[Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing in D-Link http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14566517 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:46:34 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:46:34 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15899289 thegasmaster : I email D-Link support and they sent the following:

1. Download the drivers from YOUSENDIT.COM
2. Reboot in SAFE MODE,and uninstall the drivers/software.
3 Shut down the computer and uninstall the adaptor.
4. Reboot and run a reg cleaner program. You can use Easy Cleaner 2.0 or use RegCleaner...but I'd say use whatever you prefer.
5. Install D-Link drivers and Shut down computer
6. Reinstall card, start the computer up.
7. Let windows install the drivers automatically once the New Found Hardware Wizard comes up.

File Atheros_4.1.2.71.zip (8620 KB)
was at:
»s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3G75O···KBZNSDCX

Assuming that others can download from here.....

I could not uninstall the old drivers in safe mode....did in normal mode.
I installed the new driver before reinstalling the card, but had to wait to the card was reinstalled to install the ACU that is included in the download. All seems to be well so far.....no more BSOD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15899289 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:34:20 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15679615 kenzheng : Do NOT buy the D-Link DWL-G520 card!!

I am experiencing the same problem (random BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH) after installing DWL-G520 wireless PCI card on a brand new Dell P4D machine. My machine runs on Windows XP Home SP2. I bought the D-Link wireless card 45 days ago, but was told by the store that it has passed the return date.

My computer is critical for my work and I have lost hours of work already!

I have tried downloading the latest drivers, reinstalling the software, changing a PCI slot, etc (suggested by the hopeless D-Link Tech service!), but none seemed to have worked!

Called the hopeless D-Link Tech Service line a few times and they kept changing the suggestions, such as try installing on a different machine (and if none available at home, try on your friend's machine!), try to return to the store you bought it from, try this and that. The last time I called to ask for authorization to return the faulty card, they refused me, saying it was my computer's problem (and not theirs)!!! Yet, Microsoft diagnostics (after the blue screen of death) point the finger at D-Link.

Is there no legal remedies for such bad behavior for those cow-boys that are selling faulty products and treating their customers like no-body?

My only suggestion: keep AWAY from D-Link if you can!! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15679615 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:48:38 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15605871 ziggie216 : this card DWL-G520 is a POS!!! I thought it was all good with atheros driver... still got BSOD]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15605871 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:51:42 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15592489 anon : Jellen, I downloaded the 10.9mb file, but I don't understand how to install it. I uninstalled the D-Link drivers, rebooted, but windows automatically detects it and re-installs the drivers...

I got the BSOD once, but my computer just locks up very frequently while I alt+tab StarCraft. I'm suspecting it to be a3ab.sys, or sysdata.xml... Whichever the case, I'm doing research on both to try to figure out my problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15592489 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:48:57 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15577661 ziggie216 : great... I just got this card yesterday and first BSOD today while I was typing out a paper... lucky MSWord saved a good portion of it for me... It sounds like this card is flawed and I was wondering, should I look for another company such as linksys? I really do not want to see this happen again while i'm typing out something important and it's due very soon.

btw has anyone use this driver yet? DWL-g520_drv_revB_Ver.4.3_ALL_en_050708.zip]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15577661 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:33:44 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15459171 sjobusen : Can someone help me?
for second time now I had BSOD because A3AB.sys Crashing.

I Have a D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter(rev.C3)
Which driver can fix my problem? Now a have the 4.0.0.1414 driver from d-link.

/Martin]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15459171 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:30:53 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15431932 SelArom : where did you get the version 3 drivers? are they the latest ones? where can I find them?

-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15431932 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:23:27 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15419535 vaskoc : I was having this problem as well and made a thread about it, but i used the atheros version 3 drivers and my problem was fixed]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15419535 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:31:53 EDT another problem found! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15419023 SelArom : okay ever since I installed these drivers in my laptop, I have only gotten the BSOD like once or twice...and that's good! but there is one HUGE annoyance resulting....

