BSOD on sleep

craigp83 · 08 Oct 2010

Hey guys,

I have tried to tackle this one myself but am banging my head against the wall so need help with this.

My Sony Vaio VGN-NS10L crashes every time I put it into sleep mode - this started a few months ago, seemingly at random (though presumably not random, of course). I've looked at the minidump to the best of my ability and figured that it's some kind of power state failure with my wireless card (Atheros AR928X).

I have tried the following thing:

Turning on/off the wireless card's power management options
Disabling the wireless card

Both of the above result in the 'device manager' freezing up
Booted in 'safe mode with networking' and disabled the wireless card, and it worked - my laptop can sleep and wake normally again
I went onto wiki-drivers and tried various options of the latest, and previous drivers. But as soon as I reactivate the wifi card, the laptop crashes on sleep again.

If anyone can spot anything in the crash dump that I am missing, I'd be very grateful. At the moment I'm moving towards my last resort which is a full re-format and re-install of Win7, with no guarantees that that will even fix the problem. Bad times!

lorddenis · 08 Oct 2010

folow this posting instructions:

https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...tructions.html

craigp83 · 08 Oct 2010

Sorry, missed that.

Just turned the computer off so will repost full info tomorrow.

craigp83 · 09 Oct 2010

Hey, sorry for the non-compliant post last night. my bad.

files attached, and info on my system below....

running win7 x86
originally installed OS was vista.
its a full retail version
the hardware is approx 2.5 yrs old
the OS install is approx 1 yr old

CarlTR6 · 09 Oct 2010

Hi Craig. I will take a look.

Error code 9F, DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE.

I looked at your three most recent dumps. All have the same error code and all blame athr.sys, which is Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver from Atheros Communications, Inc. belonging to Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter.

Code:

Kernel base = 0x82c1b000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x82d63810
Debug session time: Fri Oct  8 18:18:15.334 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 0 days 5:20:37.348
Loading Kernel Symbols
...............................................................
................................................................
...................................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
........
0: kd> !Analyze
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 9F, {3, 85be0030, 82d41ae0, 865e2420}

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athr.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athr.sys
Probably caused by : athr.sys

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

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

DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f)
A driver is causing an inconsistent power state.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000003, A device object has been blocking an Irp for too long a time
Arg2: 85be0030, Physical Device Object of the stack
Arg3: 82d41ae0, Functional Device Object of the stack
Arg4: 865e2420, The blocked IRP

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


DRVPOWERSTATE_SUBCODE:  3

IRP_ADDRESS:  865e2420

DEVICE_OBJECT: 85c18028

DRIVER_OBJECT: 864e2d58

IMAGE_NAME:  athr.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  4b2b3709

MODULE_NAME: athr

FAULTING_MODULE: 9081e000 athr

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR:  0x9F

PROCESS_NAME:  System

CURRENT_IRQL:  2

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from 82c57054 to 82cf7d10

STACK_TEXT:  
82d41a94 82c57054 0000009f 00000003 85be0030 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1e
82d41b00 82c568e8 82d41ba0 00000000 82d4e280 nt!PopCheckIrpWatchdog+0x1f5
82d41b38 82c8504d 82d5ca20 00000000 b3d7c5d5 nt!PopCheckForIdleness+0x73
82d41b7c 82c84ff1 82d44d20 82d41ca8 00000001 nt!KiProcessTimerDpcTable+0x50
82d41c68 82c84eae 82d44d20 82d41ca8 00000000 nt!KiProcessExpiredTimerList+0x101
82d41cdc 82c8320e 0012d103 864c9030 82d4e280 nt!KiTimerExpiration+0x25c
82d41d20 82c83038 00000000 0000000e 00000000 nt!KiRetireDpcList+0xcb
82d41d24 00000000 0000000e 00000000 00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x38


