CK2 Crashing and hardware issues PCIe and WiFi compaltibility
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:18 pm
I have a CK2 and it is having issues when the WiFi adapter is enabled. It logs as a WHEA-logger entry and shows this is a the issue in the log entry:
Device Name:
Mobile 6th/7th Generation Intel(R) Processor Family I/O PCI Express Root Port #6 - 9D15
Hardware ID:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D15&SUBSYS_72708086&REV_F1
However, when the wifi adapter is disabled the errors do not show up. This is causing hundreds of WHEA-logger entries for the above hardware ID and eventually locks/bluescreens the PC which the event shows a few minutes after a "reboot without cleanly shutting down first" entry. When disabling the WIFI adapter it will log 3 entries, wlan-autoconfig then two WHEA-logger entries then will have no more issues. The bios date and system date also were wrong after reboot. The issue also caused the bios to boot to shell and not the hard drive which showed no issues even when boot order was set properly. After running safe mode I narrowed it down to the PCI controller and the WiFi adapter not communicating properly and causing hardware issues. This can be solved by a BIOS update I am sure. Also, all drivers have been updated to the latest for the WiFi adapter and the PCI controller per manufacturer. Regular and updated BIOS updates can help with these issues and prevent random crashes and bluescreen errors. Dump reports are not formed due to the catastrophic failure of the system. The system has only been in use for less than 2 months and a reinstall of the operating system will not be an effective or acceptable solution as it is a fundamental hardware I/O issue of the motherboard. We have about 2 dozen of the CK2 machines in production and have had similar issues with others where disabling the WIFI adapter solved some of the same issues.
Device Name:
Mobile 6th/7th Generation Intel(R) Processor Family I/O PCI Express Root Port #6 - 9D15
Hardware ID:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D15&SUBSYS_72708086&REV_F1
However, when the wifi adapter is disabled the errors do not show up. This is causing hundreds of WHEA-logger entries for the above hardware ID and eventually locks/bluescreens the PC which the event shows a few minutes after a "reboot without cleanly shutting down first" entry. When disabling the WIFI adapter it will log 3 entries, wlan-autoconfig then two WHEA-logger entries then will have no more issues. The bios date and system date also were wrong after reboot. The issue also caused the bios to boot to shell and not the hard drive which showed no issues even when boot order was set properly. After running safe mode I narrowed it down to the PCI controller and the WiFi adapter not communicating properly and causing hardware issues. This can be solved by a BIOS update I am sure. Also, all drivers have been updated to the latest for the WiFi adapter and the PCI controller per manufacturer. Regular and updated BIOS updates can help with these issues and prevent random crashes and bluescreen errors. Dump reports are not formed due to the catastrophic failure of the system. The system has only been in use for less than 2 months and a reinstall of the operating system will not be an effective or acceptable solution as it is a fundamental hardware I/O issue of the motherboard. We have about 2 dozen of the CK2 machines in production and have had similar issues with others where disabling the WIFI adapter solved some of the same issues.