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Lenovo wi-fi driver problem
After between 1 and 8 hours of use, my Lenovo X60s gives me a BSOD sourced to
athr.sys, the driver for my Atheros wi-fi AP. Event viewer gives fault bucket 0xD1_athr+82f9f ... Anyone seen this? I can't roll the driver back, although I can probably delete the driver and install an older one which could be found on the Lenovo site. But every month or two, Windows Update does its thing and causes the new driver to reappear, with resulting BSODs. Bright ideas welcome. (I can't trace any particular activity to causing the BSOD--it can happen without my having touched the computer; but it happens only if the wi-fi AP is turned on, i.e. if I turn it off and stick with my 802.3 port, the BSOD won't occur.) |
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Lenovo wi-fi driver problem
The obvious solution would be to deny the driver Windows Update is trying to
feed you, never ever install drivers from Windows Update, get them from the hardware/PC mfg. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "crates (Eric Johnson)" crates (Eric wrote in message ... After between 1 and 8 hours of use, my Lenovo X60s gives me a BSOD sourced to athr.sys, the driver for my Atheros wi-fi AP. Event viewer gives fault bucket 0xD1_athr+82f9f ... Anyone seen this? I can't roll the driver back, although I can probably delete the driver and install an older one which could be found on the Lenovo site. But every month or two, Windows Update does its thing and causes the new driver to reappear, with resulting BSODs. Bright ideas welcome. (I can't trace any particular activity to causing the BSOD--it can happen without my having touched the computer; but it happens only if the wi-fi AP is turned on, i.e. if I turn it off and stick with my 802.3 port, the BSOD won't occur.) |
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Lenovo wi-fi driver problem
Thanks, David. Obviously. Except that this problem driver isn't actually
coming from MS (it's not in any of the Windows Updates)--it's being loaded as a side-effect of the MS Updates (go figure). Sure, I can disable MS automatic updates, and lose the benefit of my software being kept up-to-date, but that's a big price to pay. Anyway. No silver bullet, I guess. |
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Lenovo wi-fi driver problem
Hi, Eric.
-it's being loaded as a side-effect of the MS Updates (go figure). Uh... What does that mean? RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) "crates (Eric Johnson)" wrote in message ... Thanks, David. Obviously. Except that this problem driver isn't actually coming from MS (it's not in any of the Windows Updates)--it's being loaded as a side-effect of the MS Updates (go figure). Sure, I can disable MS automatic updates, and lose the benefit of my software being kept up-to-date, but that's a big price to pay. Anyway. No silver bullet, I guess. |
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Lenovo wi-fi driver problem
If the driver isn't being supplied by MS Update who is it coming from?
Check your MS Update history. MS Update can be set to ignore driver updates and only install critical updates. "crates (Eric Johnson)" wrote in message ... Thanks, David. Obviously. Except that this problem driver isn't actually coming from MS (it's not in any of the Windows Updates)--it's being loaded as a side-effect of the MS Updates (go figure). Sure, I can disable MS automatic updates, and lose the benefit of my software being kept up-to-date, but that's a big price to pay. Anyway. No silver bullet, I guess. |
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Lenovo wi-fi driver problem
This makes no sense, it's either coming from MS update or it's not, where do
you see the update when it tries to install? -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "crates (Eric Johnson)" wrote in message ... Thanks, David. Obviously. Except that this problem driver isn't actually coming from MS (it's not in any of the Windows Updates)--it's being loaded as a side-effect of the MS Updates (go figure). Sure, I can disable MS automatic updates, and lose the benefit of my software being kept up-to-date, but that's a big price to pay. Anyway. No silver bullet, I guess. |
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Lenovo wi-fi driver problem
Just set Vista Updater to show you the list of updates available, and pick
the ones you want to stall. DO NOT let it install whatever it wants automatically. You will lose no functionality, and you just uncheck the "system" drivers it wants to send you. then when you have the time, go the the device manufacturers website and download the drivers there. If you continue to let Vista update automatically, it is only a matter of time till something on your machine, like video or sound breaks, and you end up having to roll back and download elsewhere in any event. It's pretty hard to operate your machine with a black screen. Good luck. "crates (Eric Johnson)" wrote in message ... Thanks, David. Obviously. Except that this problem driver isn't actually coming from MS (it's not in any of the Windows Updates)--it's being loaded as a side-effect of the MS Updates (go figure). Sure, I can disable MS automatic updates, and lose the benefit of my software being kept up-to-date, but that's a big price to pay. Anyway. No silver bullet, I guess. |