MY PC WON'T GO ON STANDBY ANYMORE!! if I take the wireless card out and leave it alone for 10 minutes, it will go on standby... if I plug it in and leave it alone for 10 hours my battery will run out before it ever even tries to go on standby!!

help!!

-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15419023 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:29:05 EDT Re: woohoo! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15323931 kjarrett : Jellen, I hope you can help me.

I have a G520 I am trying to get working with these drivers.

No matter what I do it doesn't work. The install appears to complete, and the card appears operational, but no wireless networks are found.

I have installed the software BEFORE inserting the card, and have also tried installing AFTER the card. Same result.

Fortunately I have a Ghost backup of the system with NO wifi drivers installed that I am restoring after each attempt, so I know the system is clean.

I also notice that while Windows is booting, I see a flashing green light on the adapter. Once XP loads, no lights are blinking at all. That can't be right.

Appreciate any help here...

-kj-]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15323931 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:00:07 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14963225 ispalten : I understand all this about IRQ's.

The files ARE different, see the sizes and the timestamp. When I get a chance I'll investigate further. Suspect that one in the WINDOWS directory wasn't a good one however...

Irv
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Otherwise, you might get an error message either during this session or upon your next reboot. If you do, at the very least, you can boot into safe mode and rename them back.
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I just did a search and there are no A3AB.sys files on my pc now, except the one in the D Link setup folder, but it was in the D Link prog files, and windows system 32 folder as well. If anyone else has the dlink drivers still installed do a search for A3AB.sys on their system, and I would assume it will find 2 copies. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14962549 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:20:27 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14962357 funchords :
said by ispalten See Profile :

Well, unfortunately everything was deleted and that machine is running hard wired (although the G520 is in the machine but DISABLED in DEVICE MANAGER). I'll be trying to get it working soon again, and I'll check then.

There STILL is an A3AB.SYS on the system in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS though. Matter of fact, it is on my machine as well as that card was once in this machine. Guess it doesn't get deleted when you remove the driver or it is part of WinXP?

File details are 450,400 in size, dated 3/22/2004, 6:17PM, at least on my system that is. Now checking my wifes machine I see two different A3AB.SYS files. The one in the install directory which I d/l'ed from DLINK is the same timestamp and size as mine, but the one in her C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory is 344,428 in timestamp of 3/12/2004 8:38PM.

Hmm... wonder if that mismatch has something to do with it? I'll check this out next time too... I know I was dealing with 2 sets of files, one on the CD that came with the card, the other a d/l from DLINK.

Irv
With a library, if the two versions are the same, then it wouldn't matter. But with a hardware driver, the OS has to know how much respect to give it. Some hardware must be serviced immediately, some can wait, and some can interrupt other requests for service. This priority level (or the L in IRQL) is what determines this protection level. If the driver violates the rules set by the IRQL (or something else with a lower priority comes along and tries to interrupt the servicing of another piece of hardware) ... well, insert something about the fabric of the space-time continuum here.

So, unlike a library, loading a second instance of the identical driver -- one that demands the same level of service -- it wouldn't surprise me if the BSOD was the result.
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said by Meta72 See Profile :

Hi,

I'm new to this forum but I've been monitoring this thread for some time because I'm getting BSODs too from the A3AB.SYS file. I just sent an e-mail to Atheros saying there's a problem with their driver. Hehe, I added a link to this thread to show them the chaos. It's a long shot but it's worth trying.

SelArom, did the update to the driver v4.2 stop the BSODs?
Thanks.

Did they give any specifics or proposed solutions? Is anything in the e-mail worth posting here?
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There STILL is an A3AB.SYS on the system in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS though. Matter of fact, it is on my machine as well as that card was once in this machine. Guess it doesn't get deleted when you remove the driver or it is part of WinXP?

File details are 450,400 in size, dated 3/22/2004, 6:17PM, at least on my system that is. Now checking my wifes machine I see two different A3AB.SYS files. The one in the install directory which I d/l'ed from DLINK is the same timestamp and size as mine, but the one in her C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory is 344,428 in timestamp of 3/12/2004 8:38PM.

