Random BSOD

Heya guys, this is my first post here :).

I just had like 3 or 4 BSODs in these last two days, never had any. I just updated my Atheros 8151 PCI-e driver from Network adapter->properties->update driver. I'm not sure if it is the cause, so I used the tool and attached the zip to see if you, guys, can help me with this. Everything I can tell you is that I think that most of these BSODs have happened while I was downloading some files, but can't be 100% sure about that.

EDIT: Code of the BSOD was: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (L1C63x64.sys)

Thanks in advance.

Hi Dyph,

Welcome to the 10forums.

   Warning

Programs that claim to update your drivers install either the wrong or corrupted drivers.
If you have installed any driver with Tweakbit Driver Updater and DriverToolkit, please remove them as it may cause trouble.

With laptops/notebooks, you only need the drivers from your manufacturer.
The manufacturer alter their drivers in such a way that you are forced to use only their drivers.

Please uninstall ASUS software, this software is known for causing BSOD's.

The Qualcomm network driver is causing the crashes because of the date.
It is recommended to check your manufacturers site for driver updates.

Code:

1: kd> lmvm L1C63x64
start             end                 module name
fffff800`8dee0000 fffff800`8df03000   L1C63x64 T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: L1C63x64.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\L1C63x64.sys
    Image name: L1C63x64.sys
    Timestamp:        Tue Jul 16 08:56:31 2013 (51E4EE9F)
    CheckSum:         0002426B
    ImageSize:        00023000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Dyph said:

Thanks for the reply.

I uninstalled those programs, but I had BSODs before installing them. I will uninstall asus software too. I updated the network card driver as I explained in the first post (from network adapter properties). Since doing it I havent had any BSOD so far. I will wait 2 days before marking this as solved, just in case. Thanks a lot!

I would not recommend to update any driver through device manager as it'll almost always say the driver is up to date.
It is better to install the drivers from the manufacturer in your case.