BSOD's Everywhere

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Two days ago while browsing the internet I got a BSOD out of no where.

I thought nothing of it, but it happened again.

I did some research into it for possible causes but I just couldn't pinpoint what might actually be causing it. It's gotten pretty frustrating, and it still happens.

Some of the times the computer crashed were pretty specific though.
I tried to save a picture image and when I hit "save as" it crashed.

Similarly, when I clicked on the pop up that said that Windows update had finished installing updates it crashed there as well.

I went about looking for a fix, but I started getting BSOD's even on sign in.

I don't know how I should format this post so I'll provide some background information

  • The last BSOD totaled up to 8 in the event viewer.
  • Haven't had any BSODs in the 2 years of owning this computer until 7/21/2014
  • My friend had recently kicked the computer on accident. I thought it might not be getting enough power if something came loose, but when I look at it, everything seems to be fine.
  • Searching through the net has led me to believe that my netgear genie wi-fi adapter might be causing this. I wonder if that's true though because it hasn't had any issues till 2 days ago. It is still currently up to date on updates as well.
  • I tried to system restore but the BSOD's seemed to become more frequent after I did that.
  • I cleaned out any dust to make sure that wasn't the cause
I provided a minidump, but for some reason I only had one in the mini dump despite 8 blue screens.

Computer specs
Amd Athlon II X2 240 processor
2.80 GHz
3gb of ram
Windows 7: 64 bit
Hewlett-Packard
 

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One just occured right now.

posting from mobile.

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

STOP: 0x00000050 (0xFFFFF8800D82AFD6, 0x0000000000000000 , 0xFFFFF800039B5050, 0x0000000000000002)

This occured while trying to load a youtube video.

will post a minidump if it was saved
 
The blue screen are from your wireless adapter. It a good chance the wifi adapter. May have some damage.. I would say try a driver update. But not really sure this would help. You may be better off replacing it if possible.
 
Cobalt006 said:
The blue screen are from your wireless adapter. It a good chance the wifi adapter. May have some damage.. I would say try a driver update. But not really sure this would help. You may be better off replacing it if possible.
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I figured it would end up being that.

but it just doesn't make sense that it would happen so randomly...

running memtest just in case because I do not have the money to replace this right now...

*desperation*:'(
 
Ran through 8 passes on memtest no errors

Decided to actually turn on my brain and try the wi-fi adapter in another USB port.

I'm no hardware specialist so if the port did come loose, I wouldn't be able to tell.

So far no crashes, but I've only been browsing for 20 minutes.

Will report back later.
 
No problems while browsing. but once again I got a bsod when trying to save a file.

this error is definitely different from the last one.
hopefully a crashdump was saved.

PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA

STOP : 0x00000050 (0xFFFFF88006EBF5DE, 0x0000000000000000, 0xFFFFF80003962EDC, 0x0000000000000000

*bcmwlhigh664.sys - address FFFFF88006EBF5DE base at FFFFF88006EBF5DE, Date Stamp 00000000

I'm going to attempt to save another file and replicate the crash

would it be a good idea to try and replicate this in safemode with networking?
 
Huh, the older ones appeared as well.

Here's some of the crashes.

2 of them occured while trying to turn on my computer after the crash mentioned above. Once I unplugged the network adapter it went back to normal and I was able to start up again.

Throwing out a theory that maybe whatever data I try to save from the internet isn't communicating right with my hard drive.

About to test saving a file again.
 

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It is pointing to the adapter. Have you tried removing the adapter and using the computer. To see if this stops the crashes. I have a felling the adapter maybe toast. Do you have a way to hook the internet to a ethernet connection. To see if the same problem happens.
 
Cobalt006 said:
It is pointing to the adapter. Have you tried removing the adapter and using the computer. To see if this stops the crashes. I have a felling the adapter maybe toast. Do you have a way to hook the internet to a ethernet connection. To see if the same problem happens.
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The normal crashes I get occur during normal internet usage.

once or twice it crashed without the adapter being in during start up, but I figured that was because it would try to load the driver (possibly) which caused the crash.

Other than that, I can use the computer normally, but I never tested for too long since I don't really have anything to...stress anything without having internet.

I can't test it just yet, but I do intend to test for similar crashes on an ethernet connection whenever I can. I'll provide an update when that happens.

For now though, I've been browsing and saving files successfully since the earlier post I made.
 
A small update.

Wasn't able to test it on an ethernet connection but I did not get a blue screen for about 15 hours of normal surfing

Granted I wasn't doing things as intensively as I usually would but it's a good sign.

I think I'm going to do some of the activities I was doing before the crashes started.
I didn't test them because BSODs + unsaved work is really annoying. :confused:
 
If thats the case. You might be better off not stressing the adapter. Till you can get a new one.
Beings the computer was accidently bump. Just to be on the safe. You should check and make sure nothing is loose inside. If you have not.
 
Cobalt006 said:
If thats the case. You might be better off not stressing the adapter. Till you can get a new one.
Beings the computer was accidently bump. Just to be on the safe. You should check and make sure nothing is loose inside. If you have not.
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Noted, I'll keep the pressure to a minimum except when I'm gaming

Will recheck the computer shortly.
 
Crashed once more.

Not during normal browsing though. Just when trying to save a file again.

Seems like the browsing crashes have stopped, but I still crash when trying to save files. not all the time, but sometimes.

This one specific happened while I was trying to save a file while watching a stream.

Probably still related to the adapter but providing the mini-dump again just in case.
 

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Sorry Cobalt, I ended up getting forced out of town for a while and was unable to really do anything.

Finally back though and I wanted to ask a question about that seagate tools

seagate.png

This is what pops up when I load up the page.

I want to assume that this was the device I should of scanned, but I just wanted to make sure because it said "USB"

I think I'm going to test the computer while waiting for a reply.

Thanks for all the help and sticking it through with me though. ;_;
 
Yes, But now that I think about it. I have seen win 8 and win 7 report the hard drive as USB. It has to do with the way the bios is set.. So yes go ahead and trey removing the adapter . Then give the program a run.
 
I've come crawling back. after a recent crash.

Was just browsing when this one happened.

It was after a really long session though. Maybe 12 hours or so. First one ever since I got back as well.

Cobalt006 said:
Yes, But now that I think about it. I have seen win 8 and win 7 report the hard drive as USB. It has to do with the way the bios is set.. So yes go ahead and trey removing the adapter . Then give the program a run.
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I assume I should run every test right?
 

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WELL THEN.

It passed the drive self test and the short generic test.


It failed the long generic test with 200 errors though. o.o

Update : Upon retesting the short generic test also failed.

The drive self test still passed though.
 
Sounds as though you will need a new hard drive. Your best bet would be to back your personal files and such up to flash drive, or a dvd.External Hard drive. This way if the hard drive crashes before you can replace it, Your files and such will be safe.
 
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