<t>I've been getting blue screens for several days now, only new thing I did was install a hard drive.<br/>
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I'll be doing anything, browsing the web, etc. and I get a blue screen, that says CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED on Windows 8 Pro. I checked the argument flags, its all 0's, which according to Microsoft says its a service that died, not a process.<br/>
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At that point, it reboots, and I get another blue screen, that reads:<br/>
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A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.<br/>
0xc000000e<br/>
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During that time, my USB keyboard doesn't work, I had to hook up a PS2 keyboard to push the enter key to try again, or F8 for startup options. F8 does nothing. Enter throws yet another error:<br/>
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```<br/>
The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file <br/>
is missing or contains errors.<br/>
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The file in question is \Windows\system32\winload.exe<br/>
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```<br/>
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At this point, if I cold-boot, by a hard power-off and then power back on, the system comes up, until it blue screens again. Which can be anywhere from 5 minutes, to 2 hours.<br/>
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So, I did all the standard debugging steps:<br/>
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- I turned on memory dumps, and unfortunately, I get none, they don't work; the system apparently is dyeing before it does a dump.<br/>
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- I checked event logs, the ONLY logs I'm getting from 5 minutes before I crash, to 5 minutes after are normal security logs, with the exception of after the reboot, where it throws the second two errors. At that reboot, I get a bunch of network connectivity issues, it cannot connect to anything.<br/>
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- So I did a Windows 8 Pro "refresh", and same error occurred.<br/>
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- So I decided I was done with that, I pulled out the new hard drive, did a CLEAN ALL on the original hard drive; ran a detailed SMART test, hard drive checked out ok, ran a detailed memory scan, it came out ok, ran memory and video stress tests, they came out ok, ran a CPU stress test and monitored CPU temps, never above 27 degrees. At this point, I thought, man, I got this; reinstalled Windows 8 pro, on the hard drive I had did a CLEAN ALL on, with a fresh Microsoft account; should have been starting brand spanking new at that point...everything went fine for about 2 or 3 hours, system ran like a dream; I started letting Windows Update run, installed office, and visual studio, ran great for another 2 or 3 hours, and then boom, crash again.<br/>
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So my only hypothesis at this point, is one of the drivers installed by Windows Update, must be causing the issue.<br/>
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Does anyone have any other suggestions of ways to get information out of the process, or at least help me figure out why memory dumps are not working? If I could get memory dumps to work, I know enough to be able to analyze the dumps, and go from there, but none of the dumps are working. I tried doing minimal, automatic, and complete dumps. I tried increasing swap file size, and changing the dump location, all to no effect, still don't have a single .DMP file on the PC.<br/>
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System specs:<br/>
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```<br/>
Operating System<br/>
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit<br/>
CPU<br/>
AMD FX-8150 13 °C<br/>
Zambezi 32nm Technology<br/>
RAM<br/>
16.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)<br/>
Motherboard<br/>
ASRock 990FX Professional (CPUSocket) 32 °C<br/>
Graphics<br/>
LCDTV16 (1920x1080@60Hz)<br/>
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series (ATI AIB) 41 °C<br/>
Hard Drives<br/>
119GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device (SSD)<br/>
2329GB Western Digital WDC WD25 EZRX-00MMMB0 SATA Disk Device (SATA) 24 °C<br/>
233GB Western Digital WDC WD25 00JS-60NCB1 SATA Disk Device (SATA) 33 °C<br/>
Optical Drives<br/>
HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH12LS39 ATA Device<br/>
Audio<br/>
Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)<br/>
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```<br/>
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Services:<br/>
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```<br/>
Running AMD External Events Utility<br/>
Running AMD FUEL Service<br/>
Running Application Experience<br/>
Running Application Information<br/>
Running Background Intelligent Transfer Service<br/>
Running Background Tasks Infrastructure Service<br/>
Running Base Filtering Engine<br/>
Running Certificate Propagation<br/>
Running CNG Key Isolation<br/>
Running COM+ Event System<br/>
Running Computer Browser<br/>
Running Creative Audio Service<br/>
Running Cryptographic Services<br/>
Running DCOM Server Process Launcher<br/>
Running Device Association Service<br/>
Running DHCP Client<br/>
Running Diagnostic Policy Service<br/>
Running Diagnostic Service Host<br/>
Running Diagnostic System Host<br/>
Running Distributed Link Tracking Client<br/>
Running DNS Client<br/>
Running Function Discovery Provider Host<br/>
Running Function Discovery Resource Publication<br/>
Running HomeGroup Listener<br/>
Running HomeGroup Provider<br/>
Running Human Interface Device Access<br/>
Running IP Helper<br/>
Running Local Session Manager<br/>
Running Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant<br/>
Running Network Connected Devices Auto-Setup<br/>
Running Network List Service<br/>
Running Network Location Awareness<br/>
Running Network Store Interface Service<br/>
Running Office 64 Source Engine<br/>
Running Peer Name Resolution Protocol<br/>
Running Peer Networking Grouping<br/>
Running Peer Networking Identity Manager<br/>
Running Plug and Play<br/>
Running Power<br/>
Running Print Spooler<br/>
Running Program Compatibility Assistant Service<br/>
Running Remote Desktop Configuration<br/>
Running Remote Desktop Services<br/>
Running Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector<br/>
Running Remote Procedure Call (RPC)<br/>
Running RPC Endpoint Mapper<br/>
Running Security Accounts Manager<br/>
Running Security Center<br/>
Running Server<br/>
Running Shell Hardware Detection<br/>
Running SSDP Discovery<br/>
Running Steam Client Service<br/>
Running Superfetch<br/>
Running System Event Notification Service<br/>
Running System Events Broker<br/>
Running Task Scheduler<br/>
Running TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper<br/>
Running Themes<br/>
Running Time Broker<br/>
Running UPnP Device Host<br/>
Running User Profile Service<br/>
Running Windows Audio<br/>
Running Windows Audio Endpoint Builder<br/>
Running Windows Connection Manager<br/>
Running Windows Defender Service<br/>
Running Windows Event Log<br/>
Running Windows Firewall<br/>
Running Windows Font Cache Service<br/>
Running Windows Management Instrumentation<br/>
Running Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service<br/>
Running Windows Search<br/>
Running Windows Update<br/>
Running WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service<br/>
Running Workstation<br/>
Stopped ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV)<br/>
Stopped Application Identity<br/>
Stopped Application Layer Gateway Service<br/>
Stopped Application Management<br/>
Stopped BitLocker Drive Encryption Service<br/>
Stopped Block Level Backup Engine Service<br/>
Stopped Bluetooth Support Service<br/>
Stopped BranchCache<br/>
Stopped COM+ System Application<br/>
Stopped Creative Audio Engine Licensing Service<br/>
Stopped Credential Manager<br/>
Stopped Device Install Service<br/>
Stopped Device Setup Manager<br/>
Stopped Distributed Transaction Coordinator<br/>
Stopped Encrypting File System (EFS)<br/>
Stopped Extensible Authentication Protocol<br/>
Stopped Family Safety<br/>
Stopped Fax<br/>
Stopped File History Service<br/>
Stopped Group Policy Client<br/>
Stopped Health Key and Certificate Management<br/>
Stopped Hyper-V Data Exchange Service<br/>
Stopped Hyper-V Guest Shutdown Service<br/>
Stopped Hyper-V Heartbeat Service<br/>
Stopped Hyper-V Remote Desktop Virtualization Service<br/>
Stopped Hyper-V Time Synchronization Service<br/>
Stopped Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor<br/>
Stopped IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules<br/>
Stopped Interactive Services Detection<br/>
Stopped Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)<br/>
Stopped IPsec Policy Agent<br/>
Stopped KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator<br/>
Stopped Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper<br/>
Stopped Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service<br/>
Stopped Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider<br/>
Stopped Multimedia Class Scheduler<br/>
Stopped Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service<br/>
Stopped Netlogon<br/>
Stopped Network Access Protection Agent<br/>
Stopped Network Connections<br/>
Stopped Network Connectivity Assistant<br/>
Stopped Offline Files<br/>
Stopped Optimize drives<br/>
Stopped Performance Counter DLL Host<br/>
Stopped Performance Logs & Alerts<br/>
Stopped PNRP Machine Name Publication Service<br/>
Stopped Portable Device Enumerator Service<br/>
Stopped Printer Extensions and Notifications<br/>
Stopped Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support<br/>
Stopped Quality Windows Audio Video Experience<br/>
Stopped Remote Access Auto Connection Manager<br/>
Stopped Remote Access Connection Manager<br/>
Stopped Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator<br/>
Stopped Remote Registry<br/>
Stopped Routing and Remote Access<br/>
Stopped Secondary Logon<br/>
Stopped Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service<br/>
Stopped Sensor Monitoring Service<br/>
Stopped Smart Card<br/>
Stopped Smart Card Removal Policy<br/>
Stopped SNMP Trap<br/>
Stopped Software Protection<br/>
Stopped Spot Verifier<br/>
Stopped Still Image Acquisition Events<br/>
Stopped Storage Service<br/>
Stopped Telephony<br/>
Stopped Thread Ordering Server<br/>
Stopped Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service<br/>
Stopped Virtual Disk<br/>
Stopped Volume Shadow Copy<br/>
Stopped WebClient<br/>
Stopped Windows All-User Install Agent<br/>
Stopped Windows Backup<br/>
Stopped Windows Biometric Service<br/>
Stopped Windows Color System<br/>
Stopped Windows Connect Now - Config Registrar<br/>
Stopped Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework<br/>
Stopped Windows Error Reporting Service<br/>
Stopped Windows Event Collector<br/>
Stopped Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)<br/>
Stopped Windows Installer<br/>
Stopped Windows Modules Installer<br/>
Stopped Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)<br/>
Stopped Windows Store Service (WSService)<br/>
Stopped Windows Time<br/>
Stopped Wired AutoConfig<br/>
Stopped WLAN AutoConfig<br/>
Stopped WMI Performance Adapter<br/>
Stopped WWAN AutoConfig<br/>
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