Hmm... wonder if that mismatch has something to do with it? I'll check this out next time too... I know I was dealing with 2 sets of files, one on the CD that came with the card, the other a d/l from DLINK.

Irv
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I'm new to this forum but I've been monitoring this thread for some time because I'm getting BSODs too from the A3AB.SYS file. I just sent an e-mail to Atheros saying there's a problem with their driver. Hehe, I added a link to this thread to show them the chaos. It's a long shot but it's worth trying.

SelArom, did the update to the driver v4.2 stop the BSODs?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14960686 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:16:25 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14959910 funchords :
said by ispalten See Profile :

Any thoughs here? How can I really re-install the G520 and know it will work as it did before? Is there some special registry clean-up needed?
There has been one report that the A3AB.SYS file actually winds up in the Program Files\D-Link and System32\drivers directories.

This is a Bad Thing(tm) and is a plausible cause for the BSOD. I'd sure like to have that confirmed.

But yes, reinstalling will re-enumerate the hardware (gives it a new GUID and sets it up as if it never had been seen in the system before).

Now if it's picking up stuff from a previous installation -- sometimes it finds a more recent driver than the one on your original disk and insists on installing that, then review this procedure:

»Re: Intel pro/wireless 2200 BG Problems.

Note: Someone will seriously hork their system trying to follow that process. Please note that you are working without a net. Please - please - consider doing a full backup, using the recycle-bin instead of delete, and doing a system restore-point. If you're not comfortable with what you are doing, why, and how to back out of it, then don't do it.
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I am not going to get into the A3AB stuff (unless it happens again) but I do want to mention that the G520s were a pain in the A$$ to get running smoothly . I went through similar issues as you way back when and never could get them running on the older PII compaq desktops my daughters had - had to give them newer PIII computers (i had some extra ones).

My point is that in the end, I found that the original drivers that came with the CD worked best for the G520 cards WITHOUT using D-Link install software or config utility. All systems are WinXP and I let windows wireless manage them. The driver version is 3.0.0.44 dated 10/22/2003, and we are able to run at 108Mbps. To re-install your card(s) this way, windows auto-detect should work after you uninstall the card. Just use the "have disk" option and point it to the folder with the drivers after a restart. Good luck.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14959639 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:44:16 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14958044 ispalten : Just found this thread today...

My wife's machine just started hitting this 2 weeks ago... For the last 2 months or so, using FireFox 1.0.7, when she went to d/l a file it wouldn't complete. Her G520 was being controlled by the DLink utility. Other than that, no connection problems. I didn't have any inkling what was going on on her machine and I tried all sorts of stuff. Best guess was some 'malware' or TCP/IP damage. I could go to those sites and d/l without problems on my machine, so it wasn't the router. We use the same firewall and the settings were the same and nothing in her log to indicate a firewall problem It wasn't on all sites either, but a good many of them. Finally decided to look again and work on it. AD-AWARE and SPYBOT found some malware and I deleted them. She had umpteen toolbars too, and removed most of them. FireFox ran faster, but it didn't seem to solve the d/l problem much. So I decided to do what I had to do on my machine, use the WZC to control the connection (a G132). This presented a new problem however, she would have dropouts of the connection sporadically. Had to open the Windows Wireless Connections, drop the connection, and re-connect. Ran OK usually until the next boot, but occasionally it did drop out. Got tired of the complaints and decided to put back the DLink applet to control it. Well, for whatever reason, it didn't/couldn't install correctly. Deleted the files, removed the card, rebooted, reloaded drivers, re-installed the card, more than once. The DLink utility never appeared in the toolbar? Still dropped connections... and the BSOD's just like the ones here with A3AB.SYS started to happen. Cleaned out the registry and directories and re-installed, still happening. Reverted to hard wire connection now.

I have no idea what has happened, but it may be related to some malware she got. Some other STARTUP issues are there as well. Programs that had started do not now. PC Magazines STARTUP COP is in the mix here. It had been installed before (an older version) and had to also be un-installed before updating it. Problems arose after this was updated, but I can't blame it all on that.

