Error : DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL(athw8x.sys)

Hi there, I am also having the same problem "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL_(athw8x.sys)" for my newly bought win8 TOSHIBA L840. 

It kept restarting the machine automatically. What can I do to solve the problem?

Here are my skydrive file:

http://sdrv.ms/177x1Lf

Please help me...

Hey there, have the same problem, error screen ( blue screen, sometimes even that badly that i can only see a blue background and some curly white stripes coming up, but then i can't see the note->) with the note DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (athw8x.sys) with my Toshiba notebook. Resettet the notebook 3 times by now and send it in to Toshiba but they said they couldn't find any hardware problems. Got the newest drivers (as far as Toshiba Tempro tells me and I didn't search for anything wrong).

Hope you can help me! :/

https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=F038B5CA74653D15&id=F038B5CA74653D15!105

here the minidumps & and stuff!

These 4 were related to your atheros driver.  I would re-install newest driver available.

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/atheros.htm

Other old drivers needing updating

ASMMAP64.sys    7/2/2009 5:13:26 AM      

ANDROIDUSB.sys    10/26/2009 4:54:23 AM      

atkwmiacpi64.sys    9/6/2011 9:44:52 PM      

vmm.sys    12/28/2011 9:28:47 AM       

excsd.sys    3/30/2012 3:52:41 PM       

excfs.sys    3/30/2012 3:53:05 PM       

AsHIDSwitch64.sys    5/30/2012 10:38:32 PM      

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

http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.php

http://sysnative.com/drivers/

• • Driver manufacturer links are on this page: http://www.carrona.org

Hi,

I am having the same issues. I am experiencing random BSOD's with the

Error : DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL(athw8x.sys). I have an Asus S400CA notebook that I recently bought. It came with Windows 8, but I upgraded it to Windows 8 Pro, as I have a license from MSDNAA. I also have the latest Atheros Wireless driver from the Asus site. It is an Atheros AR9845WB-EG device and I searched for it on google, but haven't found a newer driver.

The with the dump files from the latest restarts because of BSOD's and the nfo file are located here:

https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=68C7A01586F88A36&id=68C7A01586F88A36%21108

Thanks for the help,

Alex

Ashleigh

Happy to upload the DMP files as indicated in my first post.