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THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M
This code is not a separate driver-failure category. It maps to THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER (0xEA), so analysis should use the same parameter interpretation and the same failing driver or device context.
Keep the crash dump, display or device-driver stack, recent driver changes, and the name of the affected hardware. The high-bit alias alone does not add a different remediation path.
Dump evidence for THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M
For THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M, preserve the complete dump, the four bug-check parameters, the exact Windows build, loaded-module list, and the event timeline immediately before the stop. AllStat summarizes the condition as “This indicates that a thread in a device driver is endlessly spinning.”; that sentence identifies the failure class, while the parameters and stack determine which object, driver, processor, or subsystem instance was involved.
Analysis order for THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M
- Run WinDbg
!analyze -v, then inspect the documented meaning of each THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M parameter instead of relying only on the probably-caused-by line. - Find the earliest abnormal event: driver update, firmware change, device reset, storage error, verifier report, resource exhaustion, or application hang connected with thread / stuck / in / device / driver.
- For THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M, keep third-party filter, security, storage, graphics, and virtualization drivers in the module inventory; removing evidence before dump analysis can obscure the responsible path.
Do not repeatedly reboot a machine affected by THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M before collecting the dump and event logs. For THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M, recovery actions should follow the component identified by the stack and parameters, not merely the symbolic stop-code name.
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