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Windows 8 Recurring BSOD

  • 10-08-2014 02:48AM
    #1
    Ajfunky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭


    Hi Guys, Im wondering if anyone here can help me or point me in the right direction.

    For the last month or two, my Laptop which I purchased about 5 months ago has BSOD'ing like mad. The errors are frequently different: IRQL_Not_Less_Or_equal, Driver_expool_Corrupted, NIO.sys etc. I understand these have to do with some incompatible or out of date driver which my Laptop is flagging and shutting down over, but I cant for the life of me figure out what exactly is causing the problem.

    From trying my own troubleshooting, I understand that someone knowledgeable viewing the crash dump logs could probably see where the error lie. Ive tried somewhat to navigate my way through the WinDbg program, but just lack the knowhow for it to make sense.

    One very particular attribute of the crashes are that they only occur when reconnecting to a network ie. everything can run absolutely fine as long as I don't hit connect network (currently have it to connect automatically which is why I can run the laptop without it crashing most of the time). I am not sure where to find the Crash logs to look further, so help in that area would also be much appreciated.

    So, if someone could help me out here I would be eternally grateful. At this rate my repair tactics may end up translating to giving the thing a swift kick out the window if it keeps it up.

    Please let me know if you can help, and apologies if this is in the wrong part of the forum.


Comments

  • #2
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭danger_mouse_tm


    i presume it's wireless networks? Disable that network card and connect to using the ethernet if you can just to be sure. Make sure you're fully up to date (windows 8.1 update 1). See what kind of wireless card you have and make sure you have the latest driver by going to your laptop manufacturers support page. You might also see if the wireless card manufacturer has an even newer driver that hasn't been released to the manufacturer yet.

    If you can get your hands on another SATA drive I would create the windows recovery disk, remove your own sata drive and put in the replacement one and rebuild windows again using the recovery drive and start again.


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