I have a problem where my PC restarts every 5 minutes with Blue Screen of Death. I couldn't access .dmp
files but managed to take a photo since it happens quite often.
From what I have managed to find on he internet it seems like SSD issue so I am scanning the disk and it does have a lot of files without parent and unindexed ones, no bad sectors so far.
What puzzles me is that I have been scanning disk for more than an hour or so without BSOD and I would get it only when dongle is plugged in.
I have tried downloading Dump file reader but it's online install and system always crashes before download finishes.
EDIT: Following advice from @MRK. I have ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.exe+6965c fffff800'03402000 fffff800'039ee000 0x005ec000 0x556356e8 25/05/2015 18:07:52 Microsoft® Windows® Operating System NT Kernel & System 6.1.7601.18869 (win7sp1_gdr.150525-0603) Microsoft Corporation C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
in all dump files at the top.
Some articles claim that it's RAM failing I am running memory test ATM.
UPDATE: Finished test - It's not RAM.
UPDATE 2 Since Wifi dongle had warranty, I returned it back and got new one, BSOD still happens so we can eliminate wifi dongle.
Values from disk utility look like this:
and
UPDATE 3 It does detect drive in OCZ Toolbox
How could I debug it any further?
BSOD Not only happen due to bad hardware also (and mostly in my case) happen due to Hardware Drivers/Windows Services! So maybe your problem is only your WiFi driver that cause this problem or ..!?
To find out, you can try free BlueScreenView program from NirSoft. It is small utility that try read *.dmp file and show you last active files before BSOD happen. usually one or more files from 4~6 top files in the list cause the problem. (those are identity in read raw's)
By looking into that list you can find Driver/Software names that can cause your problem.
Just in case, If your Windows do not create any dump files in BSOD!? you can read this help: Dump Files - Configure Windows to Create on BSOD
Error 0xc0000185
means STATUS_IO_DEVICE_ERROR
which is a IO error:
The I/O device reported an I/O error.
This has nothing to with a WIFI dongle, but can be caused by old SSD firmwares or damaged SSD drives.
RMA the SSD and get a new drive.
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