Latest Killer network drivers causing random disconnects and BSOD errors

Few days ago Killer Networking released a new driver Version 1.1.62.1727 on their website.

It seems this driver had been causing some issues with the WLAN randomly disconnecting and automatically disabled. Trying to enable the WLAN card from network or device manager won't work, so the next step would be a restart. However going into a restart will result in a long shutting down screen, and ending up with a BSOD with error driver_power_state_failure.

So far this issue is confirm to be not related to BIOS version, I'm on 1.2.8 and some other reported users are on 1.3.16. It also have nothing to do with W10 Anniversary Update.

Anyone with the same problem or had no problems so far with the latest drivers report here so we can decide whether this is really a driver related issue or just an isolated case.

I'll roll back to the previous drivers now and report back in a few days.

Threads with user report crashing:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/problem-with-alienware-17r3.795178/#post-10323682
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/new-dell-system-bios-15r2-17r3-1-3-6.795083/page-2

 

Its characteristic of killer cards to do crap like this. I had a 1103 that pulled the same stunts when under max load, and it would disconnect. Just roll back the driver.

 

Well to be fair I've got no issues prior to this driver, wifi and wlan adapter stays put during heavy load (torrenting / streaming)

and I'm not even on heavy load when the crash happen, just normal browsing. SMH Killer, killing networks literally

 

it's the last killer network driver!!! stupid driver.... I install KillerSuite_1.1.59.1701 and work fine!!! ... thanks for the advice!

 

Good to know. Working fine so far with mine as well

 

Same here, 24 hours and no BSOD. Thanks Zenetic!

 

I had other issues after installing these drivers, apparently nothing to do with networks at all...

My notebook couldn't sleep. It kept the lights on, couldn't wake and required to force shutdown or after a long time ended up shutting down in a probable BSOD.

I rolled back yesterday but hadn't tried sleep mode. Just now I tested it and it worked again.

Long story short, these new drivers are a lot of trouble. Do as everyone says and stay in version 1.1.59.1701.

 

Yea network drivers affecting sleep has been something plaguing Windows since XP.

 

I have had killer wifi cards on two consecutive laptops now, and constantly have had BSOD issues, especially with torrenting.
Tried many many things.

I ended up disabling the Killer Network Manager, preventing it to start.
Didn't have an issue ever since.

I think I might opt for an intel wifi card next time if the option is there.

 

Just use the generic windows drivers for your network card, both ethernet and wifi.

Trust me they're significantly better, which is pretty ****ing sad. With the killer drivers (Or the ones from dells website) I would get constant disconnects, dropped packets but thankfully no BSODs. Using the generic ones that come with the W10 AU update (or even regular windows 10 since it should just auto update) fixes all of those issues and it just works.

You literally don't need any of the utterly garbage killer software that the OEM driver installs. They don't do anything beneficial at all except for take up a tiny bit more system resources.

 

I agree with @cookies981 I've been there and done that.. hehehe.. install the generic from windows 10 AU or this http://www.killernetworking.com/product-support/driver-downloads/standard-drivers
I'm currently using the standard driver without the bloody bloatware.. hope this helps..

 

Hearing all the horror stories about Killer drivers, was the reason I opted for the Intel 8260 in my 17R3

 

my driver is working super good, 0 problems

 

Como pusiste ese panel de control ?? es la version beta?

 

yo soy un beta tester, aquí te comparto la ultima versión
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ajp5LHwBHLSQh22UxwHvpL--oYvL

 

Here is the previous driver for Windows 10, 8 and 7 if anyone needs it. I had to go back to it and was lucky I had it saved on a flash drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzj6JjnAJZjjcExkdFZFa2RCeUE/view?usp=sharing