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It is possible for Intel Power Gadget 2.0 to crash Windows

doesnotexist
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I sorry if it is in the wrong forum, but it is my first time

I probably cannot reproduce the problem. I am just posting that it is possible for the Intel Power Gadget to invoke BOSD. I wonder if this crash dump is useful.

I am running window 7 64 bit Home Premium Service Pack 1

Here is a small snippet of windbg

Could not read faulting driver name
Probably caused by : EzPwr.sys ( EzPwr+111e )

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50)
Invalid system memory was referenced. This cannot be protected by try-except,
it must be protected by a Probe. Typically the address is just plain bad or it
is pointing at freed memory.
Arguments:
Arg1: fffff88003fb2758, memory referenced.
Arg2: 0000000000000001, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation.
Arg3: fffff88009eb011e, If non-zero, the instruction address which referenced the bad memory
address.
Arg4: 0000000000000000, (reserved)

I have attached the dump.

Thank You for your time
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Bernard
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Driver or thread running its code in kernel mode must not incure page fault at DPC- level IRQL.

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Bernard
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In your case driver should have been used ProbeForRead/ProbeForWrite kernel mode function before performing any further operation on the memory.

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SergeyKostrov
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The question is: It is possible for Intel Power Gadget 2.0 to crash Windows >>... >>Could not read faulting driver name >>Probably caused by : EzPwr.sys ( EzPwr+111e ) >>... If EzPwr.sys is Intel's driver ( please verify it... ) than answer is Yes and BSOD is your prove.
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Bernard
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If EzPwr.sys is Intel's driver ( please verify it... ) than answer is Yes and BSOD is your prove. Agree completely.
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doesnotexist
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iliyapolak wrote:

If EzPwr.sys is Intel's driver ( please verify it... ) than answer is Yes and BSOD is your prove.

Agree completely.

The computer did BSOD which I found very odd. I have an Acer 4830tg with default OEM Windows 7 64 bit home edition.

I believe EzPwr.sys is installed by default by the Intel Power Gadget.

Like I said, I cannot reproduce the crash. I only posted the crash dump for anyone who finds the BSOD interesting.

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-power-checker-to-measure-the-energy-performance-of-a-compute-intensive

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-power-gadget

Sorry if I didn't reply sooner because I posted this a long time ago.

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Bernard
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>>>The computer did BSOD which I found very odd>>> It is not very odd and should not be.Driver is executing in kernel mode where unhandled exception leads to BSOD.As I wrote in my first post driver should have used ProbeForRead/ProbeForWrite functions.

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SergeyKostrov
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>>...Sorry if I didn't reply sooner because I posted this a long time ago... That's not a problem and thank you for the update. Note: Did you try to install Intel Power Gadget updates?
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doesnotexist
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Sergey Kostrov wrote:

>>...Sorry if I didn't reply sooner because I posted this a long time ago...

That's not a problem and thank you for the update.

Note: Did you try to install Intel Power Gadget updates?

This is an old crash and I forgot most of the details. I believed it did install. After I tried to log the Watt usage of my machine, it BSOD. Of course, I cannot replicate the crash. I just updated to the new Power Gadget 2.5 and it does work for my machines. Thank You for your time. I only posted the dump to anyone who thought the crash will be interesting.

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doesnotexist
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Odd. I cannot download the attachment anymore. I do not have a back up copy and cannot reproduce the error. I guess someone should close this thread.

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Bernard
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I'm glad that you solved your problem.

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doesnotexist
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iliyapolak wrote:

I'm glad that you solved your problem.

I didn't solve anything. I just cannot reproduce the crash in question. Like i said, I only posted the dump for those people who thought it was interesting. Since  I cannot access the dump file, then this whole thread is pointless. There is no point in continuing to comment on this thread

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Bernard
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>>>Since  I cannot access the dump file>>>

You can open it with windbg.Regarding reproducing the crash it won't be always available because of undeterministic circumstances under which your driver will run and will be dependend on.

I told you what could be the reason for the BSOD.In order to correct it either source code of driver is needed or someone must perform reversing of the sys file.

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