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x9F_IMAGE_athr.sys

BUCKET_ID:  0x9F_IMAGE_athr.sys

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

0: kd> lmtsmn
start    end        module name
90947000 90973000   1394ohci 1394ohci.sys Fri Nov 13 23:15:09 2009 (4AFE2ECD)
8aa47000 8aa8f000   ACPI     ACPI.sys     Mon Jul 13 19:11:11 2009 (4A5BBF0F)
902b4000 9030e000   afd      afd.sys      Mon Jul 13 19:12:34 2009 (4A5BBF62)
90800000 90812000   AgileVpn AgileVpn.sys Mon Jul 13 19:55:00 2009 (4A5BC954)
8abae000 8abb7000   amdxata  amdxata.sys  Tue May 19 13:57:35 2009 (4A12F30F)
99000000 99009000   asyncmac asyncmac.sys Mon Jul 13 19:54:46 2009 (4A5BC946)
8ab6a000 8ab73000   atapi    atapi.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
8ab73000 8ab96000   ataport  ataport.SYS  Mon Jul 13 19:11:18 2009 (4A5BBF16)
9081e000 90947000   athr     athr.sys     Fri Dec 18 03:02:17 2009 (4B2B3709)
8aaee000 8aaf9000   BATTC    BATTC.SYS    Mon Jul 13 19:19:15 2009 (4A5BC0F3)
8aff6000 8affd000   Beep     Beep.SYS     Mon Jul 13 19:45:00 2009 (4A5BC6FC)
906b9000 906c7000   blbdrive blbdrive.sys Mon Jul 13 19:23:04 2009 (4A5BC1D8)
83291000 83299000   BOOTVID  BOOTVID.dll  Mon Jul 13 21:04:34 2009 (4A5BD9A2)
954b9000 954d2000   bowser   bowser.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:14:21 2009 (4A5BBFCD)
98000000 9801e000   cdd      cdd.dll      unavailable (00000000)
8afd0000 8afef000   cdrom    cdrom.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:11:24 2009 (4A5BBF1C)
832db000 83386000   CI       CI.dll       Mon Jul 13 21:09:28 2009 (4A5BDAC8)
8af85000 8afaa000   CLASSPNP CLASSPNP.SYS Mon Jul 13 19:11:20 2009 (4A5BBF18)
83299000 832db000   CLFS     CLFS.SYS     Mon Jul 13 19:11:10 2009 (4A5BBF0E)
909e7000 909ea700   CmBatt   CmBatt.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:19:18 2009 (4A5BC0F6)
8ad99000 8adf6000   cng      cng.sys      Mon Jul 13 19:32:55 2009 (4A5BC427)
8aae6000 8aaee000   compbatt compbatt.sys Mon Jul 13 19:19:18 2009 (4A5BC0F6)
909eb000 909f8000   CompositeBus CompositeBus.sys Mon Jul 13 19:45:26 2009 (4A5BC716)
96ff1000 96ffe000   crashdmp crashdmp.sys Mon Jul 13 19:45:50 2009 (4A5BC72E)
906a1000 906b9000   dfsc     dfsc.sys     Mon Jul 13 19:14:16 2009 (4A5BBFC8)
90695000 906a1000   discache discache.sys Mon Jul 13 19:24:04 2009 (4A5BC214)
8b008000 8b019000   disk     disk.sys     Mon Jul 13 19:11:28 2009 (4A5BBF20)
90694000 90694de0   DMICall  DMICall.sys  Tue Dec 05 02:14:23 2000 (3A2C95CF)
93cd5000 93cee000   drmk     drmk.sys     Mon Jul 13 20:36:05 2009 (4A5BD2F5)
96e00000 96e0b000   dump_dumpata dump_dumpata.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:16 2009 (4A5BBF14)
93d2b000 93d3c000   dump_dumpfve dump_dumpfve.sys Mon Jul 13 19:12:47 2009 (4A5BBF6F)
96e0b000 96e15000   dump_msahci dump_msahci.sys Mon Jul 13 19:45:50 2009 (4A5BC72E)
96fe7000 96ff1000   Dxapi    Dxapi.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:25:25 2009 (4A5BC265)
9163e000 916f5000   dxgkrnl  dxgkrnl.sys  Thu Oct 01 20:48:33 2009 (4AC54DE1)
916f5000 9172e000   dxgmms1  dxgmms1.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:25:25 2009 (4A5BC265)
9068f000 90693200   ElbyCDIO ElbyCDIO.sys Tue Feb 17 12:11:28 2009 (499AEFC0)
99191000 991bb000   fastfat  fastfat.SYS  Mon Jul 13 19:14:01 2009 (4A5BBFB9)
8abeb000 8abfc000   fileinfo fileinfo.sys Mon Jul 13 19:21:51 2009 (4A5BC18F)
