Error : DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL(athw8x.sys)

Anonymous
2013-01-16T21:35:08+00:00

A few minutes ago an error began to occur. this is the error: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL(athw8x.sys). I need some help ASAP. By the way, i copied the contents of minidump and the MSinfo32....  

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=A01CF95B29BA05BF!167&authkey=!APOk5UklE9zq7Bw

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=A01CF95B29BA05BF!176&authkey=!ADsSgtxReSDUN54     . Please, what can i do to avoid this error? .... Thank u

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-14T19:10:14+00:00

    In your case these are related to your athw8x.sys (atheros wifi driver) and Symantec.  I would re-install the newest driver available and remove Symantec and use the built in Defender.Old drivers needing updating

    tosrfec.sys    7/12/2011 7:05:25 AM                          

    Ironx64.SYS    5/23/2012 1:14:39 PM      

    athw8x.sys    6/14/2012 5:41:08 AM         

    tos_sps64.sys    6/17/2012 9:21:30 PM      

    CHDRT64.sys    6/26/2012 10:08:29 PM      

    HECIx64.sys    7/2/2012 6:14:58 PM      

    L1C63x64.sys    7/6/2012 1:38:21 AM       

    AtihdW86.sys    7/17/2012 3:34:09 AM      

    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/

    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/

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-14T19:03:47+00:00

    These are related to your athw8x.sys (atheros wifi driver) and a incomplete install of Avira.  I would re-install the newest driver and remove Avira and use the built in Defender

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-04-14T07:14:50+00:00

    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...

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-04-12T15:03:22+00:00

    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!

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-03-31T20:44:06+00:00

    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/

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