Multiple BSODs/day Shuttle SH87R6 (fresh Win7 installs)

[fzfrank]

I set this computer up for a friend and the BSODs seem to be never ending -- at least a few per day and every morning I get the error message that windows shut down incorrectly (something like that). I think it's hardware related because I get the BSODs before I've loaded a bunch of software and I was getting them during one of my Windows installs.

Here are the steps I've taken to try to solve it:
- Tried installing Win7 from DVD image and from a thumb drive (downloaded an ISO)
- Tried RAID 1 and non-RAID (on each hard drive separately, with different SATA cables)
- Sent the whole system back to Shuttle. They claimed they would check all components. They loaded Win7 and claimed they didn't have any problems, but I started getting BSODs again in 1 or 2 days.
- Ran Windows memory check
- Updated drivers, Windows update, BIOS, etc...

I've followed the forum instructions and attached the zip file from the DM Log Creator.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

[Laith]

The driver causing this BSOD is the wireless driver. Update it or uninstall it and you'll be good to go!

 

[fzfrank]

Will give it a try and report back. Thank you so much!

 

[Laith]

No problem!

 

[fzfrank]

All good after about a day. Marking as solved. Thanks again.

 

[Laith]

No Problem!

 

[fzfrank]

Uggggg, got another one this morning.

If I know it's still the wireless driver, I can probably figure out a solution -- like getting a new WiFi adapter. FYI, the current one is TP-LINK TL-WDN4800.

One more thing: after the BSOD, I thought Windows might've installed its own driver, so I tried updating the driver again. But when I selected the downloaded driver, windows said I was currently using the best driver.

I've updated the latest crash dump. Thanks again.

 

[fzfrank]

I just took a look at the driver and I think my problem is that the new driver isn't taking -- the date of the driver is 2/22/2011. I should be able to figure this out. The problem is I'm remoting into the computer, so I'm limited to what I can do right now.

 

[derekimo]

According to your dump, the driver causing the crash is from 2011,

Loaded symbol image file: athrx.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\athrx.sys
    Image name: athrx.sys
    Timestamp:        [COLOR="Red"]Tue Feb 22 12:17:31 2011[/COLOR] (4D6419DB)
    CheckSum:         0029D477
    ImageSize:        002A2000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Have you tried this top one listed here?

TL-WDN4800 - Welcome to TP-LINK

The other driver being flagged is from Avast,

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\aswMonFlt.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for aswMonFlt.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for aswMonFlt.sys
 aswMonFlt+0x20b8

For the time being, uninstall your Anti-Virus,

AV Uninstallers

And Install Microsoft Security Essentials which we know doesn't cause BSOD's.

 

[fzfrank]

Thanks. I tried the top one listed there, but either it didn't take or it's actually a 2011 driver. I took a look at the Amazon reviews for the card and a couple reviewers said TP Link's drivers were from 2011. A couple reviews suggested using the Athros AR9285 driver, so I installed that one.

I confirmed that the date of the driver changed to 2014, so that probably did the trick. Unfortunately, I uninstalled the old TPLink driver from "Programs" and I got kicked off my remote connection. I'll have to wait until my friend gets back to the computer so I can get him reconnected.

BSODs are so fun.

 

[derekimo]

No problem, let us know how it goes.

If it continues after that driver, try removing Avast as it was flagged as well.