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    Dell XPS 9550 (BSODs)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by pubbypaws, Mar 28, 2016.

  1. pubbypaws

    pubbypaws Notebook Guru

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    I was wondering if any of you guys have fixed the the dreaded BSODs related to our WiFi Card.

    I went almost 3 weeks without a BSOD on my replacement i5 9550 laptop.

    The last few days, almost every session i'm connected to WiFi, i would get

    bad_pool_header
    or
    bad_pool_caller

    The prior unit i had also had the same problem.
    It wasn't until i bought a type-C usb/ethernet adapter, it was then i realized i stopped getting BSODs.

    The WiFi drivers came out a few days ago and i have reinstalled every driver from ground up and still had issues.

    Thoughts on this? Almost tempted to rip out this WiFi card and get an Intel 8260.
     
    pubbypaws, Mar 28, 2016
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  2. GoNz0

    GoNz0 Notebook Virtuoso

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    run "sfc /scannow" from an elevated command prompt
     
    GoNz0, Mar 28, 2016
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  3. mazzy80

    mazzy80 Notebook Enthusiast

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    don't waste your time with "sfc /scannow" microsoft don't correctly update the info inside the files or in registry after running updates... I've see clear win install, running updated from winupdate and fail the check with sfc.... but just running fine, no crash, no BSOD.

    You're on a clear win 10 or the factory dell win10 ?
    I'd try a clean win10 install.
    IMHO Win 10 is not still ready for prime time...so can be also Win10 itself that crash....
    it's no a coincidence that Server 2016 is not out...but in Beta...
     
    mazzy80, Mar 29, 2016
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