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Windows strikes again ==>WHEA error - A fatal hardware error has occurred.

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Æsoteric Positron
Æsoteric Positron Original post #1
Oct 11, 2020 at 8:34 PM
WHEA error - A fatal hardware error has occurred. A record describing the condition is contained in the data section of this event.
Can anyone help regarding that error on event log? My computer basically freeze today, and had even given some BSOD errors sometimes this is the critical error I found in windows, system log is shared below, along with the BSOD errors. Any help will be truly appreciated.

*drive.google.com/file/d/1fNHNsEblKgr53QByN5Jro6mdEdlbmTwH/view?usp=sharing

*drive.google.com/file/d/1UWfXhh0kP3kifgDMSFG6AxwLyw4JxqDX/view?usp=sharing
Desmond
Desmond #2
Oct 11, 2020 at 10:40 PM
Code:
Bug Check String  : THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER

Looks like some bug in a driver. Have you installed some device recently or updated some driver?
Æsoteric Positron
Oct 12, 2020 at 10:45 AM
Code:
Bug Check String  : THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER

Looks like some bug in a driver. Have you installed some device recently or updated some driver?
Well, I had updated both amd and nvidia drivers to latest version, and disabled microsoft from automatically force installing a old version of amd driver, which is the one approved by my laptop manufacturer(I updated from ver. 20.4 to 20.9 I think).............

I did this about one month ago.
Desmond
Desmond #4
Oct 12, 2020 at 11:17 AM
Try reinstalling them perhaps. Also why do you need to install both AMD and Nvidia drivers at the same time?
Æsoteric Positron
Oct 12, 2020 at 11:35 AM
Also why do you need to install both AMD and Nvidia drivers at the same time?
I use NVIDIA optimus, so my display driver is amd (integrated in processor) and for games and other 3d applications its NVIDIA.
RumbaMon19
Oct 12, 2020 at 12:21 PM
Well, I had updated both amd

I updated it a month ago, and got BSOD with driver issue. Reinstalled windows and it was fixed. It was AMD Graphics driver.

Also if possible change the title from windows to BugDows
Æsoteric Positron
Oct 12, 2020 at 1:12 PM
I updated it a month ago, and got BSOD with driver issue. Reinstalled windows and it was fixed. It was AMD Graphics driver.
Oh, you reinstalled the whole windows? If the problems occurs frequently then I may have to do that as a last resort, but I hope a windows update fixes it instead ........
Also if possible change the title from windows to BugDows
Request accepted :)
Desmond
Desmond #8
Oct 12, 2020 at 1:14 PM
Is it really a bug in Windows? Seems like a buggy driver to me. But given the state of Windows 10 it is still very plausible.
Æsoteric Positron
Oct 12, 2020 at 1:27 PM
Is it really a bug in Windows? Seems like a buggy driver to me. But given the state of Windows 10 it is still very plausible.
Well, since reinstallation of windows helped ig it was a result of some complicated conflict caused by the complicated nature of windows.
RumbaMon19
Oct 12, 2020 at 1:34 PM
Oh, you reinstalled the whole windows? If the problems occurs frequently then I may have to do that as a last resort, but I hope a windows update fixes it instead .....

Yes, That was becoming to frequent, sfc /scannow not working and all, added it was full of some unusefull apps,(119 to be approx) and i was lazy to uninstall so I took a backup of everything and reinstalled. Windows Installs faster now, Literally took 15 minutes to all the backup, reinstall, and restore work.

Request accepted
lolz

Is it really a bug in Windows? Seems like a buggy driver to me. But given the state of Windows 10 it is still very plausible.

Actually the driver, especially the one released in june is buggy. Added, windows has many bugs, like sometimes the volume icon in notification panel disappears.
Æsoteric Positron
Oct 12, 2020 at 5:00 PM
Yes, That was becoming to frequent, sfc /scannow not working and all, added it was full of some unusefull apps,(119 to be approx) and i was lazy to uninstall so I took a backup of everything and reinstalled. Windows Installs faster now, Literally took 15 minutes to all the backup, reinstall, and restore work.
Actually the driver, especially the one released in june is buggy. Added, windows has many bugs, like sometimes the volume icon in notification panel disappears.
Oops. Windows got accused wrongly this time, I have the latest drivers though, maybe (I hope) these were just flukes.