WDF_VIOLATION BSOD after network card install help me please

[rhd1989]

Hello guys,

A while ago my network card stopped working after a lightning strike had hit somewhere near my house and the network card just disappeared from my network connections (no LAN connections at all). I've since used a usb Wifi adapter to connect to the internet but since I love gaming I had to buy a new network card and try to get it sorted out, so I did.

I bought this network card from some guy, it was a new network card from Allied Telesis, the model is ATF2701FTX.It didn't come with drivers on a cd or whatever so I found some drivers on the internet for this specific model an installed them. After I had installed everything I did "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" because it said "no internet connection" in network center. Since this didn't fix the problem I decided to reboot. It seemed normal, the windows logo came up but then I got the BSOD giving the "WDF_VIOLATION" error code. I managed to boot into safe mode after a couple of tries. (because it got stuck in a loop actually, going from restart to recovery and the recovery didnt work it would just reboot again). In safe mode i disabled and uninstalled the drivers for the new network card and still didn't manage to boot up to windows. Only after physically removing the network card was I able to boot into windows again.

Now comes the weird part; I decided I would give it another try (even though it was 2:30am) so I placed the network card in my PC again and just regularly booted and for some reason it just worked. I went to device manager and I let Windows install the drivers automatically, which to my surprise it did and my connection was up and running again. I checked the speed, even played an online game for a while to see how it would be and it was just fine. After like 10 minutes my PC started acting up, freezing when opening folders, the Start button wouldn't work, I couldnt use the Search option etc...so I rebooted and again there was the same WDF VIOLATION error.

I can only assume it has to do with the driver I installed. Today I actually registered on the manufacturer's website (really strange u have to apply on their website to get access to their download center) so I downloaded some driver from there and I will try that later (i need my PC now for work) but in the meantime I would really want to ask you guys if any one knows what could be the problem.

I hope the above is enough information, if not let me know.

Side notes: I have my original network card still (it's integrated in the MoBo just to be clear) in there but it has a steady orange light which I think means it's broken. Don't know whether it makes a difference so I thought I'd mention it.

Please help me guys 🙁 I'm stuck

 

[Dragos Manea]

This is what i found
Causes of WDF_VIOLATION Blue Screen Errors

Incorrectly configured, old, or corrupted device drivers. (very common)
Corruption in Windows registry from a recent software change (install or uninstall).
Virus or malware infection that has corrupted Windows system files or Windows Operating System-related program files.
Driver conflict after installing new hardware.
Damaged or removed system files after you’ve installed software or drivers related to Windows Operating System.
Error 0x10D blue screen caused by a damaged hard disk.
WDF_VIOLATION STOP error due to memory (RAM) corruption.

WDF_VIOLATION blue screen errors can be caused by a variety of hardware, firmware, driver, or software issues.

Also 83 degrees in idle for the videocard is too high, did you played games just before or did anything before you took the screenshot?

 

[rhd1989]

This is what i found
Causes of WDF_VIOLATION Blue Screen Errors

Incorrectly configured, old, or corrupted device drivers. (very common)
Corruption in Windows registry from a recent software change (install or uninstall).
Virus or malware infection that has corrupted Windows system files or Windows Operating System-related program files.
Driver conflict after installing new hardware.
Damaged or removed system files after you’ve installed software or drivers related to Windows Operating System.
Error 0x10D blue screen caused by a damaged hard disk.
WDF_VIOLATION STOP error due to memory (RAM) corruption.

WDF_VIOLATION blue screen errors can be caused by a variety of hardware, firmware, driver, or software issues.

Also 83 degrees in idle for the videocard is too high, did you played games just before or did anything before you took the screenshot?

Thanks for the reply. I have seen this information somewhere myself last night but those are a lot of possible causes. I would like to narrow them down and try to fix this. I'm going to try the drivers that I downloaded from the manufacturer's website later, is there anything I should do in advance to that?

The video card is quite old and I already baked it a while ago so it's no surprise that it's getting that warm, I'll buy a new GPU after I fix this problem.

 

[Dragos Manea]

The videocard can be fixed by changing the thermal paste and checking if the fan spins.

 

[rhd1989]

The videocard can be fixed by changing the thermal paste and checking if the fan spins.

Also possible. I'm actually not looking for a solution to my GPU overheating but thanks anyway.

Can someone help me with the network card issue please? 🙁

UPDATE: I'm now at the stage where when I want to play a game online I'll put the network card in and start my PC (the first time I put the network card in I can boot to windows normally). When I check device manager it gives the name of the network adapter and it seems up to date. I can use it as long as my PC is on. As soon as I restart my PC I will get the BSOD. When I remove the network card again it will boot up normally again without uninstalling drivers or whatever.

I could go and buy a new network card, they are cheap..but I just really want to know what the problem is so help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee