BSOD Windows 10 NETIO.SYS (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL)

Hello everyone,

I have started getting some BSOD issues on my machine. It started roughly 5 days ago, and I really can't think back as to what changed, but from what I remember I did not download any new programs except for one game (The Division). I do not get this BSOD while playing, so I cannot attribute it to that. About a month ago I did an upgrade to my computer where I switched from AMD to Intel, and did not to a clean install. I had no issues since about a week ago when I started getting the BSOD. It has not happened often, maybe once a day but between the last 2 days it has happened a lot. Yesterday it happened about 4 times in the 5 hours I was working on an assignment. I had Chrome, One Note, and Netbeans open. I closed One Note after one of the resets, but left Chrome and Netbeans as I was working with them. The high occurrence rate while Netbeans is open has led me to believe it might have something to do with that, but after searching online, I can't see anythign that points to it. It usually points to either Avast or some other malware app which I have already tried uninstalling to no success.

Arc said:

Do two things at first.

First, Download and Install Intel LAN driver version 20.2 from GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1151 - GA-Z170XP-SLI (rev. 1.0)

Second, Free up startup. Windows does not need them to run, but they causes various issues.

1. Right Click on the Start Button.
2. Click on "Task Manager" on the context menu.
3. Click on "Startup" tab.
4. Select an Item, Click on the "Disable" button at the bottom right corner of the window.
5. Do it for all Items (you may keep Rainmeter if you want).

See How it goes. Let us know.

Report us for any further BSOD.

EDIT: Also, as you are an insider, plan to update to the Build 14291.

Thanks for the reply. I am downloading the insider preview update, and the Intel LAN driver. I have also disabled Realtek Audio Manager, Logitech Gaming, Fresco Logic (No idea what this is), and Delayed Launcher (from Intel) for now. I left rainmeter, dropbox and audioswitch.

Also, I have never had an Asus product in my machine so I did not find any Asus related software or drivers on my machine. As a side question, will a fresh install of Windows and purchasing a license to no longer be on an insider build be recommended? I mainly ask because I have switched various hardware components and many of their old drivers and files, even though I uninstalled all that I could, are left over. So I have plenty of AMD files since my system used to be running on an AMD cpu.