SERVICE_EXCEPTION is the new one, after re installing windows

Arc said:

BTW, Atheros driver Version: 10.0.0.274 should work for that.

Drivers for Atheros AR5008 and Windows 7

Release: 2013-11-28

The downloaded driver says .....

Code:

;/*++
;
;Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Atheros Communications, Incorporated All Rights Reserved
;
;Module Name:
;
;    netathw.inf
;
;Abstract:
;    INF file for installing Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
;
;    Installs athw.sys (NDIS 5/5.1 driver) on NT platforms (2000, XP and greater)
;    Installs athwx.sys (NDIS 5 driver) on 9x platforms

see, that's what i had thought aswell but every time i tried to install it, it would constantly say "windows has detected better, or the same driver software is installed." and to be completely honest, any time i try to use the device manager to check for updates or anything, it always tells me i have the most recent update.

alright if i get another bsod, i'll try and swap out my devices and see if that update fixes it. thanks for now. much appreciated.

Well, im back, it took a while but i am. heres the latest info. i also can't even get into my device manager, it keeps crashing and then telling me it needs to close.

Arc said:

Nothing new is there.

Code:

fffff880`03329358  fffff880`0b0e004aUnable to load image AE1200w764.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for AE1200w764.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for AE1200w764.sys
 AE1200w764+0x2004a

Code:

fffff880`0b0c0000 fffff880`0b1f7000   AE1200w764 T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: AE1200w764.sys
    Image path: AE1200w764.sys
    Image name: AE1200w764.sys
    Timestamp:        Tue Mar 29 05:52:08 2011 (4D912630)
    CheckSum:         0013392A
    ImageSize:        00137000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

You cannot expect any betterment there as long as the Linksys AE1200 will be there.

Crash dump analysis can point the issue out, and nothing more. Solution or otherwise of the issue depends on your action only.

so should i try using the TP-Link adapter again?