Question Blue screening issues. My pc bluescreens at least 3 times a day it seems and i cannot figure out why.

[jauzsey]

When i look into the blue screens with blue screen viewer i get that it is caused by ntoskrnl.exe+27944d IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. When i look into the dmp file i see that the module name is afd image name of: afd_sys and the failure bucket it is : AV_afd!AfdDerefPollInfoFileObjects and i'm just kind of at my wits end with it. I have updated every driver, I have run driver verifier, i have done RAM test, and disk checks. I have done image cleanup, i have used sfc /scannow and repaired any corrupt files. But i still blue screen.

This usually happens once overnight at like 2 or 3am, and then twice throughout the day. Doesn't matter if i am playing a game, surfing the net, watching a video. It just seems like completely random bluescreens. Any kind of ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MonkeyNoSee]

whats not helpful the program or updating the drivers?

 

[Colif]

CCleaner deletes dump files, which is counter productive when trying to fix errors. You generally don't need programs like it anyway.
I already suggested updating drivers before now.

It was going good for 3 days, but just started bluescreening again today, would these by chance have any new info in them? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pKslctkGXBrqVxf5iUVTvFH_qKvHtyFl/view?usp=sharing

My converter being a pain today
Conversion of dumps

report - Click run as fiddle to see report

Spoiler

File: 091622-11843-01.dmp (Sep 17 2022 - 06:40:26)
BugCheck: [IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (A)]
Probably caused by: memory_corruption (Process: System)
Uptime: 3 Day(s), 7 Hour(s), 15 Min(s), and 19 Sec(s)

File: 091622-11359-01.dmp (Sep 17 2022 - 07:02:08)
BugCheck: [IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (A)]
Probably caused by: memory_corruption (Process: System)
Uptime: 0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 20 Min(s), and 00 Sec(s)

seems it wasn't the intel updater, same cause again. afd.sys was in there again.

wonder if it is these after all

Jul 21 2017	SteamStreamingSpeakers.sys	Steam Streaming Speakers driver (Valve Corporation)
Jul 29 2017	SteamStreamingMicrophone.sys	Steam Streaming Microphone driver (Valve Corporation)

Try running driver verifer but follow the precautions in my post before you do.

 

[jauzsey]

I thought I had already uninstalled those, ill look into it again

 

[Colif]

age doesn't necessarily mean its bad, but I have to start somewhere

Aug 14 2014

vbaudio_cable64_win7.sys

VB Virtual Audio Device driver https://www.vb-audio.com/

Jan 12 2019	vbaudio_vmauxvaio64_win10.sys	VoiceMeeter Aux Input (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter AUX VAIO) driver
Jan 12 2019	vbaudio_vmvaio64_win10.sys	VoiceMeeter Input (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VAIO) driver

I have seen those before but I can't remember what they for.
think I mentioned Oculus already
updated intel drivers already

Sep 06 2021

steamxbox.sys

Steam XBox driver (Valve Corp.)

might be okay, just not seen it a lot.
I don't think its Logitech joystick drivers
Unlikely to be synaptics
Doubt its Realtek Audio
updated Nvidia and GPU drivers generally don't use internet very often.

We done antivirus scans right?

 

[jauzsey]

The vb drivers are for a program calles voicemeeter that I use to seperate my audio when I am streaming. I'm guessing the steam Xbox driver is for the controller when I have it connected while playing on steam.

I can run an antivirus scan, my regular daily scans haven't notified me of anything.

 

[Colif]

try running the trial version of https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us and see if it finds anything. Could be malware, i believe it can cause BSOD... i don't see it often but worth a try.

 

[jauzsey]

scan came back clean

 

[Colif]

cries... um... grumbles.

One thing that might show us the cause is to run Process monitor and have it track afd.sys

afd.sys used to connect to internet so I expect its used a lot, but the log might let us identify the cause of problem, as its not every interaction with it or you would crash way more than 3 times a day.
Worth a try - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

 

[jauzsey]

Alright, I can give that a try and see if anything comes up after the next bluescreen

 

[Colif]

Might as well check windows, just in case its tripping over itself.

right click start button

choose windows terminal (admin)

if it doesn't open as Powershell, click drop down arrow and pick from list

copy/paste this command into window:

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

and press enter

Then type SFC /scannow

and press enter

Restart PC if SFC fixes any files as some fixes require a restart to be implemented

First command repairs the files SFC uses to clean files, and SFC fixes system files

SFC = System File Checker. First command runs DISM - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/what-is-dism?view=windows-11

 

[MonkeyNoSee]

ccleaner only deletes dump files if you check the tabs to do so. and the driver updater is easier than updating one driver at a time to the latest drivers.