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Argonath RPG Community => Hardware/Software support => Resolved issues => Topic started by: Kirgiz on June 19, 2013, 07:57:06 am

Title: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Kirgiz on June 19, 2013, 07:57:06 am: G'day.

Recently my computer started crashing in bizarre ways which are connected with - that's right - BSOD of whole computer.

The multitude of crashes are, for some odd reason, random. Every time there's a different code, which nails into a different problem. For a more precise analysis I would need my crash dump files!

(http://i42.tinypic.com/30jjhna.jpg)

The fuck?

How do I get them to appear if ITS EVEN PUT IN THERE FOR THEM TO LOG.

P.S. In BSOD messages the message about crash dump is written does appear.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Squeak on June 19, 2013, 09:05:00 am: Run a magnet over your hard drive, it will defragment it and then refragment it. Only problem is you'll need a fairly large magnet to accomplish it in one pass, however.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Janar on June 19, 2013, 09:48:35 am: Less than a minute of googling and...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130536 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130536)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/21f24b77-a80b-4cc3-8b86-8779ed824c17/memory-dump-files-not-generated-after-bsod (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/21f24b77-a80b-4cc3-8b86-8779ed824c17/memory-dump-files-not-generated-after-bsod)
http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/218837-bsods-not-saving-minidumps-multiple-0x9f-crashes.html (http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/218837-bsods-not-saving-minidumps-multiple-0x9f-crashes.html)

Start by checking them.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Kirgiz on June 19, 2013, 11:23:59 am: Quote from: Squeak on June 19, 2013, 09:05:00 am
Run a magnet over your hard drive, it will defragment it and then refragment it. Only problem is you'll need a fairly large magnet to accomplish it in one pass, however.
After I ran a magnet over my hard drive my PC pulled another BSOD. Is it safe to do so?
Quote from: Janar on June 19, 2013, 09:48:35 am
Less than a minute of googling and...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130536 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130536)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/21f24b77-a80b-4cc3-8b86-8779ed824c17/memory-dump-files-not-generated-after-bsod (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/21f24b77-a80b-4cc3-8b86-8779ed824c17/memory-dump-files-not-generated-after-bsod)
http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/218837-bsods-not-saving-minidumps-multiple-0x9f-crashes.html (http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/218837-bsods-not-saving-minidumps-multiple-0x9f-crashes.html)

Start by checking them.
1st link didn't give a valid solution.
2nd link see above
3rd link already seen it, ran memtest fine with no issues whatsoever. Might be my HDD is defunct?
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Devin on June 19, 2013, 11:49:19 am: Quote from: Squeak on June 19, 2013, 09:05:00 am
Run a magnet over your hard drive, it will defragment it and then refragment it. Only problem is you'll need a fairly large magnet to accomplish it in one pass, however.

Great plan, if you wish to corrupt all of your data.

When last have you moved your PC around? Or knocked it? It could be down to something as simple as dust between the socket and the Ram stick causing a BSOD.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Kirgiz on June 19, 2013, 02:05:00 pm: Quote from: Devin on June 19, 2013, 11:49:19 am
Great plan, if you wish to corrupt all of your data.

When last have you moved your PC around? Or knocked it? It could be down to something as simple as dust between the socket and the Ram stick causing a BSOD.
2 months ago. Guess I should try cleaning it.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Devin on June 20, 2013, 04:11:25 pm: Have you had any luck with it or still getting BSODs?
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Pandalink on June 20, 2013, 04:42:17 pm: Is the dump ostensibly completing according to the BSOD text, or does the actual BSOD crash itself (like with my old PC)?
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Kirgiz on June 20, 2013, 11:36:47 pm: Quote from: Pandalink on June 20, 2013, 04:42:17 pm
or does the actual BSOD crash itself (like with my old PC)?
wow what, bsod crash?! LOL

No, I tried some other solution, now waiting patiently for another BSOD.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Pandalink on June 20, 2013, 11:57:44 pm: Quote from: Kirgiz on June 20, 2013, 11:36:47 pm
wow what, bsod crash?! LOL
Yea I'd get a BSOD, it would get halfway through the dump and then just freeze.
It was pretty good.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Kirgiz on June 27, 2013, 05:41:18 pm: fixed.
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Devin on June 27, 2013, 06:07:29 pm: And the solution was?
Title: Re: BSOD dump files do not appear
Post by: Kirgiz on June 29, 2013, 09:40:14 am: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -- SYSTEM -- CurrentControlSet -- Control -- CrashControl

Delete the folder in the registry, add a new one with this:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000001 "CrashDumpEnabled"=dword:00000003 "LogEvent"=dword:00000001 "MinidumpDir"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\ 00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,6e,00,69,00,64,00,75,00,6d,00,70,00,00,00 "Overwrite"=dword:00000001 "SendAlert"=dword:00000001