BSOD Playing java based Internet Games Random crash caused by wininit

Sek4 · 20 Jan 2012

heres the Debuggin report

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: f4
BCP1: 0000000000000003
BCP2: FFFFFA8004E76730
BCP3: FFFFFA8004E76A10
BCP4: FFFFF80002D9C8B0
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\121311-30326-01.dmp
C:\Users\AlwaysMovingForward\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-67330-0.sysdata.xml

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Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.12.0002.633 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\Minidump\121311-30326-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: srv*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (2 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 7601.17640.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02a1c000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`02c61670
Debug session time: Tue Dec 13 04:04:41.210 2011 (UTC - 8:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:00:26.442
Loading Kernel Symbols
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................................................................
.
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
......
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa8004e76730, fffffa8004e76a10, fffff80002d9c8b0}

Probably caused by : wininit.exe

Followup: MachineOwner
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and i used sfc /scannow and this pop'd up

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource protection did not find any integrity voilations.
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System Details
Its an Acer Aspire 7741
Has windows 7 Home Premium orginally installed
Installed Physical memory -3 gig
Available Physical memory - 2.74gig
total virtual memory 5.48gig
available virtual memory 3.74 gig
Bios Version/date Phoenix technologies Ltd v1.07, 4/27/2010
SMBIOS Version 2.6
My system is only around a year and a half old and i take very good care of it

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My system has crashed before for the same reason and i tried to restore my computer and nothing happened , so i whiped it and put new windows on it and that fixed it for a few months but this is getting ridiculous and i really need the data on this harddrive, any help at all is appricated ( may have uploaded a file twice sorry if i did.)

Sek4 · 20 Jan 2012

heres the upload of the system health report i left out

writhziden · 20 Jan 2012

Code:


Loading Dump File [C:\Users\Mike\Downloads\BSODDmpFiles\Sek4\Windows_NT6_BSOD_jcgriff2\012012-19609-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\users\mike\documents\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: 
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (2 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 7601.17640.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02c0c000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`02e51670
Debug session time: Fri Jan 20 18:06:00.926 2012 (UTC - 7:00)
System Uptime: 2 days 3:33:14.704
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
..........................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
.....................
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 19, {21, fffffa8003c3b000, 9940, 1000001af4b}

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\athrx.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athrx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athrx.sys
Probably caused by : athrx.sys ( athrx+bb82b )

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

1: kd> !analyze -v
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
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BAD_POOL_HEADER (19)
The pool is already corrupt at the time of the current request.
This may or may not be due to the caller.
The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause of
the problem, and then special pool applied to the suspect tags or the driver
verifier to a suspect driver.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000021, the data following the pool block being freed is corrupt.  Typically this means the consumer (call stack ) has overrun the block.
Arg2: fffffa8003c3b000, The pool pointer being freed.
Arg3: 0000000000009940, The number of bytes allocated for the pool block.
Arg4: 000001000001af4b, The corrupted value found following the pool block.

Debugging Details:
------------------


BUGCHECK_STR:  0x19_21

POOL_ADDRESS: GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff80002ebb100
 fffffa8003c3b000 

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME:  System

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from fffff80002db69b2 to fffff80002c88c40

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`031ce038 fffff800`02db69b2 : 00000000`00000019 00000000`00000021 fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00009940 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`031ce040 fffff800`02d74fe9 : fffffa80`036fa1a0 fffff800`02e13340 fffffa80`746e6f43 00000000`00000000 : nt!ExDeferredFreePool+0xfaa
fffff880`031ce0f0 fffff800`031f92e1 : fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03a66a80 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`00009938 : nt!MmFreeContiguousMemory+0xa9
fffff880`031ce130 fffff880`01683931 : fffff880`01690100 fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03c3b000 fffff880`01650195 : hal!HalFreeCommonBuffer+0xd
fffff880`031ce160 fffff880`016e05f5 : fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00009934 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!ndisFreeSharedMemory+0xa1
fffff880`031ce1b0 fffff880`03f4082b : 00000000`00000006 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!NdisMFreeSharedMemory+0x85
fffff880`031ce1f0 00000000`00000006 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 : athrx+0xbb82b
fffff880`031ce1f8 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 fffffa80`021959c0 : 0x6


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
athrx+bb82b
fffff880`03f4082b ??              ???

