Cold Boot Freeze/Crash - Help! No idea what to do next

McMorty · Jan 13, 2024

Hey all,

I'm having an issue where when I go to turn on my PC for the first time of the day, it begins loads my startup programs but then freezes. It almost never finishes a BSOD, just freeze and i have to manually restart it. This almost never produces a minidump file either. I've tried a clean install but still continues to do it. I've ruled out all my peripherals except my keyboard and mouse. I've done memory tests and reseated my RAM. The only few things i can think of causing it are a new SSD data drive i installed or a program. Ive tried updating chipset drivers to no avail and i've also tried driver verifier to no avail as well. After it crashes on first boot, its rock solid. Even with restarts and sleep mode, etc. Help! idk what it could be.

glasskuter · Jan 13, 2024

I would turn of fast startup to see if it makes a difference. Also make sure your have latest UEFI bios.

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McMorty · Jan 13, 2024

glasskuter said:
I would turn of fast startup to see if it makes a difference. Also make sure your have latest UEFI bios.

Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off fast startup in Windows 11. There are three startup modes in Windows: Cold (traditional) Wake-from-hibernation Fast Starting with Windows 8.x, the default shutdown and restart scenario has been updated and named fast startup. Fast startup...

www.elevenforum.com

fast startup in bios or in windows? I have the latest bios. Its an older system so latest one is from 2021.

glasskuter · Jan 13, 2024

Fast startup in Windows per the tutorial

McMorty · Jan 13, 2024

glasskuter said:
Fast startup in Windows per the tutorial

ooop didn't see that tutorial. Thanks! It's been disabled. Hopefully no crashes next cold boot. Appreciate it!

McMorty · Jan 15, 2024

glasskuter said:
Fast startup in Windows per the tutorial

Unfortunately, disabling fast boot did not solve the problem. Below is the minidump. GPU maybe?

Code:

MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (9c)
A fatal Machine Check Exception has occurred.
KeBugCheckEx parameters;
    x86 Processors
        If the processor has ONLY MCE feature available (For example Intel
        Pentium), the parameters are:
        1 - Low  32 bits of P5_MC_TYPE MSR
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of P5_MC_ADDR MSR
        4 - Low  32 bits of P5_MC_ADDR MSR
        If the processor also has MCA feature available (For example Intel
        Pentium Pro), the parameters are:
        1 - Bank number
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
        4 - Low  32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
    IA64 Processors
        1 - BugCheck Type
            1 - MCA_ASSERT
            2 - MCA_GET_STATEINFO
                SAL returned an error for SAL_GET_STATEINFO while processing MCA.
            3 - MCA_CLEAR_STATEINFO
                SAL returned an error for SAL_CLEAR_STATEINFO while processing MCA.
            4 - MCA_FATAL
                FW reported a fatal MCA.
            5 - MCA_NONFATAL
                SAL reported a recoverable MCA and we don't support currently
                support recovery or SAL generated an MCA and then couldn't
                produce an error record.
            0xB - INIT_ASSERT
            0xC - INIT_GET_STATEINFO
                  SAL returned an error for SAL_GET_STATEINFO while processing INIT event.
            0xD - INIT_CLEAR_STATEINFO
                  SAL returned an error for SAL_CLEAR_STATEINFO while processing INIT event.
            0xE - INIT_FATAL
                  Not used.
        2 - Address of log
        3 - Size of log
        4 - Error code in the case of x_GET_STATEINFO or x_CLEAR_STATEINFO
    AMD64 Processors (If Param 1 is < 0x80000000)
        1 - Bank number
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
        4 - Low  32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
    AMD64 Processors (If Param 1 is > 0x80000000)
        1 - Failure Type
           VALUES:
                0x80000001: Spurious MCE
                    2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
                0x80000002: Rendezvous failure
                    2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
           END_VALUES
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000080000001
Arg2: ffffc680799f8b00
Arg3: 0000000000000000
Arg4: 0000000000000000

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


KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1

    Key  : Analysis.CPU.mSec
    Value: 1625

    Key  : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec
    Value: 1987

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Other.Mb
    Value: 0

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Read.Mb
    Value: 0

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Write.Mb
    Value: 0

    Key  : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec
    Value: 140

    Key  : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec
    Value: 19628

    Key  : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb
    Value: 98

    Key  : Bugcheck.Code.LegacyAPI
    Value: 0x9c

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.AsUlong
    Value: 1008

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.DiagDataWrittenToHeader
    Value: 1

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.ErrorCode
    Value: 0

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.KernelGeneratedTriageDump
    Value: 1

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.LastLine
    Value: Dump completed successfully.

