Random BSOD 0xc000021a brand new laptop

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Biggsamus

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Hi EightForums.
Just before Christmas I bought a brand new laptop, decided to get a nice new SSD to speed it up a bit, used the Asus tool Backtracker to switch the OS across to the new SSD. Now following that my laptop crashes either just after startup (with the BSOD 0xc000021a) or after a couple of hours of normal use. It seems to be happening every couple of times I turn my laptop on as well (for example after when it crashes, the next time it is on it definitely does not crash)(seems to be every couple of times I turn it on).
Really struggling to figure out what is causing it. :(
Also have noticed that my laptop screen is not turning off (even after half an hour of not touching it) but that could be totally unrelated.
Thanks for any help!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G750JS
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 256GB SSD, 750GB 7200RPM Hitachi
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku FX
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
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Code: 
1: kd> .bugcheck
Bugcheck code C000021A
Arguments ffffc000`46915d00 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000

1: kd> kn
 # Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00 ffffd000`291866b8 fffff801`25da3991 nt!KeBugCheckEx
01 ffffd000`291866c0 fffff801`25d9d4ea nt!PopGracefulShutdown+0x2c9
02 ffffd000`29186700 fffff801`25b741b3 nt!NtSetSystemPowerState+0x269a
03 ffffd000`29186840 fffff801`25b6c600 nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13
04 ffffd000`291869d8 fffff801`25fb91b3 nt!KiServiceLinkage
05 ffffd000`291869e0 fffff801`25eeca27 nt!PopIssueActionRequest+0x73f43
06 ffffd000`29186aa0 fffff801`25ac5b8e nt!PopPolicyWorkerAction+0x63
07 ffffd000`29186b10 fffff801`25ac33ac nt!PopPolicyWorkerThread+0xba
08 ffffd000`29186b50 fffff801`25af0280 nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x28c
09 ffffd000`29186c00 fffff801`25b6efc6 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x58
0a ffffd000`29186c60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16

1: kd> dc ffffc00046915d00
ffffc000`46915d00  646e6957 2073776f 7473756d 776f6e20  Windows must now
ffffc000`46915d10  73657220 74726174 63656220 65737561   restart because
ffffc000`46915d20  65687420 4f434420 6553204d 72657672   the DCOM Server
ffffc000`46915d30  6f725020 73736563 75614c20 6568636e   Process Launche
ffffc000`46915d40  65732072 63697672 65742065 6e696d72  r service termin
ffffc000`46915d50  64657461 656e7520 63657078 6c646574  ated unexpectedl
ffffc000`46915d60  00000079 05000000 00000012 0000000c  y...............
ffffc000`46915d70  03030108 624e4d43 c4fc5257 b5c0c704  ....CMNbWR......

Can we have a Complete memory dump for the next time you crash, these minidumps contain no useful information.
Go the Start
Right click My Computer
Select Properties
Click Advanced system settings
Click on the Advanced tab
Select Settings under Startup and Recovery
Then under Write debugging information select Complete memory dump.

Once a dump is created go to:
C:/Windows/memory.dmp
Copy the file to the desktop, zip it up and upload it to a file sharing site like Onedrive. After the upload is done post the download link in your next reply.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
Ok to do that I had to set paging file to be managed automatically by system for all drives.
Will wait till laptop crashes again, then will upload the new memory.dmp if it is possible (the internet is really slow here).
Thanks for the quick reply! =)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G750JS
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 256GB SSD, 750GB 7200RPM Hitachi
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku FX
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
    The Slowest and most Expensive on Earth
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
Ok I managed to upload it today =)
MEMORY
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G750JS
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 256GB SSD, 750GB 7200RPM Hitachi
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku FX
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
    The Slowest and most Expensive on Earth
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
A bit more information: i get an error message "exception EOIeSysError in module networx.exe at .................." just before my laptop crashes.

Looking in the Windows Event Viewer Administritive Events, the first error when turning on my laptop is
"A TDI filter (\Driver\networx) was detected. This filter has not been certified by Microsoft and may cause system instability."

Could Networx be the problem?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G750JS
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 256GB SSD, 750GB 7200RPM Hitachi
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku FX
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
    The Slowest and most Expensive on Earth
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
Netowrx.exe is a bandwidth monitoring program, it's not requried. I suggest you remove it.

