BSOD: Machine Check Exception (caused by hal.dll)

Xavier Enrique · 10 May 2017

Hello, everyone. This is my first post on this site. Someone recommended me to come here to see if I could find a solution to my problem. I have been getting the BSOD crash for 8 days now, and it seems the problem goes beyond my knowledge. It all started 7-8 days ago, after running a Radeon Clean Install for my graphics drivers. After that, I had some issues, so decided to open my case to reseat the GPU, and then reset Windows (keeping my files). After the reset, Windows worked fine for about 20 minutes, and then started crashing, always giving me the "Machine Check Exception" BSOD. To make the long story short, I have reset and fresh-installed Windows about 5 times, and the issue still persists. I don't know what it is, but Bluescreenview says it's caused by "hal.dll" in System 32. I have tried everything under my knowledge regarding PCs. I have reseated the GPU, CPU (reapplied thermal paste), heatsink, RAM, even reconnected all cables inside the case. After the last fresh install (I did it yesterday), I managed to update most drivers, but now I can barely load my desktop, because it crashes while booting Windows. It's important the fact that it runs flawlessly in Safe Mode, and in BIOS. I'm right now typing this from Safe Mode. Please someone help me...

Note: You will most likely find in the file attached to this post that one of the minidump files reads the APC Index Mismatch BSOD. That one barely happens, it usually happens if I make radical changes, like disabling services, and stuff.

BSODHunter · 11 May 2017

Code:

0x0000009C:    MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (10.05.2017 13:06:37) [Windows 10] 
 
CAUSED BY:     intelppm.sys [10.07.2015] * Intel Processor driver * => http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Default.aspx also at 
               hal.dll  (Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL. NO Driver)  
 
PROCESS:       System 
 
Usual causes:  Hardware error (similar to STOP 0x124)

There is only so much you can do with a bugcheck like this until it comes down to a faulty processor that will need to be replaced. Start from 1 and work downward:

1. Ensure your temperatures are within standard and nothing's overheating. You can use a program such as Speccy if you'd like to monitor temps - http://www.piriform.com/speccy

2. Clear your CMOS (or load optimized BIOS defaults) to ensure there's no improper BIOS setting -http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixthe.../clearcmos.htm

3. Ensure your BIOS is up to date.

4. The only software conflict that can usually cause *9C or *124 bugchecks are OS to BIOS utilities from manufacturer's like Asus' AI Suite, AI Charger software, etc. If you have something like this software-wise, remove it ASAP (which I see you do have Asus software installed).

5. If all of the above fail, the only left to do is replace your processor as it is faulty.

Diagnostic Test

CPU TEST

Run Prime95 to stress test your CPU. Prime95 - Stress Test Your CPU - Windows 10 Forums

Warning

Your CPU temperatures will rise quickly while under this stress test. Keep a keen eye on them and abort the test if overheating occurs.

For checking temperatures u can use SpeedFan:

SpeedFan
SpeedFan automatically searches your computer for informative chips: the hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can display voltages, fan speeds and temperatures.

BSODHunter · 11 May 2017

I recommend also uninstalling NORTON for testing purposes and use windows defender instead.

Norton(Symantec)	Download and run Norton Removal Tool
Norton Security Scan	ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...ools/NSSRT.exe

Xavier Enrique · 11 May 2017

Thanks for the reply.

Is it possible the CPU could just need to be reseated? The first time I reseated the GPU (before the crashes started), I accidentally pushed the heatsink (twice) and made it move a bit. I also dropped a screw onto the MOBO, but according to what I have read, it's very unlikely something like that could have damaged it.

The PC is relatively new (I built it on December 2016), and unless I actually damaged the CPU (I5-6600K) when I pushed the heatsink, I highly doubt it's faulty, considering I had never had a BSOD since I built the PC on December. It all started after that Radeon Clean Install made me open the case to try to reseat the GPU.

It has crashed over and over again, without any softwares installed at all (including Norton, and the ASUS utilities), so I believe it's safe to discard those.

I have reset the CMOS (several times), and UEFI BIOS are up to date. The temperature of the CPU is always somewhere between 35° Celsius, and 40° Celsius; and the temperature of the MOBO is always 32° Celsius. As for the GPU, I never check its temperature, and I will probably begin doing that from now on; however, I see its fans are working fine.

