[SOLVED] BSOD - Stop Code: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL what failed: afd.sys

[Androshi]

Hi Guys,

As of recent I've been getting some BSOD error codes happening. I'm not too sure what I should do to resolve the errors to get my computer back to optimal health.
The most common errors seem to include:
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION

My GPU, MOBO, and CPU are up to date on their drivers so I'm a bit perplexed what the issue could possibly be. I've also ran a DISM and SFC command check 2 days ago

Here's the most recent minidump file.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxy9krqztha27st/072122-10312-01.dmp?dl=0
Any advice is much appreciated, thanks.

My computer specs:
OS: Windows 10 Home
Motherboard: AORUS master Z590 Version F6
CPU: Intel I9-10900KF 3.70Ghz
GPU: Nvidia MSI 1660 Ti 6gb
Ram: Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600
PSU: Seasonic Prime Fanless 700 W 80+ Titanium
SSD: Samsung Evo 870 1TB

 

[Colif]

afd.sys - ancillary function driver for winsock
its used by windows to talk to internet drivers
pretty good chance its lan drivers

Do you use WIFI or LAN?
I can't say I ever heard of these before
Aquantia LAN Driver
Made by Marvell but finding drivers is fun. Their website isn't very helpful - https://www.marvell.com/support.html

WIFI is intel.

I will ask a friend to convert dumps, he will reply later on with a conversion I can use to read dumps.

 

[johnbl]

if it is not the network driver:
could be a bug in bluestacks driver
or something one of the two game drivers are doing.

ACE-BASE.sys
or mhyprot2.sys

need a kernal dump to find the owner of the kernel address that started the call.

 

[Androshi]

afd.sys - ancillary function driver for winsock
its used by windows to talk to internet drivers
pretty good chance its lan drivers

Do you use WIFI or LAN?
I can't say I ever heard of these before
Aquantia LAN Driver
Made by Marvell but finding drivers is fun. Their website isn't very helpful - https://www.marvell.com/support.html

WIFI is intel.

I will ask a friend to convert dumps, he will reply later on with a conversion I can use to read dumps.

For more context, that error popped up while I was playing Borderlands 2 with a friend through steam, and I do have several misc. things such as my mouse and headset being used wirelessly via dongle so I'm going to say yes to wifi. I'll try installing the latest network adapters and see what happens.

 

[Androshi]

if it is not the network driver:
could be a bug in bluestacks driver
or something one of the two game drivers are doing.

ACE-BASE.sys
or mhyprot2.sys

need a kernal dump to find the owner of the kernel address that started the call.

I'd be pretty surprised if it was due to a bluestacks driver, but it happened while I was playing borderlands 2 with a friend.

 

[Androshi]

Update 2: I have installed the Aquantia LAN Driver [3.1.3.0] for my MOBO and whether or not it caused another crash is unknown, but after a short while my computer crashed with the SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION error, thus I have system restored my computer back. Hard to say what the problem is.

 

[Colif]

follow option 1 here - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5560-configure-windows-10-create-minidump-bsod.html and then look at the settings under Have windows create a Kernel Dump

 

[Androshi]

follow option 1 here - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5560-configure-windows-10-create-minidump-bsod.html and then look at the settings under Have windows create a Kernel Dump

Alright I've followed it and have it set to kernel memory dump whenever it occurs again. Will keep you posted when it occurs.

 

[Colif]

That was more for John as he asked you to set them up, I just thought I show you how

 

[Androshi]

That was more for John as he asked you to set them up, I just thought I show you how

oh ok, Thanks for the help regardless!

 

[Androshi]

Update 3: so far nothing has occurred after simply updating network driver again, in which case I will regard this as solved. Thanks for the help guys!