!!! PC WON'T WRITE CRASH DUMPS !!!

I am very frustrated with my pc as of late, I am getting BSODs all over the place, often as many as four within ten minutes, and perhaps seven or eight in a day. It is so I can't leave the house without expecting a blue screen of death waiting for me when I get home.
I haven't installed any new hardware or anything lately that would indicate such a problem, but I have a feeling it has to do with drivers...

The problem is, I can't debug it, because my pc isn't creating crash dumps! C:\Wiondows\Minidumps is not being written to, and the is no other dump locations. I don't know why it is not creating dumps.



Randomly however, on the seventh, it did create a dump, however, perhaps one time out of thirty or more crashes in the last few weeks, and analyzing it with windbg I found that it was probably a driver called ntkrnlpa.exe, whatever that is. Because I only have that one dump I cannot tell if that was the primary and consistent cause, or even if it was accurate, but I have included the bang analyze dash v and lmv results for this debug, if anyone can add any wisdom to this irritating problem.

So yeah, I'd like to get to the bottom of what is causing these crashes, and more importantly, why my pc is constipated and won't dump.





Thanks,

Scarlet


(the lmv results extend much farther, but I only included the info relevant to the driver hinted by !analyze -v...)

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kd> !analyze -v
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* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
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DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If kernel debugger is available get stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 71a5df52, memory referenced
Arg2: 00000002, IRQL
Arg3: 00000008, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 71a5df52, address which referenced memory

Debugging Details:
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READ_ADDRESS: 71a5df52

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

FAULTING_IP:
+71a5df52
71a5df52 ??

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0xD1

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 71a5df52 to 8053fa73

FAILED_INSTRUCTION_ADDRESS:
+71a5df52
71a5df52 ??

STACK_TEXT:
ed767d64 71a5df52 badb0d00 7c90eb94 ed767d98 nt!KiTrap0E+0x233
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
0093f158 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x71a5df52


STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt!KiTrap0E+233
8053fa73 f7457000000200 test dword ptr [ebp+70h],20000h

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0

SYMBOL_NAME: nt!KiTrap0E+233

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: nt

IMAGE_NAME: ntkrnlpa.exe

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 45e53f9c

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xD1_CODE_AV_BAD_IP_nt!KiTrap0E+233

BUCKET_ID: 0xD1_CODE_AV_BAD_IP_nt!KiTrap0E+233

Followup: MachineOwner
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kd> lmv
start end module name
804d7000 806cd580 nt # (pdb symbols) c:\symbols\ntkrnlpa.pdb\F612363DB38C423CB08559DDBCA9F2F71\ntkrnlpa.pdb
Loaded symbol image file: ntkrnlpa.exe
Mapped memory image file: c:\symbols\ntkrnlpa.exe\45E53F9C1f6580\ntkrnlpa.exe
Image path: ntkrnlpa.exe
Image name: ntkrnlpa.exe
Timestamp: Wed Feb 28 00:38:52 2007 (45E53F9C)
CheckSum: 00200031
ImageSize: 001F6580
File version: 5.1.2600.3093
Product version: 5.1.2600.3093
File flags: 0 (Mask 3F)
File OS: 40004 NT Win32
File type: 1.0 App
File date: 00000000.00000000
Translations: 0411.04b0
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
ProductName: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
InternalName: ntkrnlpa.exe
OriginalFilename: ntkrnlpa.exe
ProductVersion: 5.1.2600.3093
FileVersion: 5.1.2600.3093 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
FileDescription: NT Kernel & System
LegalCopyright: (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

See if this post helps.

 

Hi BlackScarletLove

1)

A mini-dump is created IF you choose a partial image dump. If it's a complete image dump, the dump file is in C:\WINDOWS\System32... Check your system parameters in Control Panel | System ...

2)

0x0000000A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
First possible cause: overheating...
Check for the dust and if the fans are working.

You may removed the dust with compressed air can.
Check also the heat sink of the CPU.

3)

Check this web site: http://www.aumha.org/a/stop.htm

 

Normally all blue screens or errors are written in events: start,run,type eventvwr press enter. Now open application and windows there you will find also when a problem occured. To be sure that the option to write a crash dump is selected go to start,my computer,rightclick on my computer choose properties,advanced,reboot and repairsettings,normally write system dump must be selected. Don't forget to confirm by pressing on apply and ok.