Vista - Vista64 BSOD on Certain USB Stick Insert

Vista64 BSOD on Certain USB Stick Insert

Problem description: Friend's Vista64 Ultimate system BSODs when a USB stick is inserted. This only happens when inserting one of three flash drives he owns. I've tried two drives of my own and cannot reproduce the problem with my flash drives.

I have the minidumps not but am not sure how to analyze them. After reboot Vista gives this:


Attempted fixes: Googled a bunch for those strings, tried reinstalling nvidia drivers as they were recently updated. I've ran full malware scans, tried both front and back USB ports, un\reinstalling USB controller drivers, formatting the flash drives that trigger the BSOD.

Recent changes: He says nothing beyond driver updates for his XFX 9800GT. This started about a month ago with no major changes. System has worked fine for six months prior to this.

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Operating system: Vista 64 Ultimate SP2

System specs: Asus V3-P5G965 barebone, 4x1GB Patriot PC2-6400 RAM, C2D E6600, XFX GeForce 9800 GT (v190.38), 500W PSU

I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes, a bunch. I've only found issues related to blue screens at boot or such. Nothing to quite match this situation.

1. Update the USB drivers (usually part of the mobo/chipset drivers)
2. Go to Device Manager and check for Hidden Devices in the View menu.
See if any of them has issues.
3. Check the USB stick on another system to see if it repeats there. Disable all autorun stuff on the stick.

PM I have something that may be able to help, if you're interested.

Thank you for your reply.

1) Tried that twice yesterday (ran Intel Chipset Inf Update fresh from Intel site)

2) Nothing in DM showing issues (no yellow question marks, et all), even hidden ones

3) All three of the sticks work just fine in two other systems. Two other sticks (mine) won't trigger the problem. It is isolated to this OS on this machine and these three sticks. Same "trouble" sticks work fine in the system when booted into XP Pro or Win7.

Autorun is off in Vista and the one of the sticks causing the BSOD is blank and recently formatted. No autorun stuff present on it at all.

Friended for PM privs. Please accept, thanks.

why not put it up here then we can all benefit , thats what forums are for surely

Hi -

Bugcheck 0x3b = exception occurred during transition from user mode into kernel code territory; the exception = 0xc0000005 = memory access violation.

Does the sole problematic USB stick have any type of 3rd party software that was installed just for it? If so, un-install it. If Readyboost enabled, turn it off. Does the USB stick have a seperate U3 launch partition (usually ~ 100 MB)?

Is there an Internet Security product installed on the system (i.e., NIS, N360, KIS,etc...)? If so, remove it using the product manufacturer's removal tool. I have found that most 0xc..5 exceptions are caused by 3rd party firewalls.

Regards. . .

jcgriff2

p.s. TSF thread closed - please work with this one here at Vista Forums. Thank you.

because it's the AVG Antiroot kit. and Brink said that's a no no.

I'm sorry, I misspoke. All three of his sticks cause the BSOD. They do it about 75% of the time. All my sticks, however, do not.

Of the sticks that trigger the BSOD, two are Sandisk Cruiser Micro 8GBs. Their U3 partition was removed when they were bought and have worked since for five months. They have no other software.

The third stick is a Buffalo 512MB from Japan (no U3 stuff, no software either).

Readyboost is disabled on each stick (never used), but the service is still running in Vista.

No, just NOD32 2.7 and the Vista firewall.

Thank you. I didn't realize the two forums has so much crossover.

tapedump:

Would it be possible to have Vista assign each USB drive a
permanent drive letter? If so, it might stabilize the relationship
between OS and USB sticks.

http://mintywhite.com/tech/vista/ass...thumb-drive-2/

Ardneh