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Fixing my Event Viewer System Report errors

Anonymous
2014-01-13T12:21:04+00:00

Okay so surprisingly by intuition alone, I found the Events Viewer on my own after discovering my computer had a crash in the middle of the night. I knew there had to logs of stuff like that. 

After more poking around I found TONS of errors, 356 system errors since April of last year. On my birthday of course... *grumble*

One critical event, like the last crash, I saw for myself, which was a BSOD! The first one ever I have seen on my machine and it's 3 years old. I do very regular performance and maintenance on my machine and keep it as virus free and bloatware/junk free as possible, but it seems as the computer is aging, it's making it slower. Despite all the maintenance.

So with just a little research I read Gerry's post on how to post Event Viewer Reports, so here is the first one:

Log Name:      System

Source:        Service Control Manager

Date:          1/13/2014 3:11:41 AM

Event ID:      7009

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      sirMAXX

Description:

A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the AMD FUEL Service service to connect.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />

<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7009</EventID>

<Version>0</Version>

<Level>2</Level>

<Task>0</Task>

<Opcode>0</Opcode>

<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-01-13T11:11:41.197274400Z" />

<EventRecordID>1555540</EventRecordID>

<Correlation />

<Execution ProcessID="628" ThreadID="632" />

<Channel>System</Channel>

<Computer>sirMAXX</Computer>

<Security />

</System>

<EventData>

<Data Name="param1">30000</Data>

<Data Name="param2">AMD FUEL Service</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

NICE! That came out perfect.  So, this is one that pops up a lot for the past year. Any advice for this one?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T14:39:45+00:00

    Only 356 errors since last April? I have had 105 in the last seven days.

    The reference is to the AMD Fuel service which is a part of the Catalyst Control Center junk which looks after your video card.

    When the machine boots up, anything which is slow to respond can be marked as a timeout failure but seconds later can become a 'success' as the system gets its act together. EV logs everything at all stages, and doesn't remove the 'error' if the operation makes it to 'successful'

    If you are not experiencing any problems in normal running, ignore the Event Viewer. Trying to solve errors in EV which actually aren't errors at all (as already discussed) can turn a sane person into a nut job.. :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T13:21:56+00:00

    I doubt that you will easily find a specific remedy to resolve that error. It is a time out error and you are probably seeing similar errors of the same ilk. You need to work to eliminate hindrances to performance.

    Start with scanning for malware using Malwarebytes.

    http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes\_free

    Download and run ADWCleaner:

    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

    Next check the availability of free memory. You need to have sufficient margin so that the system generally does not resort to using the pagefile. In Windows 7 use Ctrl+Shift+Esc rather than Ctrl+Alt+Del. It gets you to Task Manager quicker. Select Task Manager, the Performance tab, Resource Monitor, and Memory tab. What are the figures for Hardware Reserved, In Use, Modified, Standby and Free?

    More on relevant topics here:

    Freezes - http://www.gerryscomputertips.co.uk/freezes1a.htm

    Performance - http://www.gerryscomputertips.co.uk/performance1.htm

    Event Viewer - http://www.gerryscomputertips.co.uk/syserrors5.htm

    Some points not made (yet) on my site is that when examining Event Viewer System log reports it helps to focus on a limited time period (say 1 hour) between start time (Event 12) and shutdown (Event 13).

    To get a limited time period click Filter Current log, The first line in the Filter Current Log is Logged, click the arrow down to the right of Any time and select Custom Range. Click arrow down to the right of  From First Event and select Events On and enter the Start time. Repeat for the To Last Event and enter the last event time for the hour session and click OK. . Check the boxes before Critical, Error and Warning and click OK.

    Paste copies of reports into Word (or similar) and edit out unhelpful bits. Try to understand exactly what the description actually is saying. Sometimes the meaning is obscure and difficult to understand but some tell you what to do to resolve the problem.

    Check whether the reports you have identified are recurring. You are then in a position to research using phrases from the description section of the report as the search criteria for a Google search. Unless you get few results limit the search to the last 12 months.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T12:45:33+00:00

    Hm, you know. Actually, I'm trying to post only the most recent error at a time, to avoid confusion, but I think I should post this one too; cause they're related. These two system errors pop up together and I think the top one only show half of the problem. So here is the next one that pops up in conjunction:

    Log Name:      System

    Source:        Service Control Manager

    Date:          1/13/2014 3:11:41 AM

    Event ID:      7000

    Task Category: None

    Level:         Error

    Keywords:      Classic

    User:          N/A

    Computer:      sirMAXX

    Description:

    The AMD FUEL Service service failed to start due to the following error:

    The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

    Event Xml:

    <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

    <System>

    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7000</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-01-13T11:11:41.197274400Z" />

    <EventRecordID>1555541</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="628" ThreadID="632" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>sirMAXX</Computer>

    <Security />

    </System>

    <EventData>

    <Data Name="param1">AMD FUEL Service</Data>

    <Data Name="param2">%%1053</Data>

    </EventData>

    </Event>

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