Occasional BSOD


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Occasional BSOD


    I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Since yesterday evening I've encountered two stop errors. Both incidents occurring quite far apart from each other. I have a feeling it might be related to Flash, as the first time it happened while listening to a song via a flashplayer, and the second being moments ago, right as I opened a page to watch a live streaming game development tournament. More concerned about the BSOD than missing the thrilling coding tournament.

    Anyways, any help would be much appreciated.

    EDIT: I am now entirely unsure of the cause, as I tried to reproduce what happened earlier and I was actually successful in viewing the stream.
    Last edited by skeller7; 11 Dec 2009 at 23:23. Reason: new info
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  2. Posts : 5,705
    Win7 x64 + x86
       #2

    Complaining about NOT getting a BSOD? (just kidding!)

    The dump files point to: WUSB54Gv4x64.sys Wed Dec 27 04:41:31 2006
    This is a USB wireless adapter driver, which is also seriously outdated.
    Also, there have been known issues with some of these (with RaLink chipsets) in the 64 bit flavor - but that has recently been fixed.

    Please go to the website of your device manufacturer and download the 64 bit, Windows 7 version of the driver and install it. Test to see if that remedies your problems (if you don't get a BSOD in a day or two, it's probably fixed).
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Well, the device manufacturer's website had drivers for 32 bit vista and a another 4 year old driver. I googled the model number and found others who shared the same problem with it and windows 7. RaLink makes the chips for the adapter, so I downloaded the appropriate driver for 64bit windows 7 from them. Uninstalled previous driver, updated device driver using RaLink's driver and it successfully installed. Now waiting for BSOD (or lack thereof).

    Thank you very much for your help!
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