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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
So I've done some research about this problