Blue Screen Error 'A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the alloca...

Hi all.

I’ve got a bit of a problem with my PC.

About 3 weeks ago I did some upgrades. I changed the CPU, RAM to:

* AMD Phenom X4 9750 2.4GHz
* 2 pairs of TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX Corsair memory

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 rev.01.
Since then I have been having trouble with a certain blue screen error. It happens a lot when I play left 4 dead. And I have seen it in other places at various times.

From what I have found out the problem can be caused by one of four things:

*BIOS
*CPU
*RAM
*Motherboard

I recently upgraded the BIOS to a newer version and the problem is still the same, so I think I can scratch that.

How can I test my CPU to make sure its working correctly under full load?

Could faulty RAM cause this same blue screen error to keep appearing?

Is there any way to test motherboard in the same way?


Any help would be much appreciated!

 

With all respect to the experts on this forum, you may want to browse the forums over at AMD. It appears that this is not an uncommon problem and there are several threads covering this issue.

I was interested in this since I have a Phenom but have so far not seen this problem.

Unfortunately, in quick glance through one (of the many) threads, there was no real consensus for the failure (it seemed to be split between bad CPU and bad BIOS). Bad RAM did not appear to be one of the causes identified in that thread.

All you should need to google is "received on a secondary processor".

Good luck!

 

I though I would share my solution in case anyone else is having the same problem. It took me about 2-3 weeks of head scratching to try and resolve this. Can’t really believe how simple this fix was.

this problem started when I changed the CPU, I also had to update the BIOS to make it compatible with my board. I used BIOS version F7H, I later then installed the updated version 'F7' and still had the same problems.

yesterday morning I tried rolling back the BIOS to version 'F6' and after using my PC for like 6 hours yesterday and 8 or so hours today, it has not crashed once, in that amount of time with the 'f7' BIOS it would have crashed several times.

so at least for me it seems like the BIOS is the issue.

Hope that helps someone.

 

BTW, you haven't "fixed" the problem. You just made the symptom go away.

I would suggest that you report this back to your motherboard vendor ASAP.

What will happen to you if there is a feature you need in a future BIOS update and the issue you rant into isn't fixed?

 

Same probelm resolved by using F6 BIOS
-Disabled Virtualization
-Set memory mode to UNGANGED.

The Cost of stepping down Bios version

Bad news 1: After step down from F7 to F6. Windows 2003/XP can't boot up successfully and blue screen occurs.

Good News 1: Windows Vista boot up and hanging at Black screen for 10 minutes for adjusting the updated BIOS components.