BSOD - ndis.sys driver_irql_not_less_or_equal

Randomly had this bsod while gaming. Only one occurrence so far.

Heard it could be a network driver? Thanks in advance.

Yes, but it more likely to be some network filter driver like a VPN client or some third-party AV software, do you have either of those installed? Your .nfo file seems to be corrupt too, could you please generate a new one using the following command:


In addition to that, could you please zip up and then upload the following file to a file sharing site such as WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive:

Have you checked the support site for your motherboard and updated your drivers. There was an update for your wifi driver dated 5/30/23, chipset 5/30/23, and various others within the last few months including an unusual number of UEFI bios updates.Gigabyte Control Center can tell you the drivers that are outdated and install the updates. (I strongly suggest making a system image before updating drivers, or at least make a system restore point)

IMO I would not be too concerned with only one bsod. It could have been transient. If it happens regularly that's a horse of a different color and would be concerning. @zbook or one of the others who are experienced in analyzing log files can better advise you.

In the one dump that was uploaded there are two third party drivers involved in the operation that led up to the bugcheck; nvlddmkm.sys and e2f.sys....

The nvlddmkm.sys driver is your Nvidia graphics driver and the version you have installed appears to be current...
The e2f.sys driver doesn't actually appear in the call stack, but the ndis.sys driver does. This is the Windows high-level network driver, below this in the network driver stack will be the network adapter driver. You're using the Intel I225-V LAN adapter and the driver for that is e2f.sys. The version of this driver that you have installed may not be current...
I would suggest downloading the Intel Driver and Support Assistant and run that to identify any driver updates for your Intel devices - install any drivers that it finds.

Please perform the following steps: (in sequence)




1) Run: Tuneup plus



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2) Turn off Windows fast startup:




3) The CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D supports RAM speeds up to 5200
At the time that the V2 log collector ran the speed was recorded at 6000
Turn off RAM overclocking and / or XMP



4) Create a new restore point:




5) Post an image or share link displaying disk management:




6) Run Sea Tools for Windows long generic test (all drives):



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7) Run HD Tune (free or trial version) (all drives)

Post images or share links for results on these tabs:
a) Health
b) Benchmark
c) Full error scan

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8) Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste: chkdsk /b /v

Run these chkdsk switches on all drives using the syntax: chkdsk /b /v c: or chkdsk /b /v d: or chkdsk /b /v e: , etc.

Make sure that the chkdsk on the windows drive runs overnight while sleeping



C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /b /v c:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

Type: y

Reboot as needed.



9) After completing chkdsk /b /v on all drives run:

https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...kfromevent.bat

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10) Download and install Samsung Magician: Samsung Magician Software | Samsung Semiconductor USA

Run the software on the applicable drive(s) post images or share links:

Drive Details
Update software /firmware
Diagnostic Scan > full scan
Performance Benchmark
Over Provisioning
Performance Optimization



11) Post a new V2 share link into the newest post

x BlueRobot said:

Yes, but it more likely to be some network filter driver like a VPN client or some third-party AV software, do you have either of those installed? Your .nfo file seems to be corrupt too, could you please generate a new one using the following command:

Code:

msinfo32 /nfo %userprofile%\Desktop\msinfo32

In addition to that, could you please zip up and then upload the following file to a file sharing site such as WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive:

Code:

C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP

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Do not have a third party AV, but I do have a VPN, airVPN, but was not running at the time. Been using it for years with no issue.

glasskuter said:

Have you checked the support site for your motherboard and updated your drivers. There was an update for your wifi driver dated 5/30/23, chipset 5/30/23, and various others within the last few months including an unusual number of UEFI bios updates.Gigabyte Control Center can tell you the drivers that are outdated and install the updates. (I strongly suggest making a system image before updating drivers, or at least make a system restore point)

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IMO I would not be too concerned with only one bsod. It could have been transient. If it happens regularly that's a horse of a different color and would be concerning. @zbook or one of the others who are experienced in analyzing log files can better advise you.

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Yes I have this Windows install is very recent, newly built system definitely after 5/320/23. Bios is the newest beta one.
I tend to agree with your point though, only one bsod. If it actually is the network driver I have a USB to ethernet that I can use instead. People have been having tons of problems with this particular Intel network chipset.

ubuysa said:

In the one dump that was uploaded there are two third party drivers involved in the operation that led up to the bugcheck; nvlddmkm.sys and e2f.sys....

The nvlddmkm.sys driver is your Nvidia graphics driver and the version you have installed appears to be current...

Code:

14: kd> lmDvm nvlddmkm
Browse full module list
start             end                 module name
fffff807`673a0000 fffff807`6acb9000   nvlddmkm T (no symbols)         
    Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispig.inf_amd64_1fea8972dc2f0a69\nvlddmkm.sys
    Image name: nvlddmkm.sys
    Browse all global symbols  functions  data
    Timestamp:        Thu Nov  9 23:35:30 2023 (654D50A2)
    CheckSum:         03804E98
    ImageSize:        03919000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
    Information from resource tables:

The e2f.sys driver doesn't actually appear in the call stack, but the ndis.sys driver does. This is the Windows high-level network driver, below this in the network driver stack will be the network adapter driver. You're using the Intel I225-V LAN adapter and the driver for that is e2f.sys. The version of this driver that you have installed may not be current...

Code:

14: kd> lmDvm e2f
Browse full module list
start             end                 module name
fffff807`66f90000 fffff807`67010000   e2f        (deferred)           
    Image path: \SystemRoot\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\e2f.inf_amd64_f00467d5bba0b3ef\e2f.sys
    Image name: e2f.sys
    Browse all global symbols  functions  data
    Timestamp:        Thu Feb  3 14:28:19 2022 (61FBCA63)
    CheckSum:         00089F3E
    ImageSize:        00080000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
    Information from resource tables:

I would suggest downloading the Intel Driver and Support Assistant and run that to identify any driver updates for your Intel devices - install any drivers that it finds.

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Network driver might have been old, went and got the new one directly from intel bypassing motherboard's site. Nvidia driver was updated too.

Msinfo msinfo32. Memory.dump is huge, 2gb, dropbox is too small for that lol.

Culbrelai said:

Memory.dump is huge, 2gb, dropbox is too small for that lol.

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If you place the file in a .zip folder then it won't be so large, you should be able to upload it to WeTransfer or Dropbox quite easily.

Have you checked that the Air VPN service wasn't running in the background? If the application isn't running, then it doesn't nesscarily mean that the associated drivers weren't.

Hey Culbrelai Did you end up fixing it? A relative of mine is currently dealing with the same problem. He also has a 7800x3d, altough he has a different mobo and gpu. Please let me know if you something.