DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL crash: Hard Drive related? (Data Dump)

Ok, in resolving the problem I had earlier about usbohci.sys, I reinstalled windows.

When I went to install windows, it crashed mid-install, citing a problem with pciidex.sys. I mess around with the BIOS, take out components, etc, no good. I finally manage to reinstall windows xp sp2 by removing a stick of ram.

So fine, I may have a bad stick of ram, but when I start putting programs back into windows, during a period of high hard drive activity, I get a crash, this time, citing a problem with nvatabus.sys. It happens several times, each time it seems to be accompanied with high HD activity on my secondary hard drive (the one that the OS is not on).

It did a full memory dump, and I ran it though the debugger.


My system specs:

Soltek QBic 3801A
Athlon64 3200+
1024mb DDR ram (512 installed at the moment)
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
200gb Segate 7200.7 SATA (OS installed here, NTFS)
200gb Segate 7200.7 IDE (secondary drive, NTFS)





Opened log file 'c:\debuglog.txt'

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.4.0007.2
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [D:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP]
Kernel Complete Dump File: Full address space is available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: D:\WINDOWS;D:\WINDOWS\system32;D:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) UP Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x805531a0
Debug session time: Mon Feb 7 13:44:48.593 2005 (GMT-5)
System Uptime: 0 days 1:32:34.202
Loading Kernel Symbols
......................................................................................................................
Loading unloaded module list
.............
Loading User Symbols
*******************************************************************************
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
*******************************************************************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck D1, {8276e224, 6, 0, f84b6b68}

*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvatabus.sys
Probably caused by : nvatabus.sys ( nvatabus+2b68 )

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

kd> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
*******************************************************************************
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
*******************************************************************************

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: 8276e224, memory referenced
Arg2: 00000006, IRQL
Arg3: 00000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: f84b6b68, address which referenced memory

Debugging Details:
------------------


READ_ADDRESS: 8276e224 Nonpaged pool

CURRENT_IRQL: 6

FAULTING_IP:
nvatabus+2b68
f84b6b68 8b414c mov eax,[ecx+0x4c]

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0xD1

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 80540581 to f84b6b68

TRAP_FRAME: 80548ce4 -- (.trap ffffffff80548ce4)
.trap ffffffff80548ce4
ErrCode = 00000000
eax=00000000 ebx=822b7d03 ecx=8276e1d8 edx=00000004 esi=8276e0e8 edi=8276e1d8
eip=f84b6b68 esp=80548d58 ebp=80548d8c iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00010202
nvatabus+0x2b68:
f84b6b68 8b414c mov eax,[ecx+0x4c] ds:0023:8276e224=????????
.trap
Resetting default scope

STACK_TEXT:
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
80548d8c 80540581 822b7d10 0036ea84 822a1564 nvatabus+0x2b68
80548da4 8054052b 00000000 80548dc0 80540538 nt!KiChainedDispatch2ndLvl+0x39
80548da4 ffdffc70 00000000 80548dc0 80540538 nt!KiChainedDispatch+0x1b
80548e24 f8766c46 00000008 00000246 ffdffc70 0xffdffc70
80548e34 80523f55 ffdff000 80551b80 80551920 processr!AcpiC1Idle+0x12
ffdffc70 00000004 a12526a9 00000004 00000000 nt!PopProcessorIdle+0x9f


FOLLOWUP_IP:
nvatabus+2b68
f84b6b68 8b414c mov eax,[ecx+0x4c]

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

SYMBOL_NAME: nvatabus+2b68

MODULE_NAME: nvatabus

IMAGE_NAME: nvatabus.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 40bf629c

STACK_COMMAND: .trap ffffffff80548ce4 ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xD1_nvatabus+2b68

