Xbox 360 controller on pc causing blue screens

I use an afterglow wired Xbox 360 controller for when i play on emulators and the like (this is on my PC). within the past couple months has been giving me troubles in the controller will randomly "disconnect" and not work. normally i unplug it and plug it back in and the problem is solved, but every once in a while that causes a blue screen.

i forget what the exact code is that is displayed on the bsod, but I know it tells me that i am having a drivers issue. the bsod only appears when using the controller or directly after plugging the controller back in.

I have just been using Microsoft Xbox 360 accessories thus far.

I am pretty clueless as to what to do to stop this from happening

are you using Motion Joy? that program causes BSODs all the time. otherwise, it's a driver conflict

I don't believe I am using Motion Joy no

how would i go about solving a driver conflict like this?