1703->1709 BSOD 0xc00000bb on devices with NVMe SSD's

I have MSI Godlike Carbon X99A motherboard and Samsung SM951 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD boot drive, and have had this problem ever since it started.  Very annoying, and the PC keep trying to update many times daily, and failing!

This is ridiculous.

Never mind I just found it under others in the os selection.

I can confirm that this fixes the issue for those with the Asus X299 Deluxe board. I'm now on the 1709 version.

Where do you see that bios revision ? I'm on the asus support website for the X299 deluxe and I'm still seeing the 802.

ASUS released an updated bios (1004) for the Prime-X299-deluxe today that fixed the issue for me.

I have the problem as well, and have not noticed any block.

Now I turned the automatic update off, since my PC tried to update at least 10 times, consuming all network bandwidth.

This is my config:

Samsung 960 EVO SSD M.2 2280 - 500GB
ASUS PRIME X299-DELUXE

I have also heard of countless people with different model Motherboards that have this problem.  It is not just ASUS.  Gigabyte and MSI Motherboards all have this problem.  The common thing all of us seem to have that have this problem is the Samsung M.2 NVMe SSD. 

Also tried everything possible but a clone & fresh install because i don't see why i'd have to resort to that.

Windows upgrade assistant seems to have messed up my pc even more.

From  BSOD 0xc00000bb  update failing to Error 0x80242006 every time my pc tries to automatically update itself.

Motherboard: MSI GAMING M7 ACK

SSD: Samsung 960 evo + Samsung 960 pro 

Also a friend of mine has the same SSD's as myself but with a Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 9 & has the same problems.

Signed up to add my similar experience, have several friends with largely same spec.

Same issue with 1709, same spec : Asus Prime X299 Deluxe. Samsung 960 Pro 2TB m.2.

Also, the 1709 update is also not blocked for me ( has failed 9 times, and is currently waiting for a reboot which I guess would fail). My machine is a standard build by www.scan.co.uk.

It's odd that a clean install reported to be be OK, and yet an upgrade is not. 

Thanks in advance for any help.

Also having this issue. System specs:

MOB: Asus prime X299-deluxe (FW: 802; running 28 lanes with i7-7800x & quad memory)

SSD: Samsung 960 evo M.2 500GB (NVMe, FW: 3B7QCXE7)

That seems to be the magic combination with this problem: An ASUS X299 MOB with a Samsung 960 Pro SSD M.2 using NVMe . 

I'm also having this issue. I have a Samsung 960 pro and asus prime x299 deluxe board.

Could it be that ASUS is just the most popular motherboard ?  I have seen people with MOB's like MSI and Gigabyte with the same problem. 

This may also affect other motherboards.  The Asus one is the one that we have seen most.

 Hi Michael

I tried the 30 November update (KB4051963) right now, but my pc still crashes after the installation reboot.

After I tried the Upgrade my PC restarts, the screen stays black for around 2 minutes and then the PC does power off. When I start the PC again, it immediatly boots with Build 1703.

Machine: Selfbuild

MB Modell: MSI X99A Gaming Pro Carbon (LINK)

SSD: Samsung SSD 960 Pro nVME

Is the X99A also affected with the same problem as X299? Or is the Samsung 960 Pro still not patched?

That is amazing I have almost the identical system except an ASUS Prime X299-A MOB, and I have the identical problems as you do.  I also have had Windows Update trying to update me for weeks.  I had to change my connection to metered to prevent Windows Update from downloading the update.  

I have an ASUS Prime X299-A motherboard with a 512GB Samsung 960 Pro SSD and two SATA drives, as well.   Right now Windows Update has been trying to upgrade me to 1709 for about a month now.  I have my ethernet connection set to metered so it does not download the update.  I have kept my 1703 system updated with manual updates I downloaded and installed myself. 

I have tried with an ISO flash drive, Windows Upgrade Assistant, etc. to upgrade about a dozen times and every time I try to reboot I get the BSOD with error 0xc00000bb.  If you need any other information I will be happy to give it to you.  Thanks. 

Interesting, thank you for explaining the detail of the problem.

We remain hopeful for a fix soon.

Yes, the Asus board is the most common one.  It's a pretty subtle issue, only exposed by 1709 due to a slight increase in the boot image size (which is why previous versions worked fine) that results in the boot image being loaded into higher memory due to memory fragmentation on that specific motherboard with that specific firmware.

I'll check to make sure the block is correct.

Hi Michael, first thank you for following up and not leaving us hanging.

Second, Yes, mine is a custom built X299 based system.  The motherboard is the ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe and the SSD is the NVME Samsung 960 Pro M.2 512GB.

I have checked with both ASUS and Samsung and neither have posted a recent firmware update to address this issue.

PS:  You mentioned a block in place to prevent the installation.  I can tell you, if it is designed to block the 1709 installation via Windows Update, it is not working for me.  Every time I check for updates it tries to download and installed the "Windows Feature Update to 1709".  I've had to temporarily disabled the Windows Update service to prevent this from happening every time.