BUCKET_ID: 0xD1_nvatabus+2b68

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

eax=ffdff13c ebx=00000006 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=f84b6b68 edi=8276e224
eip=8053f853 esp=80548ccc ebp=80548ce4 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na po nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00000286
nt!KiTrap0E+0x233:
8053f853 f7457000000200 test dword ptr [ebp+0x70],0x20000 ss:0010:80548d54=00010202
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
80548ce4 f84b6b68 badb0d00 00000004 80548e00 nt!KiTrap0E+0x233 (FPO: [0,0] TrapFrame @ 80548ce4)
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
80548d8c 80540581 822b7d10 0036ea84 822a1564 nvatabus+0x2b68
80548da4 8054052b 00000000 80548dc0 80540538 nt!KiChainedDispatch2ndLvl+0x39 (FPO: [0,3,0])
80548da4 ffdffc70 00000000 80548dc0 80540538 nt!KiChainedDispatch+0x1b (FPO: [0,2] TrapFrame @ 80548db4)
80548e24 f8766c46 00000008 00000246 ffdffc70 0xffdffc70
80548e34 80523f55 ffdff000 80551b80 80551920 processr!AcpiC1Idle+0x12 (FPO: [0,2,0])
ffdffc70 00000004 a12526a9 00000004 00000000 nt!PopProcessorIdle+0x9f (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
start end module name
804d7000 806cd280 nt ntkrnlpa.exe Wed Aug 04 01:58:36 2004 (41107B0C)
806ce000 806ee380 hal halaacpi.dll Wed Aug 04 01:59:05 2004 (41107B29)
b3fce000 b3ff7f00 kmixer kmixer.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:46 2004 (41107D32)
b44cc000 b450c380 HTTP HTTP.sys Wed Aug 04 02:00:09 2004 (41107B69)
b4b25000 b4b77180 srv srv.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:44 2004 (41107ED4)
b4ba0000 b4bcc400 mrxdav mrxdav.sys Wed Aug 04 02:00:49 2004 (41107B91)
b4eec000 b4f00400 wdmaud wdmaud.sys Wed Aug 04 02:15:03 2004 (41107EE7)
b4fc9000 b4fcb120 wg5n wg5n.sys Wed Oct 13 19:56:33 2004 (416DC0B1)
b4fcd000 b4fcf120 wg4n wg4n.sys Wed Oct 13 19:56:32 2004 (416DC0B0)
b4fd1000 b4fd3120 wg3n wg3n.sys Wed Oct 13 19:56:30 2004 (416DC0AE)
b5019000 b502c600 dump_nvatabus dump_nvatabus.sys Thu Jun 03 13:40:44 2004 (40BF629C)
b502d000 b509a680 mrxsmb mrxsmb.sys Wed Oct 27 21:14:16 2004 (418047E8)
b509b000 b50bbf00 ipnat ipnat.sys Wed Sep 29 18:28:36 2004 (415B3714)
b50bc000 b50e6a00 rdbss rdbss.sys Wed Oct 27 21:13:57 2004 (418047D5)
b50e7000 b5108d00 afd afd.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:13 2004 (41107EB5)
b5109000 b5130c00 netbt netbt.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:36 2004 (41107ECC)
b5131000 b5188a80 tcpip tcpip.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:39 2004 (41107ECF)
b5189000 b519b400 ipsec ipsec.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:27 2004 (41107EC3)
b53fb000 b53ff500 watchdog watchdog.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:32 2004 (41107D24)
b552d000 b5530280 ndisuio ndisuio.sys Wed Aug 04 02:03:10 2004 (41107C1E)
b5531000 b5533900 Dxapi Dxapi.sys Fri Aug 17 16:53:19 2001 (3B7D843F)
b5bbf000 b5bce900 Cdfs Cdfs.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:14:09 2004 (41107EB1)
b5bcf000 b5bddd80 arp1394 arp1394.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:28 2004 (41107B04)
b5bdf000 b5be7700 wanarp wanarp.sys Wed Aug 04 02:04:57 2004 (41107C89)
bf800000 bf9c0380 win32k win32k.sys Wed Aug 04 02:17:30 2004 (41107F7A)
bf9c1000 bf9d2580 dxg dxg.sys Wed Aug 04 02:00:51 2004 (41107B93)
bf9d3000 bfa09000 ati2dvag ati2dvag.dll Wed Aug 04 03:56:47 2004 (411096BF)
bfa09000 bfa41000 ati2cqag ati2cqag.dll Wed Aug 04 03:56:45 2004 (411096BD)
bfa41000 bfc0e2e0 ati3duag ati3duag.dll Wed Aug 04 03:56:50 2004 (411096C2)
bfc0f000 bfc8d2a0 ativvaxx ativvaxx.dll Wed Aug 04 03:56:54 2004 (411096C6)