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  6

SYMBOL_NAME:  athrx+bb82b

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: athrx

IMAGE_NAME:  athrx.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  4a2ea4b9

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

Update your Atheros wireless driver at Drivers for Atheros AR5B93 and Windows 7 using the Click for Download link.

Sek4 · 21 Jan 2012

writhziden said:

Code:


Loading Dump File [C:\Users\Mike\Downloads\BSODDmpFiles\Sek4\Windows_NT6_BSOD_jcgriff2\012012-19609-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\users\mike\documents\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: 
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (2 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 7601.17640.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02c0c000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`02e51670
Debug session time: Fri Jan 20 18:06:00.926 2012 (UTC - 7:00)
System Uptime: 2 days 3:33:14.704
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
..........................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
.....................
*******************************************************************************
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 19, {21, fffffa8003c3b000, 9940, 1000001af4b}

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\athrx.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athrx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athrx.sys
Probably caused by : athrx.sys ( athrx+bb82b )

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

1: kd> !analyze -v
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
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BAD_POOL_HEADER (19)
The pool is already corrupt at the time of the current request.
This may or may not be due to the caller.
The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause of
the problem, and then special pool applied to the suspect tags or the driver
verifier to a suspect driver.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000021, the data following the pool block being freed is corrupt.  Typically this means the consumer (call stack ) has overrun the block.
Arg2: fffffa8003c3b000, The pool pointer being freed.
Arg3: 0000000000009940, The number of bytes allocated for the pool block.
Arg4: 000001000001af4b, The corrupted value found following the pool block.

Debugging Details:
------------------


BUGCHECK_STR:  0x19_21

POOL_ADDRESS: GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff80002ebb100
 fffffa8003c3b000 

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME:  System

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from fffff80002db69b2 to fffff80002c88c40

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`031ce038 fffff800`02db69b2 : 00000000`00000019 00000000`00000021 fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00009940 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`031ce040 fffff800`02d74fe9 : fffffa80`036fa1a0 fffff800`02e13340 fffffa80`746e6f43 00000000`00000000 : nt!ExDeferredFreePool+0xfaa
fffff880`031ce0f0 fffff800`031f92e1 : fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03a66a80 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`00009938 : nt!MmFreeContiguousMemory+0xa9
fffff880`031ce130 fffff880`01683931 : fffff880`01690100 fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03c3b000 fffff880`01650195 : hal!HalFreeCommonBuffer+0xd
fffff880`031ce160 fffff880`016e05f5 : fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00009934 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!ndisFreeSharedMemory+0xa1
fffff880`031ce1b0 fffff880`03f4082b : 00000000`00000006 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!NdisMFreeSharedMemory+0x85
fffff880`031ce1f0 00000000`00000006 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 : athrx+0xbb82b
fffff880`031ce1f8 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 fffffa80`021959c0 : 0x6


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
athrx+bb82b
fffff880`03f4082b ??              ???

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  6

SYMBOL_NAME:  athrx+bb82b

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: athrx

IMAGE_NAME:  athrx.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  4a2ea4b9

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

Update your Atheros wireless driver at Drivers for Atheros AR5B93 and Windows 7 using the Click for Download link.

I downloaded the driver but it pops up as some files none of them letting me install them , athr.sys , athrext , athrextx , athrx.sys , netahr , netathrx

writhziden · 21 Jan 2012

Sek4 said:

writhziden said:

Code:


Loading Dump File [C:\Users\Mike\Downloads\BSODDmpFiles\Sek4\Windows_NT6_BSOD_jcgriff2\012012-19609-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\users\mike\documents\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: 
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (2 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 7601.17640.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02c0c000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`02e51670
Debug session time: Fri Jan 20 18:06:00.926 2012 (UTC - 7:00)
System Uptime: 2 days 3:33:14.704
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
..........................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
.....................
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 19, {21, fffffa8003c3b000, 9940, 1000001af4b}

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\athrx.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athrx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athrx.sys
Probably caused by : athrx.sys ( athrx+bb82b )

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

1: kd> !analyze -v
*******************************************************************************
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

BAD_POOL_HEADER (19)
The pool is already corrupt at the time of the current request.
This may or may not be due to the caller.
The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause of
the problem, and then special pool applied to the suspect tags or the driver
verifier to a suspect driver.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000021, the data following the pool block being freed is corrupt.  Typically this means the consumer (call stack ) has overrun the block.
Arg2: fffffa8003c3b000, The pool pointer being freed.
Arg3: 0000000000009940, The number of bytes allocated for the pool block.
Arg4: 000001000001af4b, The corrupted value found following the pool block.

