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BSOD caused by Athrx.sys
Hi,
The last 5-6 days I've been having a lot of BSOD on my PC.
I downloaded and tried to update and use other compatible drivers from atheros.cz
But then my computer freeze when used in about 2-3 minutes.
I also tried to just uninstall the driver, and force the driver to not reinstall when starting Windows, but anyway it keeps installing itself.
Please help, my exam is in 1 ½ week, and more BSOD’s may be fatal...
Crash Dump Analysis
On Mon 03.10.2011 09:43:11 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: athrx.sys (athrx+0x5C8C1)
Bugcheck code: 0xD1 (0x44, 0x2, 0x0, 0xFFFFF88002EA58C1)
Error: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\athrx.sys
product: Driver for Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter
company: Atheros Communications, Inc.
description: Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode driver attempted to access pageable memory at a process IRQL that was too high.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: athrx.sys (Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver, Atheros Communications, Inc.).
Google query: athrx.sys Atheros Communications, Inc. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
On Mon 03.10.2011 09:43:11 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\100311-25677-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x7CC40)
Bugcheck code: 0xD1 (0x44, 0x2, 0x0, 0xFFFFF88002EA58C1)
Error: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode driver attempted to access pageable memory at a process IRQL that was too high.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.
My PC:
windows version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 6.1, build: 7601
windows dir: C:\Windows
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2370 @ 1.73GHz Intel586, level: 6
2 logical processors, active mask: 3
RAM: 2137014272 total
VM: 2147352576, free: 1897914368
Network Driver: Atheros AR5007