f7a18000 f7a4b200 update update.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f7a4c000 f7a7c100 rdpdr rdpdr.sys Wed Aug 04 02:01:10 2004 (41107BA6)
f7aa5000 f7ab5e00 psched psched.sys Wed Aug 04 02:04:16 2004 (41107C60)
f7b46000 f7b4e200 NVENETFD NVENETFD.sys Mon May 17 17:00:50 2004 (40A92802)
f7b56000 f7b6c680 ndiswan ndiswan.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:30 2004 (41107EC6)
f7b6d000 f7b80900 parport parport.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:04 2004 (41107B28)
f7b81000 f7ba4980 portcls portcls.sys Wed Aug 04 02:15:47 2004 (41107F13)
f7ba5000 f7c65c40 cmuda3 cmuda3.sys Wed Feb 25 03:34:24 2004 (403C5E10)
f7c66000 f7c79780 VIDEOPRT VIDEOPRT.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:07:04 2004 (41107D08)
f7c7a000 f7d41000 ati2mtag ati2mtag.sys Fri May 28 16:26:05 2004 (40B7A05D)
f7fd8000 f7ffa680 ks ks.sys Wed Aug 04 02:15:20 2004 (41107EF8)
f7ffb000 f8029b00 NVSNPU NVSNPU.SYS Mon May 17 17:00:33 2004 (40A927F1)
f802a000 f804ce80 USBPORT USBPORT.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f804d000 f8059880 rasl2tp rasl2tp.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:21 2004 (41107EBD)
f805d000 f8069e00 i8042prt i8042prt.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:36 2004 (41107ECC)
f806d000 f807cd80 serial serial.sys Wed Aug 04 02:15:51 2004 (41107F17)
f807d000 f808bb80 drmk drmk.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:54 2004 (41107D3A)
f833a000 f833c280 rasacd rasacd.sys Fri Aug 17 16:55:39 2001 (3B7D84CB)
f834e000 f8350120 wg6n wg6n.sys Wed Oct 13 19:56:34 2004 (416DC0B2)
f837a000 f8394580 Mup Mup.sys Wed Aug 04 02:15:20 2004 (41107EF8)
f8395000 f83b2000 Teefer Teefer.sys Fri Oct 15 21:17:00 2004 (4170768C)
f83b2000 f83dea80 NDIS NDIS.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:27 2004 (41107EC3)
f83df000 f846b480 Ntfs Ntfs.sys Wed Aug 04 02:15:06 2004 (41107EEA)
f846c000 f8482780 KSecDD KSecDD.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:45 2004 (41107B51)
f8483000 f8494f00 sr sr.sys Wed Aug 04 02:06:22 2004 (41107CDE)
f8495000 f84b3780 fltMgr fltMgr.sys Wed Aug 04 02:01:17 2004 (41107BAD)
f84b4000 f84c7600 nvatabus nvatabus.sys Thu Jun 03 13:40:44 2004 (40BF629C)
f84c8000 f84df480 atapi atapi.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:41 2004 (41107B4D)
f84e0000 f8505700 dmio dmio.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:13 2004 (41107D11)
f8506000 f8524880 ftdisk ftdisk.sys Fri Aug 17 16:52:41 2001 (3B7D8419)
f8525000 f8535a80 pci pci.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:45 2004 (41107D31)
f8536000 f8563d80 ACPI ACPI.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:35 2004 (41107D27)
f8665000 f866dc00 isapnp isapnp.sys Fri Aug 17 16:58:01 2001 (3B7D8559)
f8675000 f8683e80 ohci1394 ohci1394.sys Wed Aug 04 02:10:05 2004 (41107DBD)
f8685000 f8692000 1394BUS 1394BUS.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:10:03 2004 (41107DBB)
f8695000 f869f500 MountMgr MountMgr.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:29 2004 (41107B05)
f86a5000 f86b1c80 VolSnap VolSnap.sys Wed Aug 04 02:00:14 2004 (41107B6E)
f86b5000 f86bde00 disk disk.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:53 2004 (41107B59)
f86c5000 f86d1200 CLASSPNP CLASSPNP.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:14:26 2004 (41107EC2)
f86f5000 f86fd880 Fips Fips.SYS Fri Aug 17 21:31:49 2001 (3B7DC585)
f8705000 f8714180 nic1394 nic1394.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:28 2004 (41107B04)
f8735000 f873e480 NDProxy NDProxy.SYS Fri Aug 17 16:55:30 2001 (3B7D84C2)
f8745000 f8753100 usbhub usbhub.sys Wed Aug 04 02:08:40 2004 (41107D68)
f8765000 f876da00 processr processr.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:14 2004 (41107B32)