Debugging Details:
------------------


BUGCHECK_STR:  0x19_21

POOL_ADDRESS: GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff80002ebb100
 fffffa8003c3b000 

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME:  System

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from fffff80002db69b2 to fffff80002c88c40

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`031ce038 fffff800`02db69b2 : 00000000`00000019 00000000`00000021 fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00009940 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`031ce040 fffff800`02d74fe9 : fffffa80`036fa1a0 fffff800`02e13340 fffffa80`746e6f43 00000000`00000000 : nt!ExDeferredFreePool+0xfaa
fffff880`031ce0f0 fffff800`031f92e1 : fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03a66a80 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`00009938 : nt!MmFreeContiguousMemory+0xa9
fffff880`031ce130 fffff880`01683931 : fffff880`01690100 fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03c3b000 fffff880`01650195 : hal!HalFreeCommonBuffer+0xd
fffff880`031ce160 fffff880`016e05f5 : fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00009934 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!ndisFreeSharedMemory+0xa1
fffff880`031ce1b0 fffff880`03f4082b : 00000000`00000006 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!NdisMFreeSharedMemory+0x85
fffff880`031ce1f0 00000000`00000006 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 : athrx+0xbb82b
fffff880`031ce1f8 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 fffffa80`021959c0 : 0x6


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
athrx+bb82b
fffff880`03f4082b ??              ???

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  6

SYMBOL_NAME:  athrx+bb82b

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: athrx

IMAGE_NAME:  athrx.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  4a2ea4b9

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

Update your Atheros wireless driver at Drivers for Atheros AR5B93 and Windows 7 using the Click for Download link.

I downloaded the driver but it pops up as some files none of them letting me install them , athr.sys , athrext , athrextx , athrx.sys , netahr , netathrx

To install them, follow the steps in Install drivers from Device Manager. Ignore that it says installing XP drivers. The procedure is the same. The device you select will be inside Network Adapters and is the wireless adapter. Your unzipped folder that you want to browse for will be the Atheros unzipped folder that you unzipped after downloading. Sorry I did not link to that tutorial before.

Sek4 · 21 Jan 2012

writhziden said:

Sek4 said:

writhziden said:

Code:


Loading Dump File [C:\Users\Mike\Downloads\BSODDmpFiles\Sek4\Windows_NT6_BSOD_jcgriff2\012012-19609-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\users\mike\documents\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: 
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (2 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 7601.17640.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02c0c000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`02e51670
Debug session time: Fri Jan 20 18:06:00.926 2012 (UTC - 7:00)
System Uptime: 2 days 3:33:14.704
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
..........................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
.....................
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 19, {21, fffffa8003c3b000, 9940, 1000001af4b}

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\athrx.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athrx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athrx.sys
Probably caused by : athrx.sys ( athrx+bb82b )

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

1: kd> !analyze -v
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

BAD_POOL_HEADER (19)
The pool is already corrupt at the time of the current request.
This may or may not be due to the caller.
The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause of
the problem, and then special pool applied to the suspect tags or the driver
verifier to a suspect driver.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000021, the data following the pool block being freed is corrupt.  Typically this means the consumer (call stack ) has overrun the block.
Arg2: fffffa8003c3b000, The pool pointer being freed.
Arg3: 0000000000009940, The number of bytes allocated for the pool block.
Arg4: 000001000001af4b, The corrupted value found following the pool block.

Debugging Details:
------------------


BUGCHECK_STR:  0x19_21

POOL_ADDRESS: GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff80002ebb100
 fffffa8003c3b000 

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME:  System

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from fffff80002db69b2 to fffff80002c88c40

