Asus Laptop (Win 7 Pro) Getting BSOD Constantly

x64, original OS, OEM, age of PC: 3-4 months, age of OS installation: 2+ weeks

I've been getting the "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" BSOD followed by restarting almost nonstop the past couple weeks since I bought the laptop
(used) a couple weeks ago. It started to happen more and more, but after downloading some Windows updates it went away for about a week up until earlier this week, went it started going crazy on me. As of today, it's been doing it less and less (actually hasn't done it yet tonight).


I realized that when I closed a lot of my Firefox tabs and only had several running instead of the 10-12 I usually have up it seems to crash less if at all, even when playing video. I thought for sure it was the RAM, but earlier I ran Memtest-86 4.0 and it came out with no problems. After that I ran Core Temp and there didn't seem to be any issues with overheating, even when I opened up a bunch of Firefox tabs and played a video on iTunes simultaneously.


Here's what I've tried so far with no solution: system restore, installing updates, the Windows fix (from Error message on a blue screen on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2: "STOP: 0x0000000A", which I couldn't even get to install because once unzipped the file is nowhere to be found), updated the video card drivers, updated the sound card drivers, tested the memory, and tested the CPU temperatures. I checked the Asus website to to try find an update for the BIOS but there's only been one very minor update that was released almost 2 years ago. I took a screenshot of the Event Viewer which shows all the times it's crashed. I can't for the life of me think of anything I did differently between 8/10-8/14 when it didn't crash once. I have no idea what it could be at this point.

C00LAS1CE said:

x64, original OS, OEM, age of PC: 3-4 months, age of OS installation: 2+ weeks

I've been getting the "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" BSOD followed by restarting almost nonstop the past couple weeks since I bought the laptop
(used) a couple weeks ago. It started to happen more and more, but after downloading some Windows updates it went away for about a week up until earlier this week, went it started going crazy on me. As of today, it's been doing it less and less (actually hasn't done it yet tonight).


I realized that when I closed a lot of my Firefox tabs and only had several running instead of the 10-12 I usually have up it seems to crash less if at all, even when playing video. I thought for sure it was the RAM, but earlier I ran Memtest-86 4.0 and it came out with no problems. After that I ran Core Temp and there didn't seem to be any issues with overheating, even when I opened up a bunch of Firefox tabs and played a video on iTunes simultaneously.


Here's what I've tried so far with no solution: system restore, installing updates, the Windows fix (from Error message on a blue screen on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2: "STOP: 0x0000000A", which I couldn't even get to install because once unzipped the file is nowhere to be found), updated the video card drivers, updated the sound card drivers, tested the memory, and tested the CPU temperatures. I checked the Asus website to to try find an update for the BIOS but there's only been one very minor update that was released almost 2 years ago. I took a screenshot of the Event Viewer which shows all the times it's crashed. I can't for the life of me think of anything I did differently between 8/10-8/14 when it didn't crash once. I have no idea what it could be at this point.

These were Related to NETw1v64.sys Wireless WiFi Link Drive from Intel Corporation. I would re-install the newest available. Yours 2+ years old

Other old drivers needing updating

Code:

ASMMAP64.sys    2/4/2007 3:52:56 PM        fffff880`07ef9000    fffff880`07f00000    0x00007000    0x45c63998                        
sncduvc.SYS    12/29/2008 5:14:26 AM        fffff880`04600000    fffff880`04608a80    0x00008a80    0x495894f2                        
AsDsm.sys    2/13/2009 2:14:26 AM        fffff880`01014000    fffff880`01021000    0x0000d000    0x49950fc2                        
ATK64AMD.sys    5/12/2009 9:04:54 PM        fffff880`043ec000    fffff880`043f4000    0x00008000    0x4a0a1cb6                        
snp2uvc.sys    5/20/2009 4:11:05 AM        fffff880`04637000    fffff880`047ee600    0x001b7600    0x4a13bb19                        
L1C62x64.sys    6/28/2009 11:53:43 PM        fffff880`05694000    fffff880`056a7000    0x00013000    0x4a483ac7                        
rimspe64.sys    7/1/2009 7:54:49 PM        fffff880`05db0000    fffff880`05dc9000    0x00019000    0x4a4bf749                        
rixdpe64.sys    7/4/2009 6:27:00 AM        fffff880`05600000    fffff880`05656000    0x00056000    0x4a4f2e74

How To Find Drivers:

- search Google for the name of the driver
- compare the Google results with what's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongs to
- visit the web site of the manufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers (DON'T use Windows Update or the Update driver function of Device Manager).
- if there are difficulties in locating them, post back with questions and someone will try and help you locate the appropriate program.

- - The most common drivers are listed on this page: Driver Reference Driver Reference
- - Driver manufacturer links are on this page: Drivers and Downloads

Wow, you guys are amazing! How exactly were you able to determine it was the WiFi? I've got it updated and no crashes as of yet. This has sucked up a week of my free time, if this is indeed the solution you are my new best friends.