f8775000 f8782e80 NVNRM NVNRM.SYS Mon May 17 17:00:41 2004 (40A927F9)
f8785000 f878f380 imapi imapi.sys Wed Aug 04 02:00:12 2004 (41107B6C)
f8795000 f87a3080 redbook redbook.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:34 2004 (41107B46)
f87b5000 f87c1180 cdrom cdrom.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:52 2004 (41107B58)
f87f5000 f87ff200 raspppoe raspppoe.sys Wed Aug 04 02:05:06 2004 (41107C92)
f8805000 f8810d00 raspptp raspptp.sys Wed Aug 04 02:14:26 2004 (41107EC2)
f8815000 f881d900 msgpc msgpc.sys Wed Aug 04 02:04:11 2004 (41107C5B)
f8825000 f882ef00 termdd termdd.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:52 2004 (41107B1C)
f88b5000 f88be000 wpsdrvnt wpsdrvnt.sys Fri Oct 15 21:18:45 2004 (417076F5)
f88c5000 f88cd700 netbios netbios.sys Wed Aug 04 02:03:19 2004 (41107C27)
f88d5000 f88e3d80 sysaudio sysaudio.sys Wed Aug 04 02:15:54 2004 (41107F1A)
f88e5000 f88eb200 PCIIDEX PCIIDEX.SYS Wed Aug 04 01:59:40 2004 (41107B4C)
f88ed000 f88f1900 PartMgr PartMgr.sys Fri Aug 17 21:32:23 2001 (3B7DC5A7)
f88f5000 f88fa500 nv_agp nv_agp.sys Fri Apr 02 18:46:39 2004 (406DFB5F)
f8905000 f8909280 usbohci usbohci.sys Wed Aug 04 02:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f890d000 f8913800 usbehci usbehci.sys Wed Aug 04 02:08:34 2004 (41107D62)
f894d000 f8954000 fdc fdc.sys unavailable (FFFFFFFE)
f8955000 f895aa00 mouclass mouclass.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f895d000 f8963000 kbdclass kbdclass.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:32 2004 (41107B08)
f8965000 f8969880 TDI TDI.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:07:47 2004 (41107D33)
f896d000 f8971580 ptilink ptilink.sys Fri Aug 17 16:49:53 2001 (3B7D8371)
f8975000 f8979080 raspti raspti.sys Fri Aug 17 16:55:32 2001 (3B7D84C4)
f8a55000 f8a5a200 vga vga.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:06 2004 (41107D0A)
f8a5d000 f8a61a80 Msfs Msfs.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:00:37 2004 (41107B85)
f8a65000 f8a6c880 Npfs Npfs.SYS Wed Aug 04 02:00:38 2004 (41107B86)
f8a75000 f8a78000 BOOTVID BOOTVID.dll Fri Aug 17 16:49:09 2001 (3B7D8345)
f8b25000 f8b28280 nvnetbus nvnetbus.sys Mon May 17 17:00:52 2004 (40A92804)
f8b39000 f8b3cc80 serenum serenum.sys Wed Aug 04 01:59:06 2004 (41107B2A)
f8b3d000 f8b3f580 ndistapi ndistapi.sys Fri Aug 17 16:55:29 2001 (3B7D84C1)
f8b59000 f8b5cc80 mssmbios mssmbios.sys Wed Aug 04 02:07:47 2004 (41107D33)
f8b65000 f8b66b80 kdcom kdcom.dll Fri Aug 17 16:49:10 2001 (3B7D8346)
f8b67000 f8b68100 WMILIB WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 17:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f8b69000 f8b6a700 dmload dmload.sys Fri Aug 17 16:58:15 2001 (3B7D8567)
f8b85000 f8b86100 swenum swenum.sys Wed Aug 04 01:58:41 2004 (41107B11)
f8b8d000 f8b8ea80 ParVdm ParVdm.SYS Fri Aug 17 16:49:49 2001 (3B7D836D)
f8bb7000 f8bb8280 USBD USBD.SYS Fri Aug 17 17:02:58 2001 (3B7D8682)
f8bef000 f8bf0f00 Fs_Rec Fs_Rec.SYS Fri Aug 17 16:49:37 2001 (3B7D8361)
f8bf1000 f8bf2080 Beep Beep.SYS Fri Aug 17 16:47:33 2001 (3B7D82E5)
f8bf3000 f8bf4080 mnmdd mnmdd.SYS Fri Aug 17 16:57:28 2001 (3B7D8538)
f8bf5000 f8bf6080 RDPCDD RDPCDD.sys Fri Aug 17 16:46:56 2001 (3B7D82C0)
f8bf9000 f8bfa100 dump_WMILIB dump_WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 17:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f8c2d000 f8c2dd00 pciide pciide.sys Fri Aug 17 16:51:49 2001 (3B7D83E5)
f8cba000 f8cbab80 Null Null.SYS Fri Aug 17 16:47:39 2001 (3B7D82EB)
f8cbe000 f8cbec00 audstub audstub.sys Fri Aug 17 16:59:40 2001 (3B7D85BC)
f8ce0000 f8ce0d00 dxgthk dxgthk.sys Fri Aug 17 16:53:12 2001 (3B7D8438)

