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[Krieger22]

I've recently used Readyboost in an attempt to speed up my computer, and it's worked fine up until recently, as my computer now displays a BSoD after the USB drive is plugged in. Any guesses at what might be the cause and solutions for it? Thanks in advance!

Edited by Krieger22, 14 January 2012 - 08:12.

[cccdfern]

What os? xp/win7
What does the dump for the bsod say? (event viewer)
Are your drivers up to date? (device manager)

Also, have you searched elsewhere for a solution?

Edited by cccdfern, 07 January 2012 - 15:38.

[Krieger22]

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit.

Anyway, I've reviewed the dumps and it wasn't ReadyBoost so I've renamed the title. However the crashes only occur with the Readyboost drive plugged in.

Here's a dump from one of the crashes:

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Dump File     	: 010712-17035-01.dmp
Crash Time    	: 1/7/2012 3:57:57 PM
Bug Check String  : DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Bug Check Code	: 0x000000d1
Parameter 1   	: 0xa29aed30
Parameter 2   	: 0x00000002
Parameter 3   	: 0x00000000
Parameter 4   	: 0x9c31fe78
Caused By Driver  : vnet558x.sys
Caused By Address : vnet558x.sys+3e78
File Description  : NDIS 5.0/5.1 driver
Product Name  	: 802.11b Compliant USB Wireless Network Adapter
Company       	: ATMEL
File Version  	: 2.9.8.335 built by: WinDDK
Processor     	: 32-bit
Crash Address 	: ntkrnlpa.exe+467eb
Stack Address 1   : vnet558x.sys+3e78
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name 	:
Full Path     	: C:\Windows\Minidump\010712-17035-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 2
Major Version 	: 15
Minor Version 	: 7600
Dump File Size	: 156,952
==================================================

I'm told the Linksys wireless drivers don't go well with Intel Wifi drivers, so how do I fix it?

[Amdrial]

Uninstall one of the drivers and see if that fixed the problem? xD

[CoLT]

Yep, looks and sounds like a software conflict. Try searching for versions of the drivers (either one) that don't conflict. There's definitely others who have the same set up and encounter the same problems. Then you can probably go ahead and do a manual roll back of the software version to get it working.
If that's not possible then sorry, but you might have to swap hardware to get one that doesn't conflict.

[CJ]

Dat necro. 9 months old thread

[CoLT]

Haha. Just noticed. Followed Amdrial into it. Dammit!

[Krieger22]

Even better, the BSoDs have stopped (for now)

[CoLT]

Btw... clean the inside of your computer when it's starting to run slowly and you've done all the diagnostics already (drivescan, defrag, anti-malware etc)