Code: 
//The thread that bugchecked the system

ffffd000`2431e6b8 fffff801`b3616991 : 00000000`0000004c 00000000`c000021a ffffd000`5a9b43f8 ffffe000`473e26d0 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
ffffd000`2431e6c0 fffff801`b36104ea : ffffe000`46985600 ffffd000`2431e7d9 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 : nt!PopGracefulShutdown+0x2c9
ffffd000`2431e700 fffff801`b33e71b3 : ffffe000`46985340 00000000`00000000 00000000`c0000004 00000000`00000000 : nt!NtSetSystemPowerState+0x269a
ffffd000`2431e840 fffff801`b33df600 : fffff801`b382c1b3 00000000`00000001 ffffd000`2431ea58 00000000`c0000004 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13 (TrapFrame @ ffffd000`2431e840)
ffffd000`2431e9d8 fffff801`b382c1b3 : 00000000`00000001 ffffd000`2431ea58 00000000`c0000004 ffffd000`5f5d2180 : nt!KiServiceLinkage
ffffd000`2431e9e0 fffff801`b375fa27 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ffffd000`5f5d2180 ffffe000`46985480 : nt!PopIssueActionRequest+0x73f43
ffffd000`2431eaa0 fffff801`b3338b8e : fffff801`b3338ad4 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 fffff801`b353d300 : nt!PopPolicyWorkerAction+0x63
ffffd000`2431eb10 fffff801`b33363ac : fffff801`00000002 fffff801`b354ad40 ffffe000`46985340 fffff801`b353d300 : nt!PopPolicyWorkerThread+0xba
ffffd000`2431eb50 fffff801`b3363280 : ffffe000`458cf920 ffffe000`46985340 00000000`00000080 ffffe000`46985340 : nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x28c
ffffd000`2431ec00 fffff801`b33e1fc6 : ffffd000`5f4f9180 ffffe000`46985340 ffffd000`5f5053c0 ffffc000`ef1e2a50 : nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x58
ffffd000`2431ec60 00000000`00000000 : ffffd000`2431f000 ffffd000`24319000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16

//Here's the thread that actually caused the crash

ffffd000`5a9b3d80 fffff801`b33254fe : ffffd000`5ac88180 ffffe000`461f8080 ffffe000`fffffffe ffffd000`fffffffe : nt!KiSwapContext+0x76 //Swap the thread context
ffffd000`5a9b3ec0 fffff801`b3324f79 : ffffe000`461f8080 fffff801`b330ca78 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiSwapThread+0x14e //Change thread execution
ffffd000`5a9b3f60 fffff801`b32f7340 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ffffd000`000000aa 00000000`00000004 : nt!KiCommitThreadWait+0x129 //Place thread in a wait state
ffffd000`5a9b3fe0 fffff801`b375f188 : ffffe000`453c8a90 ffffd000`00000005 00000000`00000000 fffff801`00000002 : nt!KeWaitForSingleObject+0x2c0 //Wait for conditions
ffffd000`5a9b4070 fffff801`b33e71b3 : ffffe000`461f8080 ffffd000`5a9b43f8 00000000`00000000 fffff801`b33e5d57 : nt!NtInitiatePowerAction+0x170 //Initiate the power action policy
ffffd000`5a9b4100 fffff801`b33df600 : fffff801`b389c0b8 00000000`00000100 00000000`00000801 00000000`00000001 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13 (TrapFrame @ ffffd000`5a9b4100) //Kernel mdoe transition
ffffd000`5a9b4298 fffff801`b389c0b8 : 00000000`00000100 00000000`00000801 00000000`00000001 ffffd000`5a9b43d8 : nt!KiServiceLinkage //User mode transition
ffffd000`5a9b42a0 fffff801`b3619376 : ffffe000`446a5490 ffffe000`473e26d0 ffffe000`476d8900 00000000`00000100 : nt!PoShutdownBugCheck+0xd4 //Initiate bugcheck
ffffd000`5a9b4340 fffff801`b33e3c32 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000354 00000001`00000001 00000000`00000013 : nt!ExpSystemErrorHandler2+0x64e
ffffd000`5a9b4590 fffff801`b38d8c30 : 00000000`c000021a 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000001 ffffd000`5a9b49c8 : nt!ExpSystemErrorHandler+0xd2 //Error handler
ffffd000`5a9b45d0 fffff801`b38d902d : 00000000`00000300 fffff801`b363b715 ffffd9f0`e775cb18 ffffd000`00000800 : nt!ExpRaiseHardError+0x12c
ffffd000`5a9b4950 fffff801`b33e71b3 : fffff6fb`7dbed7f8 fffff6fb`7daffed8 fffff6fb`5ffdb4f8 fffff6bf`fb69f428 : nt!NtRaiseHardError+0x1b9
ffffd000`5a9b4a90 00007ffa`2c2d225a : 00007ff6`d3e7143e 0000009a`aba997c0 00007ff6`d3e843a8 0000009a`ab70f5c0 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13 (TrapFrame @ ffffd000`5a9b4b00)
0000009a`ab70f558 00007ff6`d3e7143e : 0000009a`aba997c0 00007ff6`d3e843a8 0000009a`ab70f5c0 0000009a`aba997c0 : ntdll!NtRaiseHardError+0xa //Hard error, looks like a disk fault
0000009a`ab70f560 00007ffa`2c259b9b : 00007ff6`d3e3b930 00007ff6`d3e3b930 0000009a`ab1e5000 0000009a`ab1be800 : services!CRebootContext::Perform+0x1be //Undocumented function. Possibly switch switch the context?
0000009a`ab70f9e0 00007ffa`2c25daca : 00007ffa`2c259b00 0000009a`ab1e5000 0000009a`ab70fbf8 0000009a`00000102 : ntdll!RtlpTpWaitCallback+0x9b //Wait for the callback routine
0000009a`ab70fa40 00007ffa`2c274a5d : 0000009a`abacce80 0000009a`ab1dd1d0 00000000`00000000 0000009a`ab1b3868 : ntdll!TppExecuteWaitCallback+0x92
0000009a`ab70fa80 00007ffa`2bed13d2 : 00000000`00000000 00007ffa`2c2745e0 0000009a`ab1b7cc0 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0x47d
0000009a`ab70fe60 00007ffa`2c2aeb64 : 00007ffa`2bed13b0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x22
0000009a`ab70fe90 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x34

