BleepingComputer.com: INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE 0x00000093

I have an Asus notebook running OEM Windows 7 x64 thats about 6 months old that keeps crashing intermittently with the same BSOD. From the research I've been able to do so far, most opinions seem to lean towards a driver issue. I have attempted to update many of the drivers (mainly intel ones) but the problem presists. I have run various hardware diagnostics (memtest86, hdd diags) and found no failures. I am attaching links to various diagnostic info I have collected so far. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Currently running driver verifier with no BSOD's at startup.

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/etbE2TOLZIz8lSMPMDYR3nK

http://www.mediafire.com/?93qp42b8uee1ook

Download BlueScreenView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next reply

Thank You -

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Dump File : 020912-89825-01.dmp
Crash Time : 2/9/2012 9:29:31 AM
Bug Check String : INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
Bug Check Code : 0x00000093
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00000520
Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+0
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\020912-89825-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
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Dump File : 020812-75925-01.dmp
Crash Time : 2/8/2012 12:14:37 PM
Bug Check String : INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
Bug Check Code : 0x00000093
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00001198
Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+0
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\020812-75925-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
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Dump File : 012312-64709-01.dmp
Crash Time : 1/23/2012 9:52:15 AM
Bug Check String : INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
Bug Check Code : 0x00000093
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00001fb4
Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+0
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\012312-64709-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
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Dump File : 011812-67844-01.dmp
Crash Time : 1/18/2012 4:19:45 PM
Bug Check String : INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
Bug Check Code : 0x00000093
Parameter 1 : 00000000`000052c4
Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+0
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\011812-67844-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
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Dump File : 122111-76346-01.dmp
Crash Time : 12/21/2011 11:54:54 AM
Bug Check String : INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
Bug Check Code : 0x00000093
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00003200
Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+0
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\122111-76346-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
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Dump File : 110611-48890-01.dmp
Crash Time : 11/6/2011 9:17:42 PM
Bug Check String : INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
Bug Check Code : 0x00000093
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00002220
Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+0
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\110611-48890-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
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0x00000093: INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE: This is a relatively rare error condition. Most documentation points to a driver problem — so check all hardware drivers starting with the most obvious, the video driver. Microsoft’s main page recommends general hardware troubleshooting.

Per http://www.aumha.org/a/stop.htm .

Since you have ntfs.sys errors...I would start with trying to run chkdsk /r to see if it will complete.

I would follow that up with the appropriate hard drive diagnostic, available at the website of the hard drive manufacturer.

Free Hard Drive Testing Tools - Hard Drive Diagnostics - http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/tophddiag.htm

If you have a Seagate or Samsung hard drive, use the SeaTools for DOS utility, following instructions provided.

Louis

This post has been edited by hamluis: 11 February 2012 - 08:18 AM

Chkdsk did not find any problems. I have run fairly extensive hardware diags including PCDR, seatools, memtest86+, and all have found failures. I have a newer crash dump that occured with driver verifier active:

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Dump File : 021212-151726-01.dmp
Crash Time : 2/12/2012 10:22:10 AM
Bug Check String : INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
Bug Check Code : 0x00000093
Parameter 1 : 00000000`0000008c
Parameter 2 : fffff8a0`00001920
Parameter 3 : fffff8a0`00003230
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000001
Caused By Driver : fltmgr.sys
Caused By Address : fltmgr.sys+357a5
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\021212-151726-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7601
Dump File Size : 262,144
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<<I have run fairly extensive hardware diags including PCDR, seatools, memtest86+, and all have found failures.>>

Well...if your hard drive did not pass the diagnostic...I'd focus on that first, since the O/S and data files are stored there.

Louis

Sorry that was a typo, meant to write found no failures. All of the hardware diagnostics I have run have passed.

If the hard drive itself is sound...that would (IMO) tend to point to either Windows file corruption...or a partition problem.

If it's a partition problem, there is little that I know that can be done.

If it's a file system problem...well, I would run the chkdsk /r command and see what happens.

Louis

This post has been edited by hamluis: 14 February 2012 - 05:21 PM

Everything looks pretty standard. I notice that you are using the Symantec antivirus that probably came pre-installed on it.

Does it seem to be running okay? Can you click update and have it update okay (I noticed you have defs from 2/9 so it has worked recently).

Something about it though caught my attention and I can't put my finger on it. Keep an eye on whether or not it appears to be active when you have a blue screen.

James

NeverSayDie, on 14 February 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

Well when I was looking into the more recent BSOD that occured during driver verifier (the fltmgr.sys one) I did notice some people saying it might be associated with norton. Will try removing it and seeing what happens.

It just looks like something is missing from your Symantec install and I don't have a machine on my bench today that has an OEM Symantic install on it so I can't say for sure

If you do remove it, please be sure to put another antivirus on it. There are some very good free ones. Look in the virus forums here to see what the Malware Removal Team members are recommending.

Let us know it removing it helps.

James