Right now, no problems with a hard wired connection to the DI-624 running 2.70. My G132 is resonably stable, although I occasionally need to do the disconnect-reconnect act to get a good connection.

Any thoughs here? How can I really re-install the G520 and know it will work as it did before? Is there some special registry clean-up needed?

Thanks,
Irv
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said by SelArom See Profile :

has anyone tried going to windows update? since installing the atheros drivers, I see this when I go to microsoft update under Hardware:

D-Link Corporation - Networking - D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.B)
Download size: 211 KB , less than 1 minute
D-Link network software update released on October 22 2003.

any ideas? I'm scared to try it as I feel I've suffered enough :)

-SelArom
Yes, click the link that expands the info, then check the box that says something to the effect of "Don't show this to me again."

You do not want that update.
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OK, my face is red. really really red..... and my screen is blue. really really blue. That was stupid.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14934705 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:47:42 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14934545 SelArom : has anyone tried going to windows update? since installing the atheros drivers, I see this when I go to microsoft update under Hardware:

D-Link Corporation - Networking - D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.B)
Download size: 211 KB , less than 1 minute
D-Link network software update released on October 22 2003.

any ideas? I'm scared to try it as I feel I've suffered enough :)

-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14934545 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:22:50 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14930156 satanschild : note to all getting BSOD: I have known this to happen quite often on Dell machines.. no disrespect to dell, however a Bios Update often repairs the issue. Whatever it is in the A3AB.SYS is causing some malformed hardware conflict. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14930156 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:46:09 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14928725 funchords :
said by Jeffb420 :

What seems to have worked for me, was the following:

Search for A3AB.sys
one was in windows system32, the other was in program files D-Link.
I renamed the one in windows system32, and that seem to have done the trick.
I am using the d link config utility, not the windows one.

hopefully this helps. Again, it only seems to have fixed it for me, 2 days now, with torrents downloading.
Good Lord!

Yes, please do get back with us in a few days and let us know!
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Search for A3AB.sys
one was in windows system32, the other was in program files D-Link.
I renamed the one in windows system32, and that seem to have done the trick.
I am using the d link config utility, not the windows one.

hopefully this helps. Again, it only seems to have fixed it for me, 2 days now, with torrents downloading. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14927654 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:32:28 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14921401 anon : After buying the DWL-G520 a month ago, I'd been wrestling with those blue-screen STOP errors that predictably occurred whenever running a BitTorrent client. Trying the most recent Atheros driver proved to be the last in a series of failures to find a solution this last month. Can't believe how much time I spent trying to solve the problem without success.

Anyway, I finally threw in the towel last week. Returned the Atheros-based card while I still could, and picked up a Motorola WPCI810G Broadcom-based one instead. It's cheaper and technically slower (54Mbps), but there hasn't been a single BSOD during the last 8 days, so I think I'm finally out of the woods. Plus, despite this card's weaker specs, bittorrent performance is definitely better now than it was using the D-Link, and so is the received signal strength from my DI-624 (perhaps due to the supplied antenna being substantially larger than the one provided with the G520). Go figure.

I can't say why things didn't work before, or even why this new card is working so well. All I will say is this: For anyone who has been dealing with frequent blue-screen crashes since acquiring a D-Link wireless device (or other Atheros-based card), maybe it's not a crime to just give up, wipe the slate clean and try something else entirely. It may not even be those company's faults, but either way, these crashes are a pretty substantial problem, and it's really not the end-user's job to troubleshoot the problem extensively, wherever the fault may lie. My 2 cents.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14921401 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:38:27 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14901834 Captain Kidd : Hate to be a bearer of bad news. But I just got a BSOD. Right in the middle of installing software too. :mad:

It was the Atheros AR5211.SYS driver this time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14901834 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:37:08 EDT Re: woohoo! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14901199 Jellen : Happy it worked for you.

Yup the dwl-g650 (108mpbs) uses the same atheros chipset so is fully compatible :-)

Enjoy :-)

Greetings, Jellen
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will the same driver also work for the notebook pcmcia dwl-g650? I'd like to switch that one out too!

