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SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED
The SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED bug check has a value of 0x0000014E. This indicates that a critical SOC device has been unexpectedly removed or failed.
Important
This topic is for programmers. If you are a customer who has received a blue screen error code while using your computer, see Troubleshoot blue screen errors.
SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | When available, indicates the ID of the device which was removed (4 character packed code) |
| 2 | Reserved |
| 3 | Reserved |
| 4 | Reserved |
Dump evidence for SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED
For SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED, 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 “SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED”; that sentence identifies the failure class, while the parameters and stack determine which object, driver, processor, or subsystem instance was involved.
Analysis order for SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED
- Run WinDbg
!analyze -v, then inspect the documented meaning of each SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED 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 soc / critical / device / removed.
- For SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED, 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 SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED before collecting the dump and event logs. For SOC_CRITICAL_DEVICE_REMOVED, recovery actions should follow the component identified by the stack and parameters, not merely the symbolic stop-code name.
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