BSoD when installing Atheros Wifi driver

[brajenful]

I tried to update my Atheros Wireless Adapter's driver, but when I run the installer, it gives me a BSoD. I downloaded the driver from atheros.cz, so there should be no problem. I have an AR5B97, the old driver's version is 10.0.0.227, the new is 10.0.0.234, and my OS is Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
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[maxie]

Hi there .. What was the problem with your WiFi ? Was the old Driver not working .. Some times updating Drivers is not always the best policy

 

[brajenful]

NDIS.sys caused high DPC latency spikes.
I have some other problems with the spikes too, but that's an other question.

 

[maxie]

Hi there .. Read the Link below and follow the BSOD posting Instructions .. Do not start a new thread


http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[brajenful]

Well, I'm sorry, I should have read that. Anyways, I edited the original post.

 

[brajenful]

Ummm, anyone?

 

[YoYo155]

The latest driver version for your Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network adapter:

[COLOR=black]Version:[/COLOR] [B]10.0.0.234[/B][LEFT][COLOR=black]Release: [/COLOR][B]2013-03-14[/B]
[COLOR=black]Status: [/COLOR][B]WHQL[/B][/LEFT]

Please confirm the currently installed driver:

• Open the Start Menu.
• Type Run, hit Enter.
• In Run type drivers, hit Enter.
• In the drivers folder search for athrx.sys
• Right click the .sys file choose Properties and post a screenshot of the General tab.

Your integrated graphics driver is causing some issues:

fffff880`02fd8438  fffff880`02d0e095 [COLOR=Red][U][B]dxgmms1[/B][/U][/COLOR]!VidSchiUpdateContextRunningTimeAtISR+0x45
fffff880`02fd8478  fffff880`02d0a66b [COLOR=Red][U][B]dxgmms1[/B][/U][/COLOR]!VidSchiProcessIsrCompletedPacket+0x1eb
fffff880`02fd8508  fffff880`02d0a172 [COLOR=Red][U][B]dxgmms1[/B][/U][/COLOR]!VidSchDdiNotifyInterruptWorker+0x1ea
fffff880`02fd8558  fffff880`02d09f76 [COLOR=Red][B][U]dxgmms1[/U][/B][/COLOR]!VidSchDdiNotifyInterrupt+0x9e
fffff880`02fd8588  fffff880`02c1113f dxgkrnl!DxgNotifyInterruptCB+0x83
[COLOR=Red][U][B]igdkmd64[/B][/U][/COLOR]+0x6532e

fffff880`03e1e000 fffff880`043f1500   igdkmd64 T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: igdkmd64.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\igdkmd64.sys
    Image name: igdkmd64.sys
    Timestamp:        [COLOR=Red][U][B]Wed May 06 21:22:19 2009[/B][/U][/COLOR] (4A01D55B)
    CheckSum:         005D8353
    ImageSize:        005D3500
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

• Driver Reference Table - igdkmd64.sys

Please run this tool to identify and download
new intel drivers | Intel® Driver Update Utility


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[brajenful]

Here you go.
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Edit: The Driver Update Utility said there was a newer version available for the Graphics card and the Chipset, so I installed them.

 

[YoYo155]

Here you go.
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Edit: The Driver Update Utility said there was a newer version available for the Graphics card and the Chipset, so I installed them.

Good, now it's a waiting game to see if it's really the Wireless Network adapter's fault.

Post back with updates .

 

[brajenful]

Well, as I said, I installed both of them, and according to DPC Latency Checker, I still get the spikes.
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[YoYo155]

I'm not sure about the DPCs, you may try and download the version before last (Version: 10.0.0.227) | Drivers for Atheros AR5B97 and Windows 7

What about the BSODs?

 

[brajenful]

I tried the one you linked me, but I couldn't install it, because i got a BSOD, and everytime I tried to restart the system, it gave me the same. Luckily i could solve the booting problem, but I made no progress overall.

 

[YoYo155]

Run another instance of the SF-Diagnostics Tool and upload the new .zip file.

 

[brajenful]

Here you go.
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[YoYo155]

Your dumps point again to the Wireless Adapter.
Run driver verifier using this tutorial | http://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lo...-driver-verifier-identify-issues-drivers.html
Read carefully!

 

[brajenful]

So the driver verifier has ran for like 15-20 hours constantly, and surprisingly it didn't crash once. Although, there were some problems with the audio, like pops and cracks.

 

[YoYo155]

What drivers did you select?

Run an elevated command prompt

Start Menu> CMD - right click and Run as administrator.

In the command window, type in verifier /query
hit Enter and post a screenshot of the window.
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[brajenful]

Here you go. The list was pretty long, so as you can see I edited the pictures together.
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[YoYo155]

Let Driver Verifier run for another day.
I can see that athrx.sys and igdkmd64.sys drivers are most active,
give it time and see if the updates worked.

Can you please upload a new instance of the MSINFO32 file?

Start> RUN> "MSINFO32" without the quotes then hit [Enter].
In "MSINFO32" go to, File> Save> name it your user-name and upload.

 

[brajenful]

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