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8b174000 8b1a5000   fwpkclnt fwpkclnt.sys Mon Jul 13 19:12:03 2009 (4A5BBF43)
909ce000 909d5000   GEARAspiWDM GEARAspiWDM.sys Mon Aug 07 13:11:27 2006 (44D7743F)
8302b000 83062000   hal      halmacpi.dll Mon Jul 13 19:11:03 2009 (4A5BBF07)
91793000 917b2000   HDAudBus HDAudBus.sys Mon Jul 13 19:50:55 2009 (4A5BC85F)
93c56000 93ca6000   HdAudio  HdAudio.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:51:46 2009 (4A5BC892)
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99009000 9901a000   hiber_dumpfve hiber_dumpfve.sys Mon Jul 13 19:12:47 2009 (4A5BBF6F)
991e7000 991f1000   hiber_msahci hiber_msahci.sys Mon Jul 13 19:45:50 2009 (4A5BC72E)
95413000 95498000   HTTP     HTTP.sys     Mon Jul 13 19:12:53 2009 (4A5BBF75)
8b000000 8b008000   hwpolicy hwpolicy.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:01 2009 (4A5BBF05)
90999000 909b1000   i8042prt i8042prt.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:23 2009 (4A5BBF1B)
91017000 9163e000   igdkmd32 igdkmd32.sys Thu Aug 13 17:47:54 2009 (4A848A0A)
909d5000 909e7000   intelppm intelppm.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:03 2009 (4A5BBF07)
909b1000 909be000   kbdclass kbdclass.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
80bb6000 80bbe000   kdcom    kdcom.dll    Mon Jul 13 21:08:58 2009 (4A5BDAAA)
90798000 907cc000   ks       ks.sys       Wed Mar 03 22:57:52 2010 (4B8F2FC0)
8ad86000 8ad99000   ksecdd   ksecdd.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:11:56 2009 (4A5BBF3C)
8af01000 8af26000   ksecpkg  ksecpkg.sys  Thu Dec 10 23:04:22 2009 (4B21C4C6)
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83208000 83280000   mcupdate_GenuineIntel mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll Mon Jul 13 21:06:41 2009 (4A5BDA21)
96fda000 96fe7000   modem    modem.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:55:24 2009 (4A5BC96C)
96e17000 96e22000   monitor  monitor.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:25:58 2009 (4A5BC286)
909be000 909cb000   mouclass mouclass.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
8ab54000 8ab6a000   mountmgr mountmgr.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:27 2009 (4A5BBF1F)
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954e4000 95505000   mrxdav   mrxdav.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:14:25 2009 (4A5BBFD1)
95505000 95528000   mrxsmb   mrxsmb.sys   Sat Feb 27 02:32:02 2010 (4B88CA72)
95528000 95563000   mrxsmb10 mrxsmb10.sys Sat Feb 27 02:32:21 2010 (4B88CA85)
95563000 9557e000   mrxsmb20 mrxsmb20.sys Sat Feb 27 02:32:11 2010 (4B88CA7B)
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90279000 90284000   Msfs     Msfs.SYS     Mon Jul 13 19:11:26 2009 (4A5BBF1E)
8aa98000 8aaa0000   msisadrv msisadrv.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:09 2009 (4A5BBF0D)
8ad5b000 8ad86000   msrpc    msrpc.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:11:59 2009 (4A5BBF3F)
90685000 9068f000   mssmbios mssmbios.sys Mon Jul 13 19:19:25 2009 (4A5BC0FD)
8b1ec000 8b1fc000   mup      mup.sys      Mon Jul 13 19:14:14 2009 (4A5BBFC6)
917ec000 917f6000   nbdrv    nbdrv.sys    Wed Sep 09 05:49:42 2009 (4AA77A36)
8ae0c000 8aec3000   ndis     ndis.sys     Mon Jul 13 19:12:24 2009 (4A5BBF58)
90812000 9081d000   ndistapi ndistapi.sys Mon Jul 13 19:54:24 2009 (4A5BC930)
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93c45000 93c56000   NDProxy  NDProxy.SYS  Mon Jul 13 19:54:27 2009 (4A5BC933)
