I was searching for an answer to a consistent disk.sys BSOD issue that was extremely frustrating. I found the answer after almost 2 days of troubleshooting. I hope this post can help some frustrated folks. My system spec:
Core i7 920
Asus P6T v2 Deluxe
LG & Asus DVD writer SATA
OCZ RAM
Seagate HDD SATA
Windows XP64
Windows and the various software would install fine but after that, the BSOD would randomly trigger. But it would trigger 99% of the time when CS4 Photoshop + Bridge was fired up. Based on Google searches, I started troubleshooting by reinstalling the OS on 2 different HDDs and a memtest86+. HDD produced the same problem and RAM was fine.
On a hunch, I tried detaching the LG DVD writer and the problem disappeared. I reckoned it was the DVD writer and exchanged it for an Asus. The problem still remained. I changed settings on the motherboard on the SATA port. It still BSODed.
I tried one last thing. The DVD-R was in Port2 and HDD in Port4. I switched them around. And the BSOD disappeared, I tested for 2 days and had zero errors. Windows must have expected a boot HDD to be the 1st in SATA sequence and not the DVD writer.
Btw, in case you ask. Why 64bit? Coz I am gettin CS4 Photoshop to utilize 10GB RAM on a 12GB machine.
But why not a Mac? Coz CS4 Photoshop for Mac is 32bit and uses < 4GB RAM on any Mac even though if it’s loaded with 16GB RAM. CaptureOne (4.6.1) also crashes quite a bit on the Mac.
Why not Vista? Coz XP64 is nimble, fast, responsive and acts like XP32.
Why a PC? Coz a Core i7 920/12GBRAM/295GTX goes for less than half the price of a similarly configured Macpro (2009). Granted the Mac has an 2 server type chips (they are essentially the same), the price difference is simply too much to ignore. Furthermore, the 920 can be pushed from 2.66ghz to 3.6/4ghz with enough tweaking.
Yoz… to troubleshoot BSOD errors, install
Debugging Tools for Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
In your case take the 64bit version.
The culprit is usually found right at the bottom of the minidump report.
Let me know if you need clarification on the above.
Heya. Nice man. I’ll take note of that next time. I read the minidump but didn’t have too much knowledge of it. Now I noes. =)
Thx! You save my time!
I have the same problem, lost 3 days ((.
Hi Sintez, I am glad that I could be of help.
I have fixed this problem on same system.
Problem are the Speedstep and Turbocache options in bios->advanced settings. Disable these options, change DRAM Vcore to OCZ like list in P6T manual and your system get stable.
Thanx! Im trying your solution right now. Needless to say i was almost desesperated because this issue. Hope this really works… If not i’m going to try VaG solution too. Regards
i’ve had the same problem.
i have solved changing the sata port of hdd devices
Thanks for the help, I had the same problem with an Asus p6t-SE motherboard. First I was getting a problem where the system would not fully shutdown. XP shutdown but the power supply and fans kept running. After messing with the order the SATA drives were plugged in I got the shutdown problem to stop, but the BSOD problem started. Then fortunately I found this site. So for me the boot hard drive needed to be first to stop the BSOD, but the CD/DVD drive needed to be next with other SATA drives after it, unless the system would not fully shutdown.
Hey this worked for me too! Thanks for posting.
I have an ASUS P6T-WS Professional, Core i7 920 OCed to 3Ghz, 12Gb Triple channel RAM, XP64 and was getting the same error!
Moved my SSD to be first and Wha-La! No BSOD on disk.sys error anymore thanks guys.
Hi all,
Good to hear that it’s worked for you guys. I have moved from XP64 to Windows7 RC. Surprisingly enough, it’s stable and runs about 5-10% faster for the photo processing software I use. I am also able to use a mobile broadband device that didn’t work on XP64.
Wes