What strange BSOD has I ever seen following an AVG scan!
What strange BSOD has I ever seen following an AVG scan!
This is the most unusual problem I've ever faced, and I've spent two decades designing and fixing my own computers.
Last night, while performing an AVG Free Deep Scan, I reached around the 30% mark and experienced a blue screen that forced a restart. After rebooting, I encountered these messages:
"Your PC/Device needs repairing. The app or OS couldn't load due to a missing or corrupted file."
File: Windows system32 winload.efi
Error code: 0xc0000225
Once I restarted, the message changed slightly but remained consistent:
"A required device isn't connected or accessible."
Error code: 0xc000000e
Each time I powered off and restarted, the same warning appeared.
YET, when I completely shut down the machine and restarted it from a cold state, it would start successfully. Then, this morning, I attempted to wake the system from hibernation—it was inactive. When I tried to power it on, it prompted a screen asking for keyboard selection before insisting I needed repairs. As usual, none of the recovery options provided any resolution.
I suspected an issue with my UEFI partition, so I attempted various fixes:
chkdsk /f
bootrec.exe commands (rebuild BCD, fix MBR, fix boot)
DISM cleanup
These yielded unexpected outcomes. I spent nearly two hours trying to boot, but nothing succeeded until I ran a specific command sequence:
diskpart
list disk
select disk [N]
list vol
select vol [N]
assign letter=N:
exit
N:
bcdboot c:\windows /s N: /f UEFI
It appeared to work, allowing me to boot. I believed everything was resolved, so I proceeded with another comprehensive scan of all drives. It took about two hours and found nothing, though it noted "unable to scan some files." Still unsatisfying.
I then scanned each drive individually, beginning with the OS boot drive ©. After a few minutes, the blue screen reappeared.
This time, when rebooting, the system entered BIOS and failed to recognize my boot drive—Crucial - T700 2TB NVMe. It simply wasn't present. I connected a USB drive with Windows installation media and reran DISKPART; again, no boot was detected for the M.2 drive either.
Once I powered off completely, waited briefly, and restarted, the system booted normally into Windows.
I’m puzzled by these repeated crashes during AVG scans or why certain drives become unrecognizable after a full shutdown. Do you know of any similar issues? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
During testing, I attempted an Extended Device Self-Test via the Crucial Storage Executive app on Windows. The process halted around 20% completion, and upon checking later, the system was in BIOS with no boot drive detected. This raises concerns about the Crucial - T700's reliability despite its recent age.
Exploring further, I installed CrystalDiskInfo to check the drive. Right away, the app shows a red status at 72 degrees Celsius, even with the big factory heat sink attached!
Online sources mention that the Crucial T700 Gen 5 SSD has thermal management challenges, especially around the controller and NAND. At 90 degrees Celsius, it shuts down thermally, which means a power cycle is needed to restore normal operation (your data stays safe).
The note about AVG scans and self-tests likely increased the temperature. I’m not sure what to do now, but with such high readings, the heat sink might be too much for the drive.
I'm not sure what surface area your heatsinks have if there is room to install a mini fan to top of it or the combo's below . It would pull that heat ways much faster and keep drive way under thermals.
I keep seeing on the forum post after post after post glitches. stuttering, BSOD ............ and like you said in your last post temps on your drive. Not saying drives are bad but if temps are high you might just be on to the solution.
Amazon.com
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Yeah, the T700 comes with one of the larger heat sinks I've ever seen on an M.2 drive.
I also keep seeing evidence supporting this idea, making me almost certain it's the problem:
"A reader mentioned to the editorial team that Crucial has now released the updated firmware version PACR5102 for the T700 SSD. However, a review in the editorial office showed no changes: if temperatures rise too high, the T700 shuts down automatically."
"The Crucial T700 Gen 5 SSD faces thermal management challenges, especially with the controller and NAND. When temperatures hit 90 degrees Celsius, it triggers a thermal shutdown, which needs a power cycle to fix (your data stays safe)."