Windows 10: Random BSODs accompanied by constant microphone clicking

Hi. I get seemingly random blue screens of death once or twice every two days, and it's getting to my nerves as I've tried everything.

Two or three weeks ago, I got a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA blue screen (faulting module was a GPU driver, reinstalled to no avail). After reboot the computer was really slow, and my microphone (studio mic connected to a Steinberg Ur22mkII) had a consistent clicking noise to it, which could only be resolved by re-installing Windows entirely.

One week later, the same issue surfaced again, the microphone started clicking after a blue screen. I decided to re-install Windows once again, and then the setup program said that my SSD "would fail soon". The SSD was replaced with a new one and Windows was yet again re-installed.
And I get another blue screen, though my microphone doesn't click anymore.

My latest (and most common) BSOD is DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and its faulting module is hal.exe.
Logs have been included.

What I've done so far:
I've reinstalled Windows twice, the second time I installed on a new SSD.
Memtest86 comes back negative for any errors.
Chkdsk and two other disk checkers say that there's no problem with the new SSD.
CPU temps are well within bounds.



All help is greatly appreciated!

P.S Some logs may contain Swedish, let me know if you need a translation.

:)

 

Random BSOD while browsing internet


BitDefender is nothing special. mwac.sys causes BSODs anywhere.
A tiny documentation can be found here: Solved Random BSODs - Windows 10 Forums
In that very thread, the suggested action apparently worked.

The storage and network filters of any third party antivirus can cause BSODs. Neither MBAM nor BitDefender is any special. For a regular antivirus, it may be shifted to an alternative; but MBAM has no alternative. So a clean install of the said program is the most feasible first step.
As far as the first step is not failing, it is better to not think for the second step. Because the BSODs are not universal, failure at the first step is not universal; and success at the second step is also not universal.
That is why I posted that my suggestion may work, or may not. Let us see where it goes.

 

KernelBase.dll is broken constant BSOD's constant game crashing.

Hi Darry,

User Profile corruption is one of the possible reasons why you are experiencing constant BSOD's on your computer. You mentioned that you ran the
System File Checker (SFC) tool, but is still getting a stop code. To further troubleshoot the issue, we suggest that you create a new User Profile and check if the issue persists.

To create a user profile, follow these steps:

• Go to Settings. Click Accounts.
• Select Family & other people.
• Select the Add someone else to this PC tab.
• Name the user as Test.
• Leave the password field blank.
• Hit Next.
• Sign in as Test user.

You may also check this link
to fix BSOD errors. Choose the situation when you experienced the problem and follow the troubleshooting steps.

 

Built in microphone not working

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps

Method 1: I suggest you to set microphone as default device and check.

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  Right click on the volume icon in the system tray and then click "Recording devices"
  
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  Right click on the blank space in the popped up window and then select "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices".
  
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  Right click on Microphone and then click "Enable".
  
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  Highlight the microphone and then choose "Set as Default Device".
  
• 
  Click Apply and OK.
  

Step 2: Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.

• 
  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled. Follow the steps given to check that:
  
• 
  Right click on the volume icon and select “Recording devices”.
  
• 
  Now, Right Click on an empty space and select, “Show disconnected devices” and “Show disabled devices”.
  
• 
  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.
  

And also update the audio drivers from the manufacturer web site and install.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help