Where did you get your 8.1 from? If not from a legitimate Microsoft source, you may have a "remarked" version that really isn't legitimate. If that's the case, we may not even be able to fix it.
Your BIOS dates from 2011. Please check at the manufacturer's website to see if there are any BIOS updates available for your system. Also check the readme file to see if they apply to the problems that you are having. Please be advised that flashing the BIOS is a very unforgiving process - and one mistake can physically damage your motherboard.
1 Windows Update installed. Most 8.1 systems have 26. Please visit Windows Update and get
ALL available updates (it may take several trips to get them all).
D: drive only has less than 1% free space. Windows likes 15% free space in order to perform stuff "behind the scenes" without adversely affecting the system's performance. Please free up 15% on
ALL hard drives (you can get away with 10% on larger drives and won't notice a large performance penalty)
As you have noticed, the memory dumps blame athwnx.sys. This appears to be the most recent version, so a couple of possibilities exist:
- the current version could be corrupted (to test this - remove the wireless and test while on a wired connection) If so, download a fresh copy, uninstall the current version and then install the fresh version.
- the current version may not be to blame (run Driver Verifier according to these instructions: http;//www.carrona.org/verifier.html )
- the current version may not be compatible w/Win8.1 (it was released before 8.1 RTM was released to the OEM's)
Please update these older drivers. Links are included to assist in looking up the source of the drivers. If unable to find an update, please remove (un-install) the program responsible for that driver. DO NOT manually delete/rename the driver as it may make the system unbootable! :
nvsmu.sys Fri Apr 24 23:07:14 2009 (49F27E62)
nVidia nForce System Management Controller (nVidia nForce chipset driver)
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvsmu.sys
nvstor64.sys Wed Apr 29 21:57:30 2009 (49F9058A)
nVidia Storage Driver (nForce chipset driver)
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvstor64.sys
nvmf6264.sys Thu Apr 30 15:45:59 2009 (49F9FFF7)
nVidia nForce network driver
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvmf6264.sys
rimspx64.sys Thu Jun 25 03:13:43 2009 (4A4323A7)
Ricoh Memory Card Reader driver
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=rimspx64.sys
rixdpx64.sys Thu Jun 25 03:38:50 2009 (4A43298A)
Ricoh Memory Card Reader driver
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=rixdpx64.sys
rimmpx64.sys Thu Jun 25 04:04:18 2009 (4A432F82)
Ricoh Memory Card Reader driver
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=rimmpx64.sys
nvBridge.kmd Sat Jul 4 15:46:26 2009 (4A4FB192)
nVidia Compatible Vista Kernel Mode Driver (likely belongs to nForce chipset drivers)
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvBridge.kmd
SynTP.sys Mon Aug 24 13:37:05 2009 (4A92CFC1)
Synaptic Touch Pad Driver
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=SynTP.sys
itecir.sys Tue Jul 13 05:50:47 2010 (4C3C36F7)
ITE Consumer IR Driver - EC CIR (PMC) - ITE Tech
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=itecir.sys
nvraid.sys Mon Sep 12 20:01:54 2011 (4E6E9D72)
nVidia nForce RAID Driver
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvraid.sys
Analysis:
The following is for informational purposes only.
Code:
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Loading Dump File [C:\Users\John\SysnativeBSODApps\091613-16953-01.dmp]
Windows 8 Kernel Version 9600 MP (2 procs) Free x64
Built by: [B]9600[/B].16384.amd64fre.winblue_rtm.130821-1623
System Uptime:[B]0 days 0:06:12.440[/B]
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athwnx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athwnx.sys
Probably caused by :[B]athwnx.sys ( athwnx+f540e )[/B]
BugCheck [B]D1, {0, 2, 8, 0}[/B]
BugCheck Info: [url=http://www.carrona.org/bsodindx.html#0x000000D1]DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)[/url]
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000, memory referenced
Arg2: 0000000000000002, IRQL
Arg3: 0000000000000008, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 0000000000000000, address which referenced memory
PROCESS_NAME: System
BUGCHECK_STR: AV
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: [B]AV_CODE_AV_NULL_IP_athwnx+f540e[/B]
CPUID: "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9600 @ 2.66GHz"
MaxSpeed: 2660
CurrentSpeed: [B]2667[/B]
BIOS Version A15
BIOS Release Date 04/08/2011
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Product Name Studio XPS 1340
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
**************************Mon Sep 16 08:28:52.674 2013 (UTC - 4:00)**************************
Loading Dump File [C:\Users\John\SysnativeBSODApps\091613-20375-01.dmp]
Windows 8 Kernel Version 9600 MP (2 procs) Free x64
Built by: [B]9600[/B].16384.amd64fre.winblue_rtm.130821-1623
System Uptime:[B]0 days 0:04:02.440[/B]
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athwnx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athwnx.sys
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvmf6264.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvmf6264.sys
Probably caused by :[B]athwnx.sys ( athwnx+f540e )[/B]
BugCheck [B]D1, {0, 2, 8, 0}[/B]
BugCheck Info: [url=http://www.carrona.org/bsodindx.html#0x000000D1]DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)[/url]
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000, memory referenced
Arg2: 0000000000000002, IRQL
Arg3: 0000000000000008, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 0000000000000000, address which referenced memory
