Red Hessian Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 Okay, over the past month I've suffered a lot of BSODs while playing games and I have no idea what's causing it. I installed a fresh copy of Windows and still I got regular BSODs. I updated my graphics card drivers, my audio drivers, my BIOS and still no luck. The error always says DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and usbohci.sys. Anybody have any ideas? I'm at my wits' end. I have: ASUS M4A77TD PRO AMD Phenom II X4 945 Radeon HD 4890 4 GB DDR3 Win XP SP3
Pho3nix Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 It might be a heat problem, you could check your fans I guess
Red Hessian Posted August 28, 2012 Author Posted August 28, 2012 All fans seem to be working. The GPU temp is 60°C in idle, but I guess that's normal for ATI and with the heat wave we've been having in this part of Europe. The CPU temp is around 45°C.
Miltiades Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 Do you remember when the problems exactly started and if it happened after you put in new hardware or installed new software? I've had countless of BSOD's before and the bad news is, there's a heap of problems that can cause them. If the BSOD's give that same message (DRIVER_IRQL) every time instead of just giving out random ones, I'd indeed focus on faulty drivers first. Often, it's the graphics driver that causes problems, especially if it's during games. Have you tried reverting to an older (more stable) driver for your graphics card?
Red Hessian Posted August 28, 2012 Author Posted August 28, 2012 The trouble started about a month and a half ago, but I don't remember installing any new software or drivers or anything at that time. As for the graphics drivers, I installed them last at about the time that Skyrim was released (November - December of 2011) and I updated them a few weeks ago when I already began to have BSOD's. So I have no idea what drivers to revert to because I've had BSOD's on both old and new.
Tommycat Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 Sounds like a motherboard driver. Like it's the chipset giving errors about not being able to connect to a USB device. Or maybe you have something connected by USB. If so check to make sure that has updated drivers.
Red Hessian Posted August 28, 2012 Author Posted August 28, 2012 The only thing I have connected by USB is the mouse and the modem. I've updated the mouse drivers, but I doubt I'll be able to update the modem's drivers 'cause it's a pretty old modem and I don't think there are any newer drivers than the ones I already have.
Tommycat Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 Modem? As in cable modem, or dial up? easy way to find out is to disconnect the modem while playing games(unless it's online games) and see if it still blue screens.
Red Hessian Posted August 28, 2012 Author Posted August 28, 2012 Yeah, it's the Ye Olde Siemens A100 ADSL USB modem. I'll try unplugging it and playing something. It's worth to try. I don't play online games, so it's not a big deal. EDIT: Well, been playing DAO for an hour and no BSOD, knock on wood. I'll keep testing tomorrow. EDIT2: Hmm BSOD's again this morning. DAO managed to run for 20 minutes before crapping out, and Skyrim barely managed 5 minutes. Maybe it really is a heating issue. I guess I'll wait until the weather settles down a bit and see if anything changes.
Tommycat Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 try cleaning the heat sinks for your processor and video card. Might be worth a shot. If not write down your stop error code(0x00000007C for instance. but you can leave off the 0's) and check on line. Usually it'll tell you what it is.
Sabretooth Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 Go to your BIOS and check voltages. If they're coming up lower than the safe zone, you might need to replace your PSU. If you have the spare time and patience, dismantle your PC, clean it all up and set it up again. IRQL errors on a fresh Windows install are almost certainly hardware issues.
Red Hessian Posted August 31, 2012 Author Posted August 31, 2012 Okay, after a long time digging around the minidumps I figured out that the culprit was Deamon tools (or rather some part of it) and after removing it the BSOD's have disappeared. BUT, in an earlier effort to fix the BSOD's I seem to have unlocked all cores on my CPU. Now, usually that wouldn't be a bad thing, but for some reason after doing that I keep getting strange processes in the task manager all named 56IR3F5W.exe which eat up all of my memory usage... Any ideas? Tommy? Sabre?
Sabretooth Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 You have 'unlocked all cores' on your CPU? How exactly did you do that? The .exe isn't recognised by Google and therefore points very strongly towards a malware infection of some sort.
Ferc Kast Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Okay, after a long time digging around the minidumps I figured out that the culprit was Deamon tools (or rather some part of it) and after removing it the BSOD's have disappeared. BUT, in an earlier effort to fix the BSOD's I seem to have unlocked all cores on my CPU. Now, usually that wouldn't be a bad thing, but for some reason after doing that I keep getting strange processes in the task manager all named 56IR3F5W.exe which eat up all of my memory usage... Any ideas? Tommy? Sabre? Download and run MalwareBytes Free and see if the exe you listed is a virus/malware.
Tommycat Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Yeah... that isn't part of the OS. Run your antivirus, and check with malwarebytes, SpybotS&D, or any other anti-malware(trustworthy) software.
Red Hessian Posted September 20, 2012 Author Posted September 20, 2012 Just an update. After 3 loooong weeks at the repair shop my machine finally arrived today and I'm happy to report that everything's fine. The trouble with BSOD's was caused by the CMOS battery, and those strange .exe files were some kind of malware I got by installing some weird diagnostic software. Thanks guys for all your help!
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