90377000 90385000   netbios  netbios.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:53:54 2009 (4A5BC912)
9030e000 90340000   netbt    netbt.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:12:18 2009 (4A5BBF52)
8aec3000 8af01000   NETIO    NETIO.SYS    Mon Jul 13 19:12:35 2009 (4A5BBF63)
90284000 90292000   Npfs     Npfs.SYS     Mon Jul 13 19:11:31 2009 (4A5BBF23)
9067b000 90685000   nsiproxy nsiproxy.sys Mon Jul 13 19:12:08 2009 (4A5BBF48)
82c1b000 8302b000   nt       ntkrpamp.exe Fri Jun 18 23:55:24 2010 (4C1C3FAC)
8ac2c000 8ad5b000   Ntfs     Ntfs.sys     Mon Jul 13 19:12:05 2009 (4A5BBF45)
8afef000 8aff6000   Null     Null.SYS     Mon Jul 13 19:11:12 2009 (4A5BBF10)
93d98000 93dde000   nwifi    nwifi.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:51:59 2009 (4A5BC89F)
90347000 90366000   pacer    pacer.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:53:58 2009 (4A5BC916)
8aad5000 8aae6000   partmgr  partmgr.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:11:35 2009 (4A5BBF27)
8aaa0000 8aaca000   pci      pci.sys      Mon Jul 13 19:11:16 2009 (4A5BBF14)
8aba0000 8abae000   PCIIDEX  PCIIDEX.SYS  Mon Jul 13 19:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
8ac00000 8ac0e000   pcw      pcw.sys      Mon Jul 13 19:11:10 2009 (4A5BBF0E)
9908e000 99125000   peauth   peauth.sys   Mon Jul 13 20:35:44 2009 (4A5BD2E0)
93ca6000 93cd5000   portcls  portcls.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:51:00 2009 (4A5BC864)
83280000 83291000   PSHED    PSHED.dll    Mon Jul 13 21:09:36 2009 (4A5BDAD0)
917b2000 917ca000   rasl2tp  rasl2tp.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:54:33 2009 (4A5BC939)
90738000 90750000   raspppoe raspppoe.sys Mon Jul 13 19:54:53 2009 (4A5BC94D)
91000000 91017000   raspptp  raspptp.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:54:47 2009 (4A5BC947)
90750000 90767000   rassstp  rassstp.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:54:57 2009 (4A5BC951)
9063a000 9067b000   rdbss    rdbss.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:14:26 2009 (4A5BBFD2)
90261000 90269000   RDPCDD   RDPCDD.sys   Mon Jul 13 20:01:40 2009 (4A5BCAE4)
90269000 90271000   rdpencdd rdpencdd.sys Mon Jul 13 20:01:39 2009 (4A5BCAE3)
90271000 90279000   rdprefmp rdprefmp.sys Mon Jul 13 20:01:41 2009 (4A5BCAE5)
99160000 99191000   RDPWD    RDPWD.SYS    Mon Jul 13 20:01:50 2009 (4A5BCAEE)
8af26000 8af53000   rdyboost rdyboost.sys Mon Jul 13 19:22:02 2009 (4A5BC19A)
9098c000 90998a80   rimsptsk rimsptsk.sys Thu Dec 22 03:02:21 2005 (43AA5D8D)
907da000 907ed000   rspndr   rspndr.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:53:20 2009 (4A5BC8F0)
99125000 99128060   SBKUPNT  SBKUPNT.SYS  Fri Jul 13 08:56:13 2001 (3B4EEFED)
903dd000 903eaa60   SCDEmu   SCDEmu.SYS   Sun Nov 08 22:21:19 2009 (4AF78AAF)
90772000 90798000   SCSIPORT SCSIPORT.SYS Mon Jul 13 19:45:55 2009 (4A5BC733)
90973000 9098c000   sdbus    sdbus.sys    Fri Oct 09 22:31:24 2009 (4ACFF1FC)
99129000 99133000   secdrv   secdrv.SYS   Wed Sep 13 09:18:32 2006 (45080528)
909f8000 909fdf00   seehcri  seehcri.sys  Wed Jan 09 03:41:37 2008 (478488C1)
909cb000 909cd480   SFEP     SFEP.sys     Fri Aug 03 01:36:08 2007 (46B2BEC8)
8b1e4000 8b1ec000   spldr    spldr.sys    Mon May 11 12:13:47 2009 (4A084EBB)
99025000 99076000   srv      srv.sys      Mon Jun 21 22:47:32 2010 (4C202444)