THANKS AGAIN!!
-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14901142 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:09:20 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14894226 Jellen : Yes, if you use something else than dynamic turbo the driver won't crash your system.. I know, stupid bug...

Go to this website »www.netgate.com/support/Drivers/···os/5002/

download the 10.9mb file.

Uninstall your d-link drivers, reboot the system... windows will say that it found new hardware.... chose place where windows gets the driver from.. (folder of the driver you just downloaded) and select the correct folder (ok will light up) continue... will ask for confirmation continue..

After all this you have successfully installed your atheros card (d-link) and you can use the windowows config utility to configure your wireless access... (client utility that came with this driver isn't recommend)

Greetings, any questions mail or post.

Hope this helps

Jellen
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visit my blogsite at: »jellen.blogspot.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14894226 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:45:16 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14893956 SelArom : i'm using the di-624 firmware 2.70 so it doesn't give me the option for static g. are you saying if I disable turbo g i won't get the crash? that kind of depletes the purpose of having the network :P

these atheros drivers, how do I use them? Do I have to uninstall all the dlink stuff then just install the atheros drivers? or do I have to do some kind of registry hacking or something? Lord knows I don't want to screw up my system any more than it is!

thanks for your help!
-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14893956 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:04:08 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14884895 Jellen : You should try the newest atheros drivers with that card, version 4.2 can find it on this forum. Don't try 4.1.xxx because those lock up too.

It's fixed in 4.2

If you want to continue to use the d-link driver try to disable automatic super g. I found out it only gives bsod with automatic super g (with a netgear router and d-link router)

Once you put it to static g (feature removed in latest firmwares) it doesn't happen, neither when you disable super g.

Hope this helps.

Greetings, Jellen
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visit my blogsite at: »jellen.blogspot.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14884895 Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:41:06 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14882937 SelArom : well I just reformatted the PC yesterday, YESTERDAY and I already got the BSOD from these suck ass drivers!!! My screen looked almost EXACTLY like Captain Kidd, except the

stop address is: 0x000000D1 (0xB9CECF70, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xB9C9A4C2)

A3AB.SYS - Address B9CECF70 base at B9C85000, Datestamp 42402dcc
A3AB.SYS - Address B9C9A4C2 base at B9C85000 Datestamp 4240dfcc

what am I supposed to do with the driver in that thread? do I uninstall the ANIO stuff that came with the dlink? Will this driver work with my extremeg desktop card?

Circuit city has a netgear bundle (router and notebook adapter) for 14.99 after rebate. It's the Super G 108Mbps one, but it doesn't come with the desktop adapter which is the part of my network that seems to really suck!! should I get it and replace the desktop card later?

Thanks!
-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14882937 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:09:47 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14872065 isp : I have the same problem. G520 card and di624. I just took someones advice on another forum and installed Atheros 3.3 drivers for this. If you don't hear back from me within about a week, then you might assume that it fixes the a3ab.sys BSOD problem. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14872065 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:48:53 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14871245 Captain Kidd : Thanks very much for the help. Happy Thanksgiving to you too!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14871245 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:00:53 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870979 funchords : My fingers are crossed for you. Happy Thanksgiving!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870979 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:22:19 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870889 Captain Kidd : Heh, no problem. What I thought was the build number in your link was higher than what I had so I too though everything was good.

OK, I've downloaded the Atheros driver. It did install a ACU so setup was, fairly, quick. Thanks for the tip, I was about to consider running wires along the baseboards. I didn't even know of Atheros or that it'd work with D-Link cards.

Maybe now I can get WPA2 security going. For some reason with D-Link it would not connect if I had the server set up for WPA2. It would see the network but never gave me a field to enter the passphrase. So I went with WEP. Which is fine, we're not in a very densely populated area although there are two other networks nearby. (One secured and one completely open.)

Hopefully that will fix it and I won't have to post an "aw crap not again" post in this thread.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870889 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:08:16 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870290 funchords : Good Lord, I'm sorry about that. That will teach me to trust version numbers.

