Thank you for your post and for the time to communicate this issue to us. We have not identified any known issues by connecting to specific hotspots
You may want to try driver version 15.3.1. from here:
You would download Wireless_15.3.1_Ds32.exe for Windows* 8 32 bit or Wireless_15.3.1_Ds64.exe if your Windows* 8 is 64 bit
This version is also recommended in certain cases where the computer used to run Windows* 7 then was upgraded to Windows* 8 and has some trouble connection to the adapter.
Something else to check woud be the Windows* Event Viewer,
Click on start, in the search box type ‘Event viewer’ click on ‘Windows logs’ then on ‘application’ and ‘System’ check in both in the middle pane to see if any entries apply to the date and time the blue-sceen occurred.
Hello Nathalie!
Thank you for your response! Very much appreciated!
I navigated to the link you provided and found that the drivers you suggested are for Windows 7.? To verify you want me to install the Windows 7 drivers on Windows 8 Pro 64?
The installation I have is a pure Windows 8 Pro 64 (Enterprise) (not an upgrade). The wireless card drivers are the most current Intel drivers for Windows 8-
Wireless Card: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6230-
Operating System: Windows 8 Pro Enterprise Edition (non upgrade)
Driver version: 15.3.50.2 (latest) Found here- Download Center
The drivers work great for most WiFi connections but when connecting to a Nokia Lumia 920 WiFi hotspot causes a BSOD (Blue screen of death) with a "netwsw00.sys" error within 2 minutes consistently. I have tried this with multiple phones and have traced it down to the Wireless Card driver causing the BSOD.
Regardless of WiFi hot spot the driver should not be throwing/allowing a BSOD.
I am an architect/developer and want to alert you of the bug.
There are other reports of this on the web please see-
Bug report: netwsw00.sys (6230, v15.3.x) BSOD on Windows 8 x64
Thank you Nathalie!!
Here is a screenshot of the error, sometimes I get the IRQ error sometimes the netwsw00.sys error.
Thank you!
I am getting BSOD on windows 7 using the
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6230- Driver version 15.3.50.2
when connecting to a hotspot
I installed WhoCrashed and got the following information
On Fri 12/21/2012 6:09:34 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\windows\Minidump\122112-7956-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: netwsw00.sys (Netwsw00+0xB1F3C8)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\windows\system32\drivers\netwsw00.sys
product: Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Adapter
company: Intel Corporation
description: Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: netwsw00.sys (Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Driver, Intel Corporation).
Google query: Intel Corporation KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
checking all driver versions, uninstalled WiDi, but still BSOD whenever I connect my phones HotSpot
I disabled the wifi on my laptop and plugged my phone in via USB and turned on USB tethering and stopped getting the BSOD, it's a sucky work around, but it is a work around just carry a USB cable with you
Intel Support,
Has a bug report been opened with the development support team? This issue is current.
Thank you!
I would like to let others know that I have also experienced this BSOD:
Windows 8 Pro x64 with Intel Centrino 1030-N 15.3.50.2 drivers (current)
Windows Phone 8X OS 8.0.10211.204 (this and all other drivers are current)
However, in my case enabling Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) fixed the issue, albeit with several attempts as my PC kept BSOD'ing before I could enable it.
You can enable it by:
>Right clicking on the Windows Phone hotspot SSID in the charm bar
>View connection properties
>Advanced Settings in the security tab
>Enable FIPS
As per this thread:
Please get this fixed for other users! Thank you!
Thank you Lee!!!
Enabling FIPS resolved the issue!
You rock!!!
Thank you!
I had the same problem with the Windows 8 Intel driver noted and an AGN 6200 adapter in a Lenovo W510, occurring only when connecting to a mobile hotspot; Nokia 822 on Verizon in my case. Non-mobile hotspots worked fine. I resolved the issue by reverting to the driver that Microsoft includes with Windows 8 for this adapter, 14.2.1.3 dated 10/7/2011. No further problems.
I have the exact same problem. Lumia 920 hotspot crashes on 6230 adapter. After enabling FIPS the issue was resolved. But I think this issue is a mayor problem and should be fixed quickly.
Thank you for taking the time and reporting the issues and current work around, Just to let you know that this is being work on to identify a solution integrated in future drivers.
Similar issue here :
Windows 7 (64-bit) + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
BSOD with WiFi tethering with Nexus 4. The crashes happens within a few seconds of establishing the connection.
Just want to add to the list, this is also occurring when trying to tether with a Motorola Razr HD. The wifi card in the laptop is an Intel Centrino 6205, driver version is dated 1/25/2013 with a version number of 15.4.1.1.
Crash report:
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\MEMORY.DMP
This was probably caused by the following module: netwsw00.sys (Netwsw00+0x3EE63)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\netwsw00.sys
product: Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Adapter
company: Intel Corporation
description: Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: netwsw00.sys (Intel® Wireless WiFi Link Driver, Intel Corporation).
