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    BSOD's from latest version of bcmwl5.sys

    Discussion in 'HP' started by m20b25, Jan 9, 2007.

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    I'm getting intermittent BSOD's upon start up or waking up from hibernation on my HP dv8210us laptop. The cause, according to the BSOD, is the Broadcom driver "bcmwl5.sys". I have version 4.100.15.5 of this driver, which I believe is the most recent.

    I have found numerous references to version 4.100.15.5 online, but only in announcements about it's release, or about how it is supposed to fix some sort of exploit. According to my searching, I may be the only person having a problem with the latest version of this driver.

    I've tried reinstalling the driver from HP's website, to no avail.

    For some reason, it seems worse when it's cold. It crashes about 50% of the time first thing the morning, and about 10% of the time when I "awaken" it at various times throughout the day.

    Just wondering if anybody out there has any ideas.
     
    m20b25, Jan 9, 2007
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