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.ProgressPercentage
    Value: 0

    Key  : Failure.Bucket
    Value: 0x9C_SPURIOUS_GenuineIntel_nt!HalpMcaReportError

    Key  : Failure.Hash
    Value: {a9a2544d-92f1-c788-380e-cd2d56034c4a}


BUGCHECK_CODE:  9c

BUGCHECK_P1: 80000001

BUGCHECK_P2: ffffc680799f8b00

BUGCHECK_P3: 0

BUGCHECK_P4: 0

FILE_IN_CAB:  011524-9312-01.dmp

DUMP_FILE_ATTRIBUTES: 0x1008
  Kernel Generated Triage Dump

BLACKBOXBSD: 1 (!blackboxbsd)


BLACKBOXNTFS: 1 (!blackboxntfs)


BLACKBOXWINLOGON: 1

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

PROCESS_NAME:  gpu_encoder_he

STACK_TEXT: 
ffffc680`799f8ac8 fffff803`135007fc     : 00000000`0000009c 00000000`80000001 ffffc680`799f8b00 00000000`00000000 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
ffffc680`799f8ad0 fffff803`13500d3c     : 00000000`00000008 ffffc680`799f8e50 00000000`00000000 b2b7cc7d`907f9f6d : nt!HalpMcaReportError+0x154
ffffc680`799f8c40 fffff803`134ffea2     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`80000001 ffffc680`799f8ed0 fbd73e28`5a42da29 : nt!HalpMceHandlerWithRendezvous+0x11c
ffffc680`799f8c70 fffff803`1350266b     : ffffa50a`c1960800 c56c795e`813e2ccd 6ffe3116`fe5d44c7 034d1c2d`71e6f46f : nt!HalpHandleMachineCheck+0x62
ffffc680`799f8ca0 fffff803`13569169     : b26f336f`8eead091 710d44c1`2d654412 f578ad85`d11c7a41 6aee6a3d`586ed5f1 : nt!HalHandleMcheck+0x3b
ffffc680`799f8cd0 fffff803`13428b7e     : a80565af`eec2387c 5e30a05f`e2a13982 9073326b`6c6f3119 7097fcdc`71e6ea88 : nt!KiHandleMcheck+0x9
ffffc680`799f8d00 fffff803`13428793     : 00000000`00000010 00000000`00000000 fffff803`13c6b0c0 ffffc680`799f8ed0 : nt!KxMcheckAbort+0x7e
ffffc680`799f8e40 fffff803`13296ea0     : fffff803`1329676d fffffb81`0246f7e0 ffff81c0`e06fff60 ffff81c0`e07037f8 : nt!KiMcheckAbort+0x2d3
fffffb81`0246f6a8 fffff803`1329676d     : fffffb81`0246f7e0 ffff81c0`e06fff60 ffff81c0`e07037f8 ffff81c0`e0703818 : nt!MiCompleteProtoPteFault
fffffb81`0246f6b0 fffff803`13264e0a     : fffffb81`0246f7e0 00000000`00000000 fffffb81`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!MiResolveProtoPteFault+0x5dd
fffffb81`0246f780 fffff803`13261fd2     : ffffa50a`d718f700 00000000`00000000 00000000`c0000016 ffffa50a`00000000 : nt!MiDispatchFault+0x3ca
fffffb81`0246f8c0 fffff803`13427929     : ffffa50a`d7194080 ffffa50a`d6d27ee0 00000000`00000003 ffffa50a`d7194080 : nt!MmAccessFault+0x152
fffffb81`0246f9e0 00007ffb`46dae0f0     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiPageFault+0x369
0000002f`35ef9970 00000000`00000000     : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x00007ffb`46dae0f0


SYMBOL_NAME:  nt!HalpMcaReportError+154

MODULE_NAME: nt

IMAGE_NAME:  ntkrnlmp.exe

IMAGE_VERSION:  10.0.22621.3007

STACK_COMMAND:  .cxr; .ecxr ; kb

BUCKET_ID_FUNC_OFFSET:  154

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x9C_SPURIOUS_GenuineIntel_nt!HalpMcaReportError

OSPLATFORM_TYPE:  x64

OSNAME:  Windows 10

FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {a9a2544d-92f1-c788-380e-cd2d56034c4a}

Followup:     MachineOwner
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Winuser · Jan 15, 2024

Did you try the Clean Boot as suggested by @glasskuter? It could be a software conflict.

glasskuter · Jan 15, 2024

Though this is not a BSOD per se,. I suggest you follow these posting instructions, gather the necessary log files into a folder. Zip the folder and upload it to any cloud provider. Post a share link here. @zbook or one of the others proficient in analyzing logfiles can better assist you. BSOD - Posting Instructions

McMorty · Jan 15, 2024

glasskuter said:
Though this is not a BSOD per se,. I suggest you follow these posting instructions, gather the necessary log files into a folder. Zip the folder and upload it to any cloud provider. Post a share link here. @zbook or one of the others proficient in analyzing logfiles can better assist you. BSOD - Posting Instructions

Thanks, ill give that a try. It usually wasn't, it usually freezes before its able to BSOD. it just happened this time to complete the full BSOD process.