steam going crazy!!! HELP

[trakaill]

So I was peacefully playing JB thursday night...

 

I was tired so I closed the game...

 

I get one of these HL2 error blah blah... Im used to it.. it has happened several times..

I just click ok and move one with my life next time the game just opens...well this time around thing took a drastically different turn

 

RIGHT after I click ok or what ever usually closes the message I got a BSOD

 

restart goes fine... as its opening steam BAM BSOD again...

 

I restart and prevent steam from opening... I start a virus scan and malewarebite scan just in case and go to sleep cause there was a very long day ahead and it was very late..

 

Next morning I find out that it BDOSed when it was scanning I guess..

 

I had to leave for work..went out after work got home, went to bed, repeat on saturday..

 

So here we are sunday night I dont believe it has BDOS for a while I try to run steam and it say program has stopped running and these is a close button... it did that a few times I uninstalled - reinstalled steam same thing keeps happening I decide to just update my iphone... I had been using my comp for several hours messing with music, iphone SSHing and shit NO BSOD..

 

anyway at 1:00 AM (now monday morning) my antivirus has an auto scan that initiates..

 

I decide to post this to see if anybody has insight and around 1:10am BAAMMM fucking BSOD as Im writing this...

 

restart steam still DOESNT start...antivirus is booted but not scanning...

 

SO WTF IS GOING ON???? it seems to me the bsod is related to steam but it seems my anti virus might also be involved... Im quite clueless at this point and will try to reinstall steam again...

 

the only thing that has chaged in the past week is the last windows update fucked up my windows and said it was no longer genuine but that was quickly fixed with wratheks help...

 

Its frustrating me badly!!

[SchmoSalt]

BSODs usually happen if there is a driver or hardware failure. I'm thinking that that last windows update you did somehow corrupted something important somewhere and now the damage has spread. I would try to do Windows Restore but if that doesn't work just reinstall Windows.

 

I would like to know what error code it gives you. That would help pinpoint what exactly is causing it to BSOD.

[trakaill]

BSODs usually happen if there is a driver or hardware failure. I'm thinking that that last windows update you did somehow corrupted something important somewhere and now the damage has spread. I would try to do Windows Restore but if that doesn't work just reinstall Windows.

 

I would like to know what error code it gives you. That would help pinpoint what exactly is causing it to BSOD.

 

thats another issue it restarts by itself.. usually when I had bsod in the past I had to restart which gave me time to write down the code..

 

in this case it stays up for about 5-6 seconds and restarts so I cant really write down.

Im thinking of trying to trigger it with my camera next me and take a pic..

 

EDIT after the last BSOD I was able to install steam and run it!!

 

Next I will run my virus scan see if I get another BSOD..

 

EDIT it just did it again before I even started the scan.. i was just importing a cd to itunes...

 

I guess next step is finding a way to get the error code.. but the screen seriously stays up less than 5 secs...

[KScorp]

By the sound of it, it's unrelated to Steam since it's crashing at what seems to be random points. (Unless it was initially caused by Steam...)

 

Anyway, to find your error code, first you need to get your computer to stop automatically restarting on an error. Go to your Control Panel, find your System settings, and when you end up with the "System Properties" window click on the "Advanced" tab. (On Win7, click "Advanced system settings" when in the System part of your Control Panel.) Now, under "Startup and Recovery", click the "Settings..." button. Now, under the "System failure" section, uncheck "Automatically restart". Now, whenever you get the BSOD, it should stay up.

 

Now, to try and diagnose your problem, right now it seems to be happening randomly. First off, you need to try and run your virus scan while in Safe Mode. While booting, hit F8 to get to startup settings, and select "Safe mode". Run your virus scan in that mode, and see if any positives come up or if you simply BSOD again.

 

Also, did you update any drivers recently, or did windows update run right before this started happening?

[iNorris]

hax0rz

[Coffee Crisp]

Try running a virus scan in safe mode without networking support.

[Psyche]

What does the blue screen say is failing, is it something like nvlddmkm.sys

[trakaill]

Try running a virus scan in safe mode without networking support.

 

I did that nothing unusual came up..

 

I havent had a blue screen since my last post so I cant update on the failure yet...

 

I disabled the auto restart as suggested... waiting for the critical error now..

 

I have steam running and its redownloading all my game which will take days awesome!!!

 

thkx for the help so far!!

[trakaill]

bump for fail.

 

I find it interesting that I got multiple bsod at the same time several days apart...

 

My anti virus is the only thing timed on the computer but I still doubt they are related anyway here the screens:censored:

 

Apparently they are two different ones

 

 

[Harry]

Want to post the crash-dumps that the BSOD screen should have saved somewhere on your hard-drive?

 

I don't have much experience with BSODs, but it looks like it might be corrupt RAM. Try running a memtest off a GNU/Linux LiveCD.