Unloaded modules:
b3fce000 b3ff8000 kmixer.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b429a000 b42c4000 kmixer.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b429a000 b42c4000 kmixer.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b429a000 b42c4000 kmixer.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b4dd7000 b4e01000 kmixer.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
b4ea1000 b4ec4000 aec.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f8d4a000 f8d4b000 drmkaud.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f6624000 f6631000 DMusic.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f6634000 f6642000 swmidi.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f8bc7000 f8bc9000 splitter.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f8a4d000 f8a52000 Cdaudio.SYS
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f833e000 f8341000 Sfloppy.SYS
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f8a45000 f8a4a000 Flpydisk.SYS
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
Closing open log file c:\debuglog.txt




Could a failing hard drive cause this problem? Or is it likely to be a bad board? This is a replacement motherboard after my last one stopped working for no reason.

I have had nothing but problems after getting my motherboard replaced.

 

I had the same problem awhile ago when I would be downloading. I replaced my network card and never had the problem again..

 

Pete's got you on track. Just to add a little color to the deal.

We are watching an interrupt occur. The IRQ is being shared, so they are 'chained' together. The device driver named nvatabus.sys has registered with the OS to handle that interrupt, so its called to do some work. In the process of doing this work, it malfunctioned.

I recommend removing, or updating the NVIDIA driver package such that the nvatabus.sys file is a different version than it is currently.

 

the driver is the official nvidia driver.

Prior to reinstalling the OS, I've tried multiple versions of the driver (from older drivers to beta drivers).

My motherboard does not have on-board video, however, it does have onboard sound (but it's not by Nvidia) Strange, especially since nForce is designed to be an all-in-one solution.

I have not installed ATI drivers yet, so right now, it's using whatever came with windows.

When I have some more time, I will uninstall the nvidia stuff and see if it helps any. Having a busy week.

 

One more thing: can we conclusively rule out a hardware problem (like a faulty motherboard and/or other components)?

 

"conclusively" you say... 100% of the single point of data you have provided is consistant with a buggy driver. Hard assurances without mountains of data is not possible. This is 'best guess' without more data (and the source code for the driver, which i dont have).