Question: My Windows 8.1 media center is experiencing blue screens. Here's an excerpt from the most recent ones (sorry for the formatting, but superuser does not support nice tables):
Date Bug Check Param 1 Caused by Address
2015-05-24 0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER 00000000`00000020 Npfs.SYS+b872
2015-05-23 0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER 00000000`00000020 ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
2015-05-22 0x0000003b SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION 00000000`c0000005 ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
2015-05-21 0x00000050 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA ffffe000`83ffdff8 ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
2015-05-21 0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER 00000000`00000020 Ndu.sys+a49b
2015-05-20 0x0000001a MEMORY_MANAGEMENT 00000000`00041287 ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
2015-05-20 0x0000003b SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION 00000000`c0000005 netbt.sys+23a4224
2015-05-15 0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER 00000000`00000003 ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
2015-05-15 0x0000003b SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION 00000000`c0000005 ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
2015-05-07 0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER 00000000`00000020 WUDFRd.sys+7d1df000
2015-05-02 0x000000fe BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER 00000000`00000006 USBPORT.SYS+2a64f
2015-05-01 0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER 00000000`00000020 ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
I've examined the minidump files with BlueScreenView and read the MSDN articles about the bug checks mentioned above. As far as I can tell, most of these BSODs mean:
(If I am mistaken here, please tell me.)
Now the question is: How do I find out which driver messes up my memory?
Details: I've deliberately kept the question generic and asked about a debugging technique rather than the cause for my specific BSOD, so that the answers are useful for others as well. If anyone is interested in the particular details of my case: It's a x64 Windows 8.1 Shuttle XS35GTA V3 with a WinTV-HVR 930C adapter. I have discovered that I can sometimes reproduce the problem by watching live TV with Windows Media Center, turning the HDMI-connected screen off, turning it later back on and then closing Media Center. A few seconds later (after doing something else, e.g. starting or closing a web browser), the system will BSOD or just reboot.
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