9557e000 955cd000   srv2     srv2.sys     Mon Jun 21 22:47:19 2010 (4C202437)
95498000 954b9000   srvnet   srvnet.sys   Mon Jun 21 22:47:09 2010 (4C20242D)
909fe000 909ff380   swenum   swenum.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:45:08 2009 (4A5BC704)
8b02b000 8b174000   tcpip    tcpip.sys    Sun Jun 13 23:36:59 2010 (4C15A3DB)
99133000 99140000   tcpipreg tcpipreg.sys Mon Jul 13 19:54:14 2009 (4A5BC926)
902a9000 902b4000   TDI      TDI.SYS      Mon Jul 13 19:12:12 2009 (4A5BBF4C)
99149000 99153000   tdtcp    tdtcp.sys    Mon Jul 13 20:01:37 2009 (4A5BCAE1)
90292000 902a9000   tdx      tdx.sys      Mon Jul 13 19:12:10 2009 (4A5BBF4A)
903cd000 903dd000   termdd   termdd.sys   Mon Jul 13 20:01:35 2009 (4A5BCADF)
90398000 903ccb00   truecrypt truecrypt.sys Tue Oct 20 14:50:02 2009 (4ADE065A)
983c0000 983c9000   TSDDD    TSDDD.dll    unavailable (00000000)
99153000 99160000   tssecsrv tssecsrv.sys Mon Jul 13 20:01:50 2009 (4A5BCAEE)
906c7000 906e8000   tunnel   tunnel.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:54:03 2009 (4A5BC91B)
907cc000 907da000   umbus    umbus.sys    Mon Jul 13 19:51:38 2009 (4A5BC88A)
93d3c000 93d53000   usbccgp  usbccgp.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:51:31 2009 (4A5BC883)
96e15000 96e16700   USBD     USBD.SYS     Mon Jul 13 19:51:05 2009 (4A5BC869)
91784000 91793000   usbehci  usbehci.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:51:14 2009 (4A5BC872)
93c01000 93c45000   usbhub   usbhub.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:52:06 2009 (4A5BC8A6)
91739000 91784000   USBPORT  USBPORT.SYS  Mon Jul 13 19:51:13 2009 (4A5BC871)
9172e000 91739000   usbuhci  usbuhci.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:51:10 2009 (4A5BC86E)
90767000 90772000   VClone   VClone.sys   Fri May 22 19:08:32 2009 (4A173070)
8aaca000 8aad5000   vdrvroot vdrvroot.sys Mon Jul 13 19:46:19 2009 (4A5BC74B)
8ae00000 8ae0c000   vga      vga.sys      Mon Jul 13 19:25:50 2009 (4A5BC27E)
90233000 90254000   VIDEOPRT VIDEOPRT.SYS Mon Jul 13 19:25:49 2009 (4A5BC27D)
8aaf9000 8ab09000   volmgr   volmgr.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:11:25 2009 (4A5BBF1D)
8ab09000 8ab54000   volmgrx  volmgrx.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:11:41 2009 (4A5BBF2D)
8b1a5000 8b1e4000   volsnap  volsnap.sys  Mon Jul 13 19:11:34 2009 (4A5BBF26)
93cee000 93d2b000   VSTAZL3  VSTAZL3.SYS  Wed Oct 15 20:30:03 2008 (48F68B0B)
96f25000 96fda000   VSTCNXT3 VSTCNXT3.SYS Wed Oct 15 20:29:13 2008 (48F68AD9)
96e23000 96f25000   VSTDPV3  VSTDPV3.SYS  Wed Oct 15 20:32:04 2008 (48F68B84)
90366000 90377000   vwififlt vwififlt.sys Mon Jul 13 19:52:03 2009 (4A5BC8A3)
90385000 90398000   wanarp   wanarp.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:55:02 2009 (4A5BC956)
90254000 90261000   watchdog watchdog.sys Mon Jul 13 19:24:10 2009 (4A5BC21A)
83386000 833f7000   Wdf01000 Wdf01000.sys Mon Jul 13 19:11:36 2009 (4A5BBF28)
8aa39000 8aa47000   WDFLDR   WDFLDR.SYS   Mon Jul 13 19:11:25 2009 (4A5BBF1D)
90340000 90347000   wfplwf   wfplwf.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:53:51 2009 (4A5BC90F)
98160000 983aa000   win32k   win32k.sys   unavailable (00000000)
8aa8f000 8aa98000   WMILIB   WMILIB.SYS   Mon Jul 13 19:11:22 2009 (4A5BBF1A)
93d6e000 93d88000   WudfPf   WudfPf.sys   Mon Jul 13 19:50:13 2009 (4A5BC835)
906e8000 90738000   yk62x86  yk62x86.sys  Mon Feb 23 09:44:18 2009 (49A2B642)

