BSOD Loop - CorsairVBusDriver.sys failure

Anonymous
2020-10-06T21:04:57+00:00

After running optional system update for Corsair devices, my ASUS RoG G771 laptop is completely unusable.  It's stuck in a BSOD reboot loop and not one recovery method is working.  I wasn't provided a recovery disk with the laptop and apparently it's unable to boot from USB.  I can't even reset the OS because it prompts for an outlook.com password and says the one I provide is incorrect (I've confirmed I am entering the latest password for the account and it's working on other devices).  Safe mode doesn't work, either.

Others have posted this on the Corsair forum and the company doesn't answer.  My laptop is now a boat anchor and I'm desperate for a solution...

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-11T15:49:08+00:00

    I tried following his CMD instructions but it wouldn’t run:

    DISM /Image:Z:\ /Get-Drivers | more

    because “get-drivers” is unknown

    It also didn’t run:

    DISM /Image:Z:\ /Remove-Driver /Driver:oemxxx.inf

    because “remove-driver” is unknown

    Perhaps I’m missing something. I’m not used to CMD. When I’ve been trying those commands the first part is:

    X:\windows\system32>

    I’m not sure if that has something to do with it not working?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-11T14:21:42+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-11T14:06:05+00:00

    I had the same issue due to the corsair driver update. I performed a system restore, which rolled back that update, and then I disabled automatic driver updates by adding a key to the Windows Regisrtry. I also removed the corsair utility program. No issues since making this change as I've been gaming, coding and browsing the internet with multiple restarts in between.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-12-11T10:19:56+00:00

    I was able to get back into windows by  restoring a recovery point that was before I installed the corsair driver. I unplugged my corsair keyboard and disconnected Internet while I did this.

    Then I immediately uninstalled the Corsair drivers from Windows and rebooted.

    After reboot, I reconnected Internet and downloaded the corsair driver for my keyboard from the corsair website directly and rebooted.

    It seems fine now except for the fact that Windows update seems broken because it's searching for updates forever without results.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-12-11T09:44:52+00:00

    I have the same problem, except the booting after system recovery crashed again with the corsair problem. 

    Since then I am in a BSOD loop with error CRITICAL PROCESS DIED...

     any ideas how to go on from here?

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