BSOD on fresh install - possibly driver related

aznelf23

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I began having troubles with my computer about 2 months ago with BSODs relating to memory such as MEMORY_MANAGEMENT, DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, and PFN_LIST_CORRUPT, primarily when I'm playing video games like Skyrim and League of Legends. I cleaned out the dust in my system and reseated the RAM and checked my cables. My computer ran fine for 1.5 months. About two weeks ago, BSODs resurfaced. When BSODs occur, I am unable to restart my computer for ~15 minutes. The fan and lights would turn on, but my screen would remain black.

I decided to reinstall Windows completely. I ran several stress tests such as prime95 and checked my memory with memtest86+. No errors occurred. I also ran chkdsk and didn't find anything significant. My temperature is quite low so I do not believe it is a factor with overheating. I tried to run driver verifier, but once I turned it on, I was unable to boot to Windows and had to restore to an earlier point.

My system specs:
AMD Phenom II x4 965 - 3.4gHz
Kingston HyperX Blu RAM - 2 x 2GB - DDR3 1600 (currently running on 1333)
Asrock Extreme 3 870 motherboard
OCZ Fatality 550W PSU
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 460 GPU
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

My USB devices:
Logitech G700 mouse
Razer BlackWidow keyboard
TP-Link WN722N wireless adapter
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
There was only one minidump included in the zip file which pointed at the "AMD USB Filter Driver" as the cause for the BSOD, check if there's a newer version available.

fffff880`03e00000 fffff880`03e0d000 usbfilter Tue Dec 22 09:26:22 2009 (4B3082AE)
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Enterprise x64

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor Socket AM3+ (942)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX (AM3r2)
Memory
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-36) 1.5Volts
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
shimian (1920x1080@60Hz)
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
OCZ-AGIL ITY3 SATA Disk Device 120GB
PSU
Corsair TX 750
Case
Corsair
Cooling
WaterCooled
Keyboard
Microsoft Wired
Mouse
Logitech USB Optical TiltWheel Mouse
Internet Speed
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 20MB*1MB
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
150GB Internal Hard Drive for Backing Up Important Files -
Hauppauge Nova-DT Dual DVB-T Tuner Device (+IR) -
USB PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)
Thank you for your help so far. I have updated the Nvidia drivers to 301.42. As to the usbfilter, I am unsure if I correctly updated it. I updated to the latest AMD chipset drivers found here:AMD Chipset Drivers

I also updated my motherboard drivers from here: ASRock > Products > 870 Extreme3

I am currently running driver verifier without any error. Will keep you guys updated if something occurs. I do have a quick question though. In my Device Manager, I see an error for 'Ethernet Controller' and 'Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller'. I would've assumed updating my drivers for my chipset/motherboard to have solved these problems. What can I do to install the drivers for these two components?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Same place you got your motherboard drivers.

Lan driver ver:7017

NEC USB 3.0 driver ver:10190
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor Socket AM3+ (942)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX (AM3r2)
Memory
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-36) 1.5Volts
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
shimian (1920x1080@60Hz)
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
OCZ-AGIL ITY3 SATA Disk Device 120GB
PSU
Corsair TX 750
Case
Corsair
Cooling
WaterCooled
Keyboard
Microsoft Wired
Mouse
Logitech USB Optical TiltWheel Mouse
Internet Speed
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 20MB*1MB
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
150GB Internal Hard Drive for Backing Up Important Files -
Hauppauge Nova-DT Dual DVB-T Tuner Device (+IR) -
USB PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)
I just got a BSOD from usbstor.sys while Driver Verifier was running.

Updated NEC USB 3.0 drivers but was unable to successfully update the LAN driver.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
After not getting a BSOD on approx ~8 hours of runtime, I got a 0x0a irql_not_less_or_equal error while playing League of Legends. Thank you for your assistance.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor Socket AM3+ (942)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX (AM3r2)
Memory
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-36) 1.5Volts
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
shimian (1920x1080@60Hz)
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
OCZ-AGIL ITY3 SATA Disk Device 120GB
PSU
Corsair TX 750
Case
Corsair
Cooling
WaterCooled
Keyboard
Microsoft Wired
Mouse
Logitech USB Optical TiltWheel Mouse
Internet Speed
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 20MB*1MB
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
150GB Internal Hard Drive for Backing Up Important Files -
Hauppauge Nova-DT Dual DVB-T Tuner Device (+IR) -
USB PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)
Is it the AMD all in 1 driver ver:8.71_WHQL? I tried updating it but it said the AMD USB filter was already up to date.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Had a BSOD after updating to the latest chipset drivers. Page fault in a non page error. Attached are dumps for the latest BSOD.

Before the BSOD, I encountered an instance where my screen froze, the colors on screen started spazzing out and particles were displaced. The sound also became a bzzz sound. There was no BSOD for that instance and I had to restart. Upon restart, there were no minidumps.

This occurred after updating to version 8.71, the supposed latest drivers. Is there a way to uninstall usbfilter completely or a more updated version elsewhere?

EDIT: Had another BSOD and updated the attachment with the latest dumps
 
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My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
That one was caused by your Wifi driver:

Probably caused by : athurx.sys ( athurx+9f3bb )

TP-LINK Wireless USB Adapter
fffff880`09207000 fffff880`093e5000 athurx Wed Apr 20 12:07:45 2011 (4DAEB071)
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Enterprise x64
Just found this in one of the dumps Probably caused by : athurx.sys ( athurx+9f3bb )

May as well try updating that driver too Driver Reference Table
Update Link at bottom of that page

Post back if you get another BSOD

Thanks
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor Socket AM3+ (942)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX (AM3r2)
Memory
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-36) 1.5Volts
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
shimian (1920x1080@60Hz)
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
OCZ-AGIL ITY3 SATA Disk Device 120GB
PSU
Corsair TX 750
Case
Corsair
Cooling
WaterCooled
Keyboard
Microsoft Wired
Mouse
Logitech USB Optical TiltWheel Mouse
Internet Speed
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 20MB*1MB
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
150GB Internal Hard Drive for Backing Up Important Files -
Hauppauge Nova-DT Dual DVB-T Tuner Device (+IR) -
USB PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)
Had another screen freeze, not sure if its related to athur.sys. There were no blue screens, but upon restart I think there were new dumps.

I downloaded these drivers from the reference table: Drivers for Atheros AR9271 and Windows 7
However, after using these drivers, I had a severe slowdown on my internet speed. At times, my internet would hang and not connect.

I then installed the latest drivers for my TP-Link Wireless adapter found here: TL-WN722N - Welcome to TP-LINK
About 15 minutes later was when the screen freeze occurred.

Thank you for all your assistance. Although I am still having problems, the BSOD's are not occurring as frequently so thanks so far!
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Some more BSODs. Ever since upgrading the drivers for my TP-Link wireless adapter, I've been experiencing more frequent BSODs. This time it's a driver_irql_not_less_or_equal with a stop error of 0x0d1. It blames the driver nvlddmkm.sys.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
I've noticed I only experience BSOD's when I'm in a game. I just ran 24 hours without a BSOD when I do light internet surfing. Thus, I think this may have something due to either my graphics card or my WLAN loses internet connection and causes a BSOD. I am trying to roll back the graphics drivers to the previous version and see if this fixes the BSOD's. Will keep you guys posted.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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