Unloaded modules:
991bb000 991dc000   WUDFRd.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
99009000 99020000   USBSTOR.SYS
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
99191000 991fb000   spsys.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
99076000 9908e000   parport.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
8b019000 8b026000   crashdmp.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
8afaa000 8afb5000   dump_pciidex
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
8afb5000 8afbf000   dump_msahci.
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000
8afbf000 8afd0000   dump_dumpfve
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum:  00000000

Your athr.sys driver is up to date. On the off chance the driver is corrupted, I suggest that you download another copy from the Sony site, uninstall the present driver and install the new one. If this does not fix the issue, I have to suspect the adapter is bad. You might research this issue on the Sony site and see if it is a common problem that Sony may have a fix for.

My only other suggestion is that if your computer is under warranty, let the shop techs have a go at it. Or if it is not under warranty, you can purchase a USB wireless adapter and try that. You will have to disable the Atheros adapter if you do this.

Before you ship your computer off or purchase another adapter, I suggest you update the following drivers, especially those in red font. They are way obsolete. Some are XP drivers, especially the first one listed.

DMICall.sys Tue Dec 05 02:14:23 2000 - Sony DMI Call serviceSony eSupport - Electronics - Select Your Model

ElbyCDIO.sys Tue Feb 17 12:11:28 2009 - CDRTools/ElbyCDIO/DVD Region Killer/VirtualCloneDrive (elby CloneDVD™ 2) Cdrtools (Cdrecord) release information. If an update is not available, uninstall the software and install something that is Win 7 compatible.

rimsptsk.sys Thu Dec 22 03:02:21 2005 - this is another XP driver. Ricoh Memory Card Reader driver OEM - none at http://www.ricoh.com. I don't think you can update this driver. If you can't, uninstall the card reader and upgrade to one that is certified compatible with Win 7.

seehcri.sys Wed Jan 09 03:41:37 2008 - Sony Ericsson Device 0016 (likely a phone) Sony Ericsson - Support - Softwaredownloads. Update or uninstall this software.

SFEP.sys Fri Aug 03 01:36:08 2007 - Sony Firmware Extension Parser driver Sony eSupport - Electronics - Select Your Model. Update or upgrade the firmware.

VClone.sys Fri May 22 19:08:32 2009 - VirtualCloneCD Driver by Elaborate Bytes AGelby CloneDVD™ 2. Update the driver or uninstall the software.

VSTAZL3.SYS Wed Oct 15 20:30:03 2008 - Conexant Conexant SoftK56 Modem Conexant: Support. Update this driver. If you cannot and do not use the modem, you can disable the modem and navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers and rename the driver from .sys to .bak. Reboot and the driver will not load.

VSTCNXT3.SYS Wed Oct 15 20:29:13 2008 - See above

VSTDPV3.SYS Wed Oct 15 20:32:04 2008 - See above.

yk62x86.sys Mon Feb 23 09:44:18 2009 - Marvell Yukon Network Marvell: Support.

Update/uninstall/upgrade the above drivers/software/hardware. There are a couple of obsolete drivers in that group that can be adversely affecting your wireless adapter. Reobbot and see how your system runs. Bottom line, you cannot run outdated XP stuff on a Win 7 system.