PROCESS_NAME: System
BUGCHECK_STR: AV
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: [B]AV_CODE_AV_NULL_IP_athwnx+f540e[/B]
CPUID: "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9600 @ 2.66GHz"
MaxSpeed: 2660
CurrentSpeed: [B]2667[/B]
BIOS Version A15
BIOS Release Date 04/08/2011
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Product Name Studio XPS 1340
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
**************************Mon Sep 16 07:59:41.703 2013 (UTC - 4:00)**************************
Loading Dump File [C:\Users\John\SysnativeBSODApps\091613-24125-01.dmp]
Windows 8 Kernel Version 9600 MP (2 procs) Free x64
Built by: [B]9600[/B].16384.amd64fre.winblue_rtm.130821-1623
System Uptime:[B]0 days 1:06:50.469[/B]
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athwnx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athwnx.sys
Probably caused by :[B]athwnx.sys ( athwnx+f540e )[/B]
BugCheck [B]D1, {0, 2, 8, 0}[/B]
BugCheck Info: [url=http://www.carrona.org/bsodindx.html#0x000000D1]DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)[/url]
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000, memory referenced
Arg2: 0000000000000002, IRQL
Arg3: 0000000000000008, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 0000000000000000, address which referenced memory
PROCESS_NAME: System
BUGCHECK_STR: AV
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: [B]AV_CODE_AV_NULL_IP_athwnx+f540e[/B]
CPUID: "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9600 @ 2.66GHz"
MaxSpeed: 2660
CurrentSpeed: [B]2667[/B]
BIOS Version A15
BIOS Release Date 04/08/2011
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Product Name Studio XPS 1340
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
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3rd Party Drivers:
The following is for information purposes only.
Any drivers in red should be updated or removed from your system. And should have been discussed in the body of my post.
Code:
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[COLOR=RED][B]nvsmu.sys Fri Apr 24 23:07:14 2009 (49F27E62)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]nvstor64.sys Wed Apr 29 21:57:30 2009 (49F9058A)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]nvmf6264.sys Thu Apr 30 15:45:59 2009 (49F9FFF7)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]rimspx64.sys Thu Jun 25 03:13:43 2009 (4A4323A7)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]rixdpx64.sys Thu Jun 25 03:38:50 2009 (4A43298A)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]rimmpx64.sys Thu Jun 25 04:04:18 2009 (4A432F82)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]nvBridge.kmd Sat Jul 4 15:46:26 2009 (4A4FB192)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]SynTP.sys Mon Aug 24 13:37:05 2009 (4A92CFC1)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]itecir.sys Tue Jul 13 05:50:47 2010 (4C3C36F7)[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=RED][B]nvraid.sys Mon Sep 12 20:01:54 2011 (4E6E9D72)[/B][/COLOR]
ElbyCDIO.sys Mon Mar 4 04:21:51 2013 (513467AF)
VClone.sys Sun Mar 10 20:49:12 2013 (513D2A08)
athwnx.sys Mon Apr 1 01:32:05 2013 (51591BD5)
nvhda64v.sys Sun Jun 16 08:38:07 2013 (51BDB1AF)
nvlddmkm.sys Sat Jun 22 15:11:15 2013 (51C5F6D3)
intelppm.sys Thu Aug 22 04:46:35 2013 (5215CFEB)
NdisVirtualBus.sys Thu Aug 22 07:36:25 2013 (5215F7B9)
intelpep.sys Thu Aug 22 07:38:45 2013 (5215F845)
ahcache.sys Thu Aug 22 07:39:54 2013 (5215F88A)
werkernel.sys Thu Aug 22 07:40:24 2013 (5215F8A8)
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
**************************Mon Sep 16 08:28:52.674 2013 (UTC - 4:00)**************************
nvsmu.sys Mon Jun 29 03:36:37 2009 (4A486F05)
nvmf6264.sys Wed Apr 20 18:49:36 2011 (4DAF6300)
dump_storahci.sys Thu Aug 22 07:40:39 2013 (5215F8B7)
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http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvsmu.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvstor64.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvmf6264.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=rimspx64.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=rixdpx64.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=rimmpx64.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvBridge.kmd
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=SynTP.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=itecir.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvraid.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=ElbyCDIO.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=VClone.sys
athwnx.sys - this driver hasn't been added to the DRT as of this run. Please search Google/Bing for the driver if additional information is needed.
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvhda64v.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvlddmkm.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=intelppm.sys
NdisVirtualBus.sys - this driver hasn't been added to the DRT as of this run. Please search Google/Bing for the driver if additional information is needed.
intelpep.sys - this driver hasn't been added to the DRT as of this run. Please search Google/Bing for the driver if additional information is needed.
ahcache.sys - this driver hasn't been added to the DRT as of this run. Please search Google/Bing for the driver if additional information is needed.
werkernel.sys - this driver hasn't been added to the DRT as of this run. Please search Google/Bing for the driver if additional information is needed.
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvsmu.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=nvmf6264.sys
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=dump_storahci.sys