I have been roped into fixing this issue for my dad who's computer was stuck in a bootloop, blue screening over and over.
I initially recovered the whole image from backups but it keeps happening. Investigating further it seems to happen when windows update tries to install 'ASMedia Technology Inc - USB - 8/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - 1.16.38.1.'
I have tried hiding the update with the wushowhide tool, and checked that it has registered as hidden, but it still nags the following on the Update status in the settings menu.
'Updates are available
-ASMedia Technology Inc -USB - 8/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - 1.16.38.1.
We need to start a separate installation to complete this update.Select Install to start. If you can't see the task window, minimise this window or check the taskbar.
Updates are ready to be installed
[Install Now]'
Can someone suggest how to fix this please. It has become even more important recently as the backup image of the drive is no longer available after the drive it was on failing.
*The bootloop happens prior to being able to get into any sort of safe mode. I cant even choose my ubuntu partition. It happens when the blue window with rotating **** splash screen appears. The only thing that can postpone this is going into the bios or pressing a key to choose a different boot media (usually a pen drive with acronis true image recovery on at the moment :-| ) No other hotkeys lead to anything but the blue screen.
ASMedia USB 3.0 drivers for Windows 8 64bit. The ASMedia ASM1042 is the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 extended host controller, complies with Intel’s eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI). ASM1042 is highly integrated with ASMedia PCI Express, SuperSpeed USB3.0, High Speed USB2.0 self-design PHYs, applied for SuperSpeed USB host PC system through PCI Express Bus Interface. The package provides the installation files for ASUS ASMedia USB3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver version 1.16.50.1. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version.
Most USB enclosure or expansion drive are designed with a SATA interface that tops out at 6 Gbp. That’s fine in most cases, but if your host computer comes with USB 3.1 Gen2 SuperSpeed 10 Gbps (SuperSpeed+) port capable of even better performance, ASMedia now has a solution for faster USB drives with their ASM2362 USB 3.1 Gen2 to PCIe NVMe SSD chip.
The solution is pretty new, and ASMedia has not setup a product page on their website yet, but they showcased a demo at Computex 2018. In the photo above a Samsung 960 Pro SSD M.2 is connected to another USB board ASMedia – likely based on AS3142 Gen2 xHCI Host Controller – itself connected to a computer with a USB 3.1 Gen2 port. The photo below shows CrystalDiskMark benchmark results comparing ASM2362 USB to NVMe solution to a standard USB to SATA enclosure.
While the USB to SATA SSD achieves around 550 MB/s, the USB 3.1 to PCIe NVMe can deliver around 1GB/s data transfer, which should be close to the 10 Gbps limit once we take into account overheads. So if you need the best sequential performance out of USB 3.1 storage devices, USB NVMe SSD’s will be the way to go once products become available.
ASMedia also had a few other USB 3.1 Gen2 chips at Computex.
Asmedia Usb Host Controller Driver
What Is Asmedia Host Controller
Thanks to TLS for the tip and photos.