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BSOD on Dell XPS M1330 -- poss. culprit Intel wifi 3945
I hope this question / machine combination has not been posted already.
Expericing random BSOD with Dell XPS M1330 Notebook.
BSOD occurs during web surfing, skype calls, idle, or bt downloading (basically, "random")
Using windows 7 ultimate 64-bit english - as far as I can tell all drivers are up-to-date. (used "drivermax" application to get a diagnostic, then went out to search for all individual drivers)
Install is OEM upgrade disc and did clean install from working XP pro on the machine
from my own testing nearly 99% sure it's the wireless acting up --reasons:
1) no BSOD occurs if i plug in an usb external wifi dongle or use the wired NIC
2) no BSOD occurs if i turn-off the on-board Intel wifi using the physical wifi on/off switch on the compter.
3) BSOD occurs randomly when on-board Intel wifi is on, no matter which power setting or action.
my laptop is a Dell XPS M1330
Core Duo T7500
4GB DD2-667 Ram (Kingston - self upgraded)
Bios A15
Geforce 8400GS
Dell 355 bluetooth
Intel Pro Wireless A/B/G 3495
8x slot DVD-RW Matsushita
UPEK fingerprint reader
Sigmatel (IDT?) HD audio
Ricoh card reader (don't have specifi model with me)
- Have had my mobo/gpu replaced once due to Geforce 8400 issues
This error occurs constantly whenever wifi and computer is on. I can post additional dump files that shows basically same error code but sometimes the source of crash is ntkernel while other times it's ntwifi or something similar.
any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
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