Hi All,

I have not experienced a blue screen for ages till I installed my new drivers for mobo and grahpic card.

I have used driver cleaner (in safe mode) before installing the new device drivers.

From the looks of it, it seems to point to the graphic driver Forceware 91.47
(the mobo drivers are 6.86, did not install the IDE / sata drivers and nam and firewall).

Below is the minidump
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Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.6.0007.5
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini101406-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 2600.xpsp.050928-1517
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055c700
Debug session time: Sat Oct 14 18:48:57.984 2006 (GMT+8)
System Uptime: 0 days 3:12:22.681
Loading Kernel Symbols
........................................................................... ...........................................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
...............
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* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 1000000A, {ffdf, 2, 1, 806e4a8e}

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nv4_mini.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nv4_mini.sys
Probably caused by : nv4_mini.sys ( nv4_mini+55df3 )

Followup: MachineOwner
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1: kd> !analyze -v
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000ffdf, memory referenced
Arg2: 00000002, IRQL
Arg3: 00000001, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 806e4a8e, address which referenced memory

Debugging Details:
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WRITE_ADDRESS: 0000ffdf

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

FAULTING_IP:
hal!KeAcquireQueuedSpinLock+42
806e4a8e 8902 mov dword ptr [edx],eax

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0xA

PROCESS_NAME: PPStream.exe

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 806e4a41 to 806e4a8e

STACK_TEXT:
b52a8b30 806e4a41 804fccdf 00000002 89add778 hal!KeAcquireQueuedSpinLock+0x42
b52a8b34 804fccdf 00000002 89add778 89c29cc0 hal!KeAcquireQueuedSpinLockRaiseToSynch+0x5
b52a8b4c b9f69df3 89c29cc0 00000000 00000001 nt!KeReleaseSemaphore+0x11
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nv4_mini+0x55df3


STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:
nv4_mini+55df3
b9f69df3 ?? ???

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 3

SYMBOL_NAME: nv4_mini+55df3

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: nv4_mini

IMAGE_NAME: nv4_mini.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 44dd49d8

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xA_W_nv4_mini+55df3

BUCKET_ID: 0xA_W_nv4_mini+55df3

Followup: MachineOwner
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1: kd> lmvm nv4_mini
start end module name
b9f14000 ba2da6e0 nv4_mini T (no symbols)
Loaded symbol image file: nv4_mini.sys
Image path: nv4_mini.sys
Image name: nv4_mini.sys
Timestamp: Sat Aug 12 11:24:08 2006 (44DD49D8)
CheckSum: 003C90B0
ImageSize: 003C66E0
Translations: 0000.04b0 0000.04e0 0409.04b0 0409.04e0

I can confirm your minidump crashes at your video card drivers. I suggest you rollback to the driver version you were using before.

Regards Howard

Cheers mate!!! But which area do u look at? at the n4_mini.dll?

Do you know what version of the video card drivers you were using before you updated?

If you do, go to add remove programmes in your control panel and uninstall your current video card drivers. Then, go to the Nvidia website and download the version of the drivers you were using before and install them.

Another possibility is to do a system restore to before you installed the new drivers.

Regards Howard

Yes mate I do what was my previous version. Sorry my mistake, hmmm I was asking how did u read the minidump and that from that you can say that it was the video card driver?

I believe you, just want to learn how to do it

Cheers Mate!!!!

P.S
But these drivers are the latest offical Nvidia ones... dunno I would have though they would be fine..

First some versions of the Nvidia card drivers aren`t stable. Once you find a version that is stable with your video card, you should stick with them. I don`t see the point in updating drivers, unless there`s a good reason to do so.

Your minidump crashed at nv4_mini.sys. This is part of your video card drivers. The owning process was PPStream.exe. I believe this is the ppStream P2P programme.

If you would like to learn to read minidumps, take a look at this short tutorial HERE.

Regards Howard

Edit: Unfortunately the link I gave you above on how to read minidumps isn`t working.

Edit: The link above is now working. Must have been a problem with the site.

Cheers mate! thanks again!