See this thread: »New Atheros Driver v4.1.102.1095 dated 8/25/05 ... note the discussion about the lack of an ACU -- which won't be a problem if you use XP to manage your connection.
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Edit: Oh yeah. Before my first post I had the BSOD. That finally caused me to start looking. Between it and this one it happened again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870144 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:24:17 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870023 funchords : Try this driver: »ftp://ftp.dlink.de/dwl/dwl-g520/driver···0407.zip]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14870023 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:10:11 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14869615 Captain Kidd : I'm getting it too. About 1-2 times a week. This time I took a photo of the screen (heh, low tech screen capture).

Here it is.

I checked on drivers and I have the latest for my card (DWL-G520) version 4.0.0.1414.

It's starting to get annoying. I've had it crash on me in the middle of doing something not even web related (right before I was at a save point too).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14869615 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:14:18 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14819545 funchords : SelArom,

The next time this happens, can you post the data on the Blue Screen?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14819545 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:46:16 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14819527 funchords :
said by SelArom See Profile :

damn dlink crap I was uninstalling Vistual Studio 2005 Beta 2 and it crashed right in the middle of it!! Now my registry is F*CKED and I can't install the new Express editions... thanks alot dlink, now I have to reformat my PC AGAIN THANKS TO YOU...
Heh, I'm reformatting today too (not because of D-Link, though), so I feel your pain.

Have you tried System Restore (Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore)? You might have a recent registry there. Then reinstall VS 2005, then uninstall it.

Disable the adapter while you do this.
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... Did you wake up grouchy this morning or did you let her sleep in? ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14819527 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:44:10 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14817525 SelArom : hey sorry I took so long to reply, the only thing in the acs.bat file is one line:

c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\acs.exe -h

damn dlink crap I was uninstalling Vistual Studio 2005 Beta 2 and it crashed right in the middle of it!! Now my registry is F*CKED and I can't install the new Express editions... thanks alot dlink, now I have to reformat my PC AGAIN THANKS TO YOU...

and I told them that too.. guess what their response was:
"Please use a registry editing tool (several free tools are available over internet) and fix the registry entries and then please retry the steps as given in the previous email to reinstall the adapter."

So I have to go in and fix the crap they caused to be f*cked up... and this after I had explicitly stated that I had ALREADY REINSTALLED THE FRIGGIN ADAPTER I AM GETTING NETGEAR!!

-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14817525 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:18:50 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14773190 anon : I think my girlfriends laptop has an ACS.exe, I never ran across a bat file but I assume it's something similar. I ran a search about it when I was getting rid of spyware to make sure it was a legit file. Here's the description:

Process File: ACS or ACS.exe
Process Name: Atheros Wireless LAN

Description:
ACS.exe is a process installed alongside Atheros Wireless LAN and provides additional configuration options for these devices. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14773190 Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:43:14 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14771622 funchords : I said 50/50 because there's a config/control side and there's a data pushing side. If it was a config/control issue, changing the configuration method might work around it. If it's a data issue, changing the config method won't help.

That's my lie and I'm sticking to it. ;)

said by SelArom See Profile :

... there was an ACS.bat file I took out of the startup, should I put that back in?
I'm not familiar with that one, and I have these cards. Can you right click on that and pick "edit" ... then copy and paste the contents here?
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... Did you wake up grouchy this morning or did you let her sleep in? ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14771622 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:19:26 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14771501 SelArom : haha 50/50 -- either it will or it won't :D

but seriously tho, I am using the Windows Config not the dlink one... there was an ACS.bat file I took out of the startup, should I put that back in? what does it do? I have it on my laptop which crashes WAAAAY less... hmmmm

anyway I'm thinkin of just chucking the whole system and getting netgear

-SelArom

PS... THANKS FOR YOUR HELP EVERYONE!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14771501 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:03:23 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14770683 funchords :
said by SelArom See Profile :

I'm using the latest drivers for both cards, but it still happens randomly (well, when I'm doing a lot of activity). My job is online, so this is an especially real pain... do all routers go through this crap?

-SelArom
No, they don't.