4: kd> .trap ffffd000`5a9b4b00
NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.
Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000000
rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=00007ffa2c2d225a rsp=0000009aab70f558 rbp=0000000000000102
 r8=0000000000000000  r9=0000000000000000 r10=0000000000000000
r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
ntdll!NtRaiseHardError+0xa:
0033:00007ffa`2c2d225a c3              ret

4: kd> u @rip
ntdll!NtRaiseHardError+0xa:
00007ffa`2c2d225a c3              ret
00007ffa`2c2d225b 0f1f440000      nop     dword ptr [rax+rax]
ntdll!NtReadOnlyEnlistment:
00007ffa`2c2d2260 4c8bd1          mov     r10,rcx
00007ffa`2c2d2263 b848010000      mov     eax,148h
00007ffa`2c2d2268 0f05            syscall
00007ffa`2c2d226a c3              ret
00007ffa`2c2d226b 0f1f440000      nop     dword ptr [rax+rax]
ntdll!NtRecoverEnlistment:
00007ffa`2c2d2270 4c8bd1          mov     r10,rcx

Okay so a hard error occurred on boot, meaning the disk is most likely at fault. It could be faulting memory but because of its consistency, it's most likely a disk error.
Do you still have warranty on your SSD?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
I would still have warranty on the SSD but I'm living in the Falkland Islands, so sending the hard drive back would be quite difficult, and could take weeks.

I've uninstalled Networx (even though it's very important for me to monitor how much data I use (I only get 3.5GB of usage per month between my laptop and my mobile))

I've also updated a bunch of drivers (ATK, Chipset, IRST, KBFilter, Thunderbolt and USBChargerPlus) just in case that was causing issues.

I've had no crashes for days now. Could something I have done have fixed it? :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G750JS
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 256GB SSD, 750GB 7200RPM Hitachi
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku FX
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
    The Slowest and most Expensive on Earth
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
Crashed again today.... :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G750JS
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 256GB SSD, 750GB 7200RPM Hitachi
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku FX
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
    The Slowest and most Expensive on Earth
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
Upload the dump file, again, it's most likely a bad drive.
If you haven't already memtest86+ can eliminate the RAM possibility.
Run it for a minimum of 8 passes.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
well i've started my laptop a bunch of times, and it doesn't seem to have crashed in awhile now... the only thing that i'm doing differently is giving it a few seconds to start up. because normally it takes about 3 seconds to boot up, and i log in within about 5 seconds, but now i leave it about 10 seconds and then log in and no crashes in while.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G750JS
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial 256GB SSD, 750GB 7200RPM Hitachi
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku FX
    Mouse
    Roccat Kone XTD
    Internet Speed
    The Slowest and most Expensive on Earth
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Avast
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