Fix rtwlane.sys Blue Screen error on Windows 10 / 11

Blue Screen of Death errors shut down the system immediately and the user loses all unsaved data. One known Blue Screen error is:

rtwlane.sys Blue Screen error

This error is counts in the DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL category of Blue Screen errors.

Cause-

The cause of this error is outdated or corrupt Realtek PCI-E Wireless LAN PCI-E NIC driver. Usually, it gets resolved after updating these drivers.

 

Fix 1 – Update Realtek driver

1 – Press Windows key and S to open the search box located in Taskbar.

2 -Now, type Device manager and then click on Device manager icon.

Device Manager Min (1)

 

3 – Now, Double click on on Network adapters to expand it.



4 – Now, right click on the Realtek driver and then click on Update driver.

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5 – Now, click on Search automatically for drivers

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If it does not work, Just rollback driver

Note: –If it does not work , then do this, Instead of clicking on Update driver, Just click on Properties.

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Now, Click on Driver Tab and then click on Roll back driver.

Finally click on OK.

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Fix-2 Run Memory Diagnostic Tool-

This problem is associated with corruption in the memory of your system. Running Memory Diagnostic Tool may help.

1. Press Windows key+R to launch Run. 

2. In Run window, type “mdsched.exe” and then hit Enter.

 

Mdsched

 

Windows Memory Diagnostic tool will be opened.

3. In Windows Memory Diagnostic window, click on “Restart now and check for problems (recommended)“.

 

Windows Meory Diaognostic

 

Your computer will be restarted and when your computer is booting up, Windows Memory Diagnostic tool will check for any errors in the memory and will fix it.

This process will may take a while.

Upon completion of the process your computer will be rebooted.

Check if the problem is still happening or not.

 



Fix-3 Change your hard disk policies-

Changing your hard disk drive policies may solve your problem.

1. Press Windows key+R to launch Run window.

2. In Run window, type “devmgmt.msc” and then hit Enter.

 

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Device Manager window will be opened.

3. In Device Manager window, expand “Disk drives“.

4. Right click on the HDD/SSD drive and then click on “Properties“.

 

Hdd Props

 

5. In Properties window, go to “Policies” tab.

6. Now, check the option “Enable write caching on this device“.

7. Finally, click on “OK” to save the changes.

 

Policies Hdd Device Manager

 

Close Device Manager window.

Reboot your computer.

After rebooting this problem will be fixed for sure.

 

Fix-4 Perform error checking of Windows drive-

Errors in the partition of Windows may lead to this BSOD issue.

1. To open File Explorer on your computer, press Windows key+E.

2. In File Explorer window, on the left hand side click on “This PC” to visualize all the drives on your computer.

3. Right click on the drive where Windows is installed on your computer (generally it is Local Disk (C:)) and then click on “Properties“.

 

C Drive Props

 

4.  In Local Disk (C:) Properties window, go to “Tools” tab.

5. Under Error Checking section, click on “Check“.

 

Tools Check Error In C

 

6. Now, click on “Scan drive“.

 

Scan Drive

 

7. Once the repair process is over, click on “Close” to close the Error Checking window.

 

C Check Drive Close

 

Now, try to access the drive again on your computer. If the problem still continues to bother you, go for the next fix.

 

Fix-5 Perform Check Disk-

1. Click in Search box beside Windows icon and then type “cmd“.

2. Then, right click on “Command Prompt” in the elevated search result and choose “Run as administrator“.

3. Click on “Yes” if you are prompted for permission by User Account Control.

 

Cmd Search

 



Command Prompt with administrative rights will be opened.

4. In Command Prompt window, copy-paste and modify the command and then hit Enter after to execute it.

chkdsk /f <drive letter> 

[Example– Replace ‘<drive letter>‘ with the drive letter of the partition where Windows is installed on your computer.  For us the command will look like this-

chkdsk /f  C:

]

 

Chkdsk Isdone.dll Error

 

This process may take a while to be complete.

Close Command Prompt window.

 

Fix-6 Update network adapter-

1] Press Win + R to open the Run window and type the command devmgmt.msc. Press Enter to open the Device Manager window.

Type Devmgmt

 

2] Expand the list of Network adapters and locate the following drivers: Realtek High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver, Realtek Card Reader Driver, and Realtek Local Area Network (LAN) Driver.

3] Right-click on each of these drivers one by one and select Update driver.

 

Realtek Driver Update

 

4] You can also uninstalling the drivers and restarting the system. This would reinstall the drivers.

5] Another way of reinstalling drivers would be to download them manually from Intel’s download center.