DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL(athw8x.sys)

Hi,

All of the attached DMP files are of the DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) bug check.

This indicates that a kernel-mode driver attempted to access pageable memory at a process IRQL that was too high.

A driver tried to access an address that is pageable (or that is completely invalid) while the IRQL was too high. This bug check is usually caused by drivers that have used improper addresses

1: kd> k
ChildEBP RetAddr  
8c7485d0 81b39923 nt!KiBugCheck2
8c7485d0 9273ca8a nt!KiTrap0E+0x1cf
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
8c748760 9273c0b8 athuw8+0x12da8a
8c748778 926d9aa4 athuw8+0x12d0b8
8c748804 92768479 athuw8+0xcaaa4
8c748810 927616c3 athuw8+0x159479
8c748820 9273e18d athuw8+0x1526c3
8c748868 9273dfc7 athuw8+0x12f18d
8c748884 92718662 athuw8+0x12efc7
8c7488b0 926ed700 athuw8+0x109662
8c7488cc 926f2ea4 athuw8+0xde700
8c7488f4 926ef75f athuw8+0xe3ea4
8c748904 9273a007 athuw8+0xe075f
8c748974 926d2fc1 athuw8+0x12b007
8c7489d0 9266e128 athuw8+0xc3fc1
8c748a48 9266a7f6 athuw8+0x5f128
8c748aa4 926d2c84 athuw8+0x5b7f6
8c748b2c 927972af athuw8+0xc3c84
8c748b44 92692fdb athuw8+0x1882af
8c748bcc 9269312c athuw8+0x83fdb
8c748be0 927997e2 athuw8+0x8412c
8c748c30 81afb372 athuw8+0x18a7e2
8c748c70 81b3ac61 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x58
8c748c98 81a83a2f nt!KiThreadStartup+0x15
8c748cb4 00000000 nt!IofCallDriver+0x3f

athuw8.sys is the Qualcomm Atheros UB91/UB93/UB94 Network Adapter, (USB wireless adapter) driver.

This driver may not be compatible with Windows 8, so please see if there's an update ASAP. If not, uninstall the software + remove the adapter for troubleshooting purposes.

Regards,

Patrick