Blue screen caused by USB WLAN adapter?

Hello,

A while ago, I bought a wireless card and installed it on my motherboard. Then I properly installed the correct drivers and restarted the computer.

At first, it worked; I was able to access my Wi-Fi with the card. Five seconds later, I got a blue screen with the message "BUGCODE_NDIS_DRIVER." After that, I returned the device.

Today I happened to find a WiFi USB stick and wanted to test what happens when I try to access the WiFi with it.

After installing the correct drivers for the stick, I had the exact same problem again. I could see the networks listed, but when I tried to connect, I got another blue screen…

I just noticed one strange thing this time. When I connect to a network with a 2.4 GHz bandwidth, the connection works fine without a blue screen.

But this time with the message "DPC Watchdog Violation".

I use win10 pro 22H2

I don't really care about the whole thing, since I only wanted to switch to Wi-Fi for a short period of time. (I usually use a LAN cable with a Devolo Powerline anyway), but it bothers me that IF I ever have to rely on Wi-Fi again, I won't be able to use my PC.

Thanks for your help in advance. 🙂