Something just happened 20 minutes ago, it finally crashed in Safe Mode while playing a PS1 game. First time ever it crashes in Safe Mode. Not sure specifically what caused it, but before it happened I had created the registries to allow audio in Safe Mode, and connected my sound system (speakers/subwoofer) to the front panel of the case (for the first time since I always connect it to my monitor), and that seemingly created a flagged driver in Device Manager. I had never tried to run the ePSXe program to play games in Safe Mode, and seemingly it was a bad idea. Do you still think the CPU is faulty?

BSODHunter · 11 May 2017

When u say it happend without those software im relatively sure, that theres a hardware problem. It "could" be processor related, thats why I recommend running Prime95 and checking the temperatures at the same time.

Im still relatively new in the bluescreen analysis thematics. There are a few other important informations in the dump. Maybe another expert here in the forum can look more closely to it?:

Code:

*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************


Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.


BugCheck 9C, {0, fffff803f7e35ba0, 0, 0}


Probably caused by : intelppm.sys ( intelppm!MWaitIdle+18 )


Followup:     MachineOwner
---------


0: kd> !sym prompts;.reload;!analyze -v;!thread;!process;!irp 0;dps fffff803f7e1a000 fffff803f7e21000;!errrec ;.ecxr;lmev;lmlv;lmv;!sysinfo smbios;!sysinfo cpuspeed;q
quiet mode - symbol prompts on
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
............................
Loading User Symbols
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************


MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (9c)
A fatal Machine Check Exception has occurred.
KeBugCheckEx parameters;
    x86 Processors
        If the processor has ONLY MCE feature available (For example Intel
        Pentium), the parameters are:
        1 - Low  32 bits of P5_MC_TYPE MSR
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of P5_MC_ADDR MSR
        4 - Low  32 bits of P5_MC_ADDR MSR
        If the processor also has MCA feature available (For example Intel
        Pentium Pro), the parameters are:
        1 - Bank number
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
        4 - Low  32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
    IA64 Processors
        1 - Bugcheck Type
            1 - MCA_ASSERT
            2 - MCA_GET_STATEINFO
                SAL returned an error for SAL_GET_STATEINFO while processing MCA.
            3 - MCA_CLEAR_STATEINFO
                SAL returned an error for SAL_CLEAR_STATEINFO while processing MCA.
            4 - MCA_FATAL
                FW reported a fatal MCA.
            5 - MCA_NONFATAL
                SAL reported a recoverable MCA and we don't support currently
                support recovery or SAL generated an MCA and then couldn't
                produce an error record.
            0xB - INIT_ASSERT
            0xC - INIT_GET_STATEINFO
                  SAL returned an error for SAL_GET_STATEINFO while processing INIT event.
            0xD - INIT_CLEAR_STATEINFO
                  SAL returned an error for SAL_CLEAR_STATEINFO while processing INIT event.
            0xE - INIT_FATAL
                  Not used.
        2 - Address of log
        3 - Size of log
        4 - Error code in the case of x_GET_STATEINFO or x_CLEAR_STATEINFO
    AMD64 Processors
        1 - Bank number
        2 - Address of MCA_EXCEPTION structure
        3 - High 32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
        4 - Low  32 bits of MCi_STATUS MSR for the MCA bank that had the error
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000
Arg2: fffff803f7e35ba0
Arg3: 0000000000000000
Arg4: 0000000000000000


Debugging Details:
------------------




DUMP_CLASS: 1


DUMP_QUALIFIER: 400


BUILD_VERSION_STRING:  10.0.10240.16384 (th1.150709-1700)


SYSTEM_MANUFACTURER:  System manufacturer


SYSTEM_PRODUCT_NAME:  System Product Name


SYSTEM_SKU:  SKU


SYSTEM_VERSION:  System Version


BIOS_VENDOR:  American Megatrends Inc.


BIOS_VERSION:  3401


BIOS_DATE:  03/15/2017


BASEBOARD_MANUFACTURER:  ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.


BASEBOARD_PRODUCT:  Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA


BASEBOARD_VERSION:  Rev X.0x


DUMP_TYPE:  2


BUGCHECK_P1: 0


BUGCHECK_P2: fffff803f7e35ba0


BUGCHECK_P3: 0


BUGCHECK_P4: 0


BUGCHECK_STR:  0x9C_GenuineIntel


CPU_COUNT: 4


CPU_MHZ: db0


CPU_VENDOR:  GenuineIntel


CPU_FAMILY: 6


CPU_MODEL: 5e


CPU_STEPPING: 3


CPU_MICROCODE: 6,5e,3,0 (F,M,S,R)  SIG: A0'00000000 (cache) A0'00000000 (init)


CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1


DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT


PROCESS_NAME:  System


CURRENT_IRQL:  f


ANALYSIS_SESSION_HOST: 


ANALYSIS_SESSION_TIME:  05-11-2017 13:18:01.0061


ANALYSIS_VERSION: 10.0.14321.1024 amd64fre


BAD_STACK_POINTER:  fffff803f7e35b68


LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from fffff803f5c3ae11 to fffff803f5dc2c20


STACK_TEXT:  
fffff803`f7e35b68 fffff803`f5c3ae11 : 00000000`0000009c 00000000`00000000 fffff803`f7e35ba0 00000000`00000000 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff803`f7e35b70 fffff803`f5c3b253 : 00000000`00000004 fffff803`f7e35e70 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000004 : hal!HalpMcaReportError+0xf5
fffff803`f7e35cc0 fffff803`f5c3b380 : ffffe001`e291a660 fffff803`f7e35ef0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : hal!HalpMceHandlerWithRendezvous+0x12b
fffff803`f7e35cf0 fffff803`f5dcc57b : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : hal!HalHandleMcheck+0x40
fffff803`f7e35d20 fffff803`f5dcc331 : 00000000`00000000 fffff803`f5dcc2b0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KxMcheckAbort+0x7b
fffff803`f7e35e60 fffff800`bb7d2778 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiMcheckAbort+0x171
fffff803`f7e20748 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : intelppm!MWaitIdle+0x18




STACK_COMMAND:  kb


THREAD_SHA1_HASH_MOD_FUNC:  31d690d534614e29d1a29a50237988b87615fcf0


THREAD_SHA1_HASH_MOD_FUNC_OFFSET:  ae5050f7a40b0048579d1bfde2230d3d6e82a804


THREAD_SHA1_HASH_MOD:  bb9e08fd5b39c99f51340253eeb3532652890f3c


FOLLOWUP_IP: 
intelppm!MWaitIdle+18
fffff800`bb7d2778 c3              ret


FAULT_INSTR_CODE:  ccccccc3


SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  6


SYMBOL_NAME:  intelppm!MWaitIdle+18


FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner


MODULE_NAME: intelppm


IMAGE_NAME:  intelppm.sys


DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  559f383b


IMAGE_VERSION:  10.0.10240.16384


BUCKET_ID_FUNC_OFFSET:  18


FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x9C_GenuineIntel_STACKPTR_ERROR_intelppm!MWaitIdle


BUCKET_ID:  0x9C_GenuineIntel_STACKPTR_ERROR_intelppm!MWaitIdle


PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS:  0x9C_GenuineIntel_STACKPTR_ERROR_intelppm!MWaitIdle


TARGET_TIME:  2017-05-10T16:15:21.000Z


OSBUILD:  10240


OSSERVICEPACK:  16384


SERVICEPACK_NUMBER: 0


OS_REVISION: 0


SUITE_MASK:  272


PRODUCT_TYPE:  1


OSPLATFORM_TYPE:  x64


OSNAME:  Windows 10


OSEDITION:  Windows 10 WinNt TerminalServer SingleUserTS


OS_LOCALE:  


USER_LCID:  0


OSBUILD_TIMESTAMP:  2015-07-10 05:29:30


BUILDDATESTAMP_STR:  150709-1700


BUILDLAB_STR:  th1


BUILDOSVER_STR:  10.0.10240.16384


ANALYSIS_SESSION_ELAPSED_TIME: 558


ANALYSIS_SOURCE:  KM


FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING:  km:0x9c_genuineintel_stackptr_error_intelppm!mwaitidle


FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {d82f1232-e6fd-ac41-d01e-ddeec73b684b}


Followup:     MachineOwner
---------


GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff803f603b1c0
THREAD fffff803f604f740  Cid 0000.0000  Teb: 0000000000000000 Win32Thread: 0000000000000000 RUNNING on processor 0
Not impersonating
GetUlongFromAddress: unable to read from fffff803f5f89f38
Owning Process            fffff803f604ea40       Image:         
Attached Process          ffffe001e28e2840       Image:         System
fffff78000000000: Unable to get shared data
Wait Start TickCount      6089         
Context Switch Count      95507          IdealProcessor: 0             
ReadMemory error: Cannot get nt!KeMaximumIncrement value.
UserTime                  00:00:00.000
KernelTime                00:00:00.000
Win32 Start Address nt!KiIdleLoop (0xfffff803f5dc5920)
Stack Init fffff803f7e20b90 Current fffff803f7e20b20
Base fffff803f7e21000 Limit fffff803f7e1a000 Call 0000000000000000
Priority 0 BasePriority 0 PriorityDecrement 0 IoPriority 0 PagePriority 5
Child-SP          RetAddr           : Args to Child                                                           : Call Site
fffff803`f7e35b68 fffff803`f5c3ae11 : 00000000`0000009c 00000000`00000000 fffff803`f7e35ba0 00000000`00000000 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff803`f7e35b70 fffff803`f5c3b253 : 00000000`00000004 fffff803`f7e35e70 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000004 : hal!HalpMcaReportError+0xf5
fffff803`f7e35cc0 fffff803`f5c3b380 : ffffe001`e291a660 fffff803`f7e35ef0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : hal!HalpMceHandlerWithRendezvous+0x12b
fffff803`f7e35cf0 fffff803`f5dcc57b : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : hal!HalHandleMcheck+0x40
fffff803`f7e35d20 fffff803`f5dcc331 : 00000000`00000000 fffff803`f5dcc2b0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KxMcheckAbort+0x7b
fffff803`f7e35e60 fffff800`bb7d2778 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiMcheckAbort+0x171 (TrapFrame @ fffff803`f7e35e70)
fffff803`f7e20748 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : intelppm!MWaitIdle+0x18


GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff803f603b1c0
PROCESS ffffe001e28e2840
    SessionId: none  Cid: 0004    Peb: 00000000  ParentCid: 0000
    DirBase: 001ab000  ObjectTable: ffffc00131e14000  HandleCount: <Data Not Accessible>
    Image: System
    VadRoot ffffe001e4210aa0 Vads 10 Clone 0 Private 22. Modified 19996. Locked 64.
    DeviceMap ffffc00131e16620
    Token                             ffffc00131e16a60
    ReadMemory error: Cannot get nt!KeMaximumIncrement value.
fffff78000000000: Unable to get shared data
    ElapsedTime                       00:00:00.000
    UserTime                          00:00:00.000
    KernelTime                        00:00:00.000
    QuotaPoolUsage[PagedPool]         0
    QuotaPoolUsage[NonPagedPool]      0
    Working Set Sizes (now,min,max)  (139, 50, 450) (556KB, 200KB, 1800KB)
    PeakWorkingSetSize                1424
    VirtualSize                       3 Mb
    PeakVirtualSize                   11 Mb
    PageFaultCount                    21829
    MemoryPriority                    BACKGROUND
    BasePriority                      8
    CommitCharge                      31


        *** Error in reading nt!_ETHREAD @ ffffe001e297a300


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axe0 · 12 May 2017

Hi Xavier Enrique,

A next step would be to ensure that Windows is up to date, since the initial release of Windows 10 there have been a few feature versions released and several bugfixes implemented including for BSODs.
Upgrade to Windows 10 Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

Xavier Enrique · 12 May 2017

Hmm, I only fresh-installed it using my Windows 10 Pro DVD disc, so your suggestion sounds like a great idea. It might actually solve the issue. Only problem is, I believe it won't let me do the upgrade from Safe Mode, and Normal Mode always crashes. Is there a way to do it from Safe Mode?

axe0 · 12 May 2017

You could try step 6, but instead boot from the media,

Upgrade to Windows 10 Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

A warning, you may end up with a clean install since you cannot upgrade an already installed OS when booting from the media.

Xavier Enrique · 12 May 2017

Nevermind guys, now it won't let me boot not even to Safe Mode, and I disconnected the SSD, GPU and Optical Drive, and it still freezes, even in BIOS... I either messed up the MOBO when I dropped a screw onto it, or I damaged the CPU when I went to reseat the GPU and accidentally hit the heatsink. Problem is I don't have spare parts to do tests. According to your experience, or according to the minidumps, what do you think it actually is? So I could try get a replacement part, since I believe both (MOBO and CPU) are under warranty (they are 5 months old only).

Question: Is there a chance it could be just a loose cable?

axe0 · 12 May 2017

Depending on where a screw is dropped it may or may not be vital.

Could you check the CPU and socket for any damage?
What cooler do you use?

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