the Hydra chip? Do you have it enabled? If so are you running their latest driver?

Link to Marvell's website (your NIC). Search for product 88E8059.
http://www.marvell.com/support.html

Hydra's website:
http://www.lucidlogix.com/driverdownloads.html

Can you download CPU-Z and post a screenshot of the Memory tab so I can look at it?
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

[mjc928]

Ok so here's the image of the memtab http://www.upload-jpg.com/images.php/da ... u-zmem.png
When I went to update the hydra driver I got an error message saying there wasn't any hyrda hardware installed.

[Major_A]

I guess Hydra isn't enabled in the BIOS, which is a good thing if you aren't using another card (nVidia). Try lowering your RAM to 400MHz in the BIOS and see if you can get the system stable. It might be as simple as raising the DRAM voltage or tweaking a timing. At this point we're just trying to figure out what is causing the crashing.

FYI, if you press Alt+Print Screen it will only take a screenshot of the active window.

[mjc928]

I changed it to 400mhz per ram but it just crashed as I was watching a you tube vid.

[Major_A]

What about your video card drivers? If you were watching a HD video then it's .mp4 and Flash accelerates the video with your GPU. You're crashing inside a game environment, also GPU.

[mjc928]

I just installed the latest drivers. I don't have enough time at the moment to start testing so i'll do it tomorrow. Thanks for all your help so far major.

[mjc928]

So I saw something last night that botheredme but I didn't have enough energy to continue on. What I saw was an nvidia app installed (I went to uninstall programs to delete my ati drivers). So I just checked it and it was gpu drivers! Do you think this could be what's causing my problems?

Ok that driver is linked to the game I'm trying to play so it seems like it needs to be there.

[Major_A]

It's probably nVidia's PhysX driver. Update that too to see if it will help.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.10 ... river.html

[mjc928]

Well I played my game for about an hour and no crash. Not sure what that means but it seems that things are working.... Though I'll give it some time to see if I still get any blue screens...