Upon analyzing a crash as usual, I came upon an 8.1 case in which the user was experiencing USBXHCI.SYS crashes. I took a quick look at the modules list and determined that the driver emusba10.sys (E-MU USB-Audio 1.0 driver) was the probable cause as it was dated from 2010 and was all I had to go on in terms of USB related devices and or software on this system.
Sure enough, a Microsoft engineer posted and eventually investigated the issue and determined:
With this said, if any BSOD analysts come across an 8.1 (or 8) based system with USBXHCI.SYS crashes, check the modules list for emusba10.sys and let them know it's a known bug.
Thread itself - BSOD with DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL in USBXHCI.SYS when watching - Microsoft Community
Regards,
Patrick