If you're using the Atheros/D-Link utility to manage the card, try switching to Windows Wireless Zero Config and see if the problem happens there. There's a 50-50 chance that will avoid the issue.
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... Did you wake up grouchy this morning or did you let her sleep in? ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14770683 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:15:43 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14768606 SelArom : I'm using the latest drivers for both cards, but it still happens randomly (well, when I'm doing a lot of activity). My job is online, so this is an especially real pain... do all routers go through this crap?

-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14768606 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:51:14 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14764304 funchords :
said by SelArom See Profile :

I have a [...] a DWL-G520 pci card. I've been getting the BSOD randomly

[...] The funny thing is my laptop ALSO crashes randomly, and that has a DWL G650! this one doesn't crash as often (maybe once a month or less), and usually in the same conditions.
Explanation: These two are the same device in all of the ways that matter. You can use the drivers from one on the other -- no problem.
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... Did you wake up grouchy this morning or did you let her sleep in? ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14764304 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:46:17 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14764269 anon : I had the same problem with my DWL-G520, first I tried the atheros drivers I found at this link(I think): »www.phoenixnetworks.net/atheros.php

That worked fine, but then I changed to a newer version of G520 drivers than I was using, which also has worked fine for 2 months or so. So if you don't already have the latest, just try updgrading from the D-Link site.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14764269 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:39:08 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14760956 KillerFreak : No I stoped haveing the problem after I stoped useing Bittornado and I took it off of Super G

Sorry forgot to repost and let you all know]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14760956 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:08:44 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14753687 SelArom : hello! this is my first post (and first visit, actually!) to this forum, and I'm pleased that I'm not the only one going through this truly frustrating experience! I'm disappointed, however, that there doesn't seem to be a fix! :(

I have a DI-624 router and a DWL-G520 pci card. I've been getting the BSOD randomly (though not very frequently, maybe once or twice a week at most) and it always seems to happen when I have a lot of windows open, am downloading a lot of stuff, or am just generaly using my connection more than normal.

I've done the same steps as KillerFreak, I even installed the card into a new PCI slot. it still crashes randomly as described above. The funny thing is my laptop ALSO crashes randomly, and that has a DWL G650! this one doesn't crash as often (maybe once a month or less), and usually in the same conditions. I should also mention that the laptop crashed once at my university! same type of blue screen, same device driver a3ab.sys! what's up with that!!

and yes, EVERY TIME it happens, I cannot reconnect to the internet until I unplug and reconnect the router! funny thing is though the pc connected (wired) to the router doesn't ever lose its connection!! what gives!!

now, having read through the forums, I've seen a few others having similar problems to this talk about "changing to the atheros drivers". what does that mean, does it work, and where do I get them?

killerfreak are you still having this problem?

thanks for your help fellas!
-SelArom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14753687 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:46:05 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14571426 anon : I noticed this happening randomly ever since I started using atheros drivers version 4 or higher.. Never noticed it using version 3..

I also noticed that a few times after this blue screen, there was no way I could connect to the router again until i rebooted the router itself.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14571426 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:21:53 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14571173 KillerFreak : It downloaded all night but some time during the day it still crashed I will update once I find the true cause of this problem and find a way to fix it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14571173 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:47:34 EDT Re: [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14569137 Westy5 : Hi KF,

Would be interested to know if you solve your prev probs....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14569137 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:58:33 EDT [Info] A3AB.SYS Crashing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14566517 KillerFreak : I was getting the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) from A3AB.SYS every time I was downloading a "Large" (around a Gig or more) file when I called D-Link they told me to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them just as I thought it worked boom a crash.

So this is what I did to slove this problem
1.)Remove Card
2.)Reboot in Safe mode Uninstall the Card
3.)Reboot and I ran a regcleaner (EasyCleaner 2.0)
4.)Installed D-Link Drivers and Shut Down Computer
5.)Reinstalled the Card Started back up the Computer

I've been downloading the fril now for a few houres way past the normal amount of time I could normaly Download I will edit this post to let you know after I let it download all night just to make shure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14566517 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:44:20 EDT