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Old Apr 20, 2010, 05:28 PM   #1
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Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
I keep getting a blue screen (picture below), several times daily. I guess from what it says that it's a driver issue, but I have no idea what driver it might be. I downloaded Driver Cleaner but I don't know how to use it to solve this issue, or if it even works that way. Help me!?
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Old Apr 20, 2010, 09:16 PM   #2
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
that is part of atheros wifi driver. DC.net don't currently clean it. i recommend you to uninstall in from the ad remove programs menu in control panel.
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
I don't see anything in add/remove programs by that name....
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Old Apr 23, 2010, 05:32 PM   #4
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
check in device manger (
  1. Click on Start and then Control Panel.
  2. Click on the System and Maintenance link.
    Note: If you're viewing the Classic View of Control Panel, you won't see this link. Simply double-click on the Device Manager
u will see the wireless device there right click and uninstall
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
Well I have vista, but I found the device manager. But I only have an NVIDIA driver and a NETGEAR driver under Network Adapters. I currently have a NETGEAR wireless adapter, I think NVIDIA must be what my old one was.... but I still see nothing named Atheros.
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
Atheros is the wireless systems technologies

ATHEROS drivers for Microsoft Windows here u could find ur drivers

do u have only only one wireless adapter
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
yeah it's external, my computer didn't come with a built in wireless card. the NVIDIA one broke so i got the NETGEAR. There is nothing I can see that says Atheros anything, how can I find it if it's there? I typed it into the start menu search bar, and it had zero results.
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
ATHEROS Wireless LAN 2.4/5GHz - Download Driver AR9285

ATHEROS Wireless LAN 2.4/5GHz - Download Driver AR5007EG

these r the drivers for NETGEAR wireless adapter
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
but those are all for XP, and how would i know which one i need?
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
when did u have this blue screen of death for the first time
and what were u installing software or hardware at that time
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
honestly it was a few months ago and I have no idea what i was doing at the time. it will just randomly shut down, whether I'm doing anything or not, even if I haven't touched it for hours. here's a pic of what shows up in my device manager, if that helps at all...
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Old Apr 23, 2010, 07:00 PM   #12
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
when did u install the NETGEAR netgear rangemax wireless usb 2.0 adapter wpn111
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
i got the new adapter before the blue screens started
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
could that be the problem just uninstall the adapter and let me know
it could solve the problem
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
but if i uninstall it i won't have internet...
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Old Apr 25, 2010, 10:39 AM   #16
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Re: Very Frequent Blue Screens caused by Driver Issues in Vista
if that is the problem then u have to unistall u have no choice and whilur at it unistall the other network device tooo
and after unstalling check if the pc restarts or gives u the blue screen of death
if it does not restarts or gives u the blue screen of death
then let it run for a day for testing if every thing goes well then install the device back one by one and check which one is having the problem
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