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`031ce038 fffff800`02db69b2 : 00000000`00000019 00000000`00000021 fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00009940 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`031ce040 fffff800`02d74fe9 : fffffa80`036fa1a0 fffff800`02e13340 fffffa80`746e6f43 00000000`00000000 : nt!ExDeferredFreePool+0xfaa
fffff880`031ce0f0 fffff800`031f92e1 : fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03a66a80 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`00009938 : nt!MmFreeContiguousMemory+0xa9
fffff880`031ce130 fffff880`01683931 : fffff880`01690100 fffffa80`03a25bc0 fffffa80`03c3b000 fffff880`01650195 : hal!HalFreeCommonBuffer+0xd
fffff880`031ce160 fffff880`016e05f5 : fffffa80`03c3b000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00009934 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!ndisFreeSharedMemory+0xa1
fffff880`031ce1b0 fffff880`03f4082b : 00000000`00000006 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 : ndis!NdisMFreeSharedMemory+0x85
fffff880`031ce1f0 00000000`00000006 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 : athrx+0xbb82b
fffff880`031ce1f8 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`036fa1a0 00000000`ad63b000 fffffa80`021959c0 : 0x6


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
athrx+bb82b
fffff880`03f4082b ??              ???

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  6

SYMBOL_NAME:  athrx+bb82b

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: athrx

IMAGE_NAME:  athrx.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  4a2ea4b9

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x19_21_athrx+bb82b

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

Update your Atheros wireless driver at Drivers for Atheros AR5B93 and Windows 7 using the Click for Download link.

I downloaded the driver but it pops up as some files none of them letting me install them , athr.sys , athrext , athrextx , athrx.sys , netahr , netathrx

To install them, follow the steps in Install drivers from Device Manager. Ignore that it says installing XP drivers. The procedure is the same. The device you select will be inside Network Adapters and is the wireless adapter. Your unzipped folder that you want to browse for will be the Atheros unzipped folder that you unzipped after downloading. Sorry I did not link to that tutorial before.

Alright i did all that but when i went to install it said windows has determined you had the latest update and said there was no need to install it. Could this crash be caused by something else, dont be sorry lol im thankful that you're taking your time to help me

writhziden · 21 Jan 2012

Sek4 said:

Alright i did all that but when i went to install it said windows has determined you had the latest update and said there was no need to install it. Could this crash be caused by something else, dont be sorry lol im thankful that you're taking your time to help me

If you right click the wireless adapter in Device Manager and click Properties, go to the Driver tab, what is the date shown for the driver?

Depending on the date, it could be caused by something else, but if the date is the same as I saw in the report, I think that driver needs an update. I may have to hunt down a driver for it myself.

Sek4 · 21 Jan 2012

writhziden said:

Sek4 said:

Alright i did all that but when i went to install it said windows has determined you had the latest update and said there was no need to install it. Could this crash be caused by something else, dont be sorry lol im thankful that you're taking your time to help me

If you right click the wireless adapter in Device Manager and click Properties, go to the Driver tab, what is the date shown for the driver?

Depending on the date, it could be caused by something else, but if the date is the same as I saw in the report, I think that driver needs an update. I may have to hunt down a driver for it myself.

it says 6/9/2009 version 2.0.0.74

writhziden · 21 Jan 2012

Yeah, that is what I got in the .dmp file. That date is pre-Windows 7. I will try to find something more current for you. Atheros drivers are difficult to find updates for. I seem to remember my Atheros card having issues updating where Windows kept telling me that the driver I had was up to date... I think I ended up uninstalling it through Device Manager, putting a tick in the "Delete driver software for this device" box, and then installing it using the Driver Install - Add Hardware Wizard without restarting the computer.

Here is a driver update for your wireless card through your laptop company: http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...C=Acer&SC=PA_6

Go to device manager, right click the device, click uninstall, put a tick in the "Delete driver software for this device" box, hit OK. Then install the above software.

Sek4 · 21 Jan 2012

writhziden said:

Yeah, that is what I got in the .dmp file. That date is pre-Windows 7. I will try to find something more current for you. Atheros drivers are difficult to find updates for. I seem to remember my Atheros card having issues updating where Windows kept telling me that the driver I had was up to date... I think I ended up uninstalling it through Device Manager, putting a tick in the "Delete driver software for this device" box, and then installing it using the Driver Install - Add Hardware Wizard without restarting the computer.

Here is a driver update for your wireless card through your laptop company: http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...C=Acer&SC=PA_6

Go to device manager, right click the device, click uninstall, put a tick in the "Delete driver software for this device" box, hit OK. Then install the above software.

Everything installed ok and my wireless is running , Thanks so much : ) if theres any problems with it like another crash if its not to much trouble to ask i'll message you again. thanks for taking the time to find all these files and teach me how to install them. have a great day!