Thanks for taking a look at the files.
I did have an additional crash last night and have uploaded the minidump and memory dump files (9^25 memorydump #2).
Here is the link
http://1drv.ms/ZoRIWs
The printout from whocrashed is here:
On Fri 9/26/2014 4:49:59 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\092514-32546-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x153CA0)
Bugcheck code: 0xA (0xFFFFFA8309F021B8, 0x2, 0x0, 0xFFFFF800101A9C78)
Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that Microsoft Windows or a kernel-mode driver accessed paged memory at DISPATCH_LEVEL or above.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
On Fri 9/26/2014 4:49:59 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: athwbx.sys (athwbx+0x27073F)
Bugcheck code: 0xA (0xFFFFFA8309F021B8, 0x2, 0x0, 0xFFFFF800101A9C78)
Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\athwbx.sys
product: Driver for Qualcomm Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter
company: Qualcomm Atheros Communications, Inc.
description: Qualcomm Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver
Bug check description: This indicates that Microsoft Windows or a kernel-mode driver accessed paged memory at DISPATCH_LEVEL or above.
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: athwbx.sys (Qualcomm Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver, Qualcomm Atheros Communications, Inc.).
Google query: Qualcomm Atheros Communications, Inc. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
To address Paul NZ's post: I had removed the Norton antivirus in August and just turned on Windows defender. This happened after the crashes started to appear and someone indicated it could be a conflict. Anyway no change with the amount or types of crashes since then but the configuration is still Windows Defender and no Norton.
The hdd you are referring to is still installed on the system as a backup drive. During early August in a chat with a Dell tech I explained that I had moved over the OS to the SDD and was experiencing problems. At that time he supposedly wiped the HDD clean but I am not sure whether this could be causing a conflict or not. This drive was the drive originally shipped with the system and originally contained the OS but as I said it was supposed to have been cleaned earlier.
As for when the system crashes, it does not crash going into windows. It "mostly" crashes after it has gone into sleep mode. It will sometimes crash while I am actively using the system, but most of the time it is after I have left the computer for a while and it has gone to sleep and when I wake it up I see it has experienced a BSOD and restarted itself.
As to whether it could be the Nvidia audion drivers, I guess it could be. I really don't know what to make of the problem and what is causing it, however I do realize that the audio is being run by realtek and that Nvidia also has audio so I guess there could be some conflict. I really don't know how to troubleshoot it further.
As to johnbl's comments: I will disable the chrome add ons as you indicate. I do not know why it would be running "chrome.exe.exe". I have noticed recently that the chrome tabs have not been adjusting as well as previously. I have seen some other people reporting this issue although not connected with BSODs.
If the new crash lends any additional information or if there any specific steps that should be taken in order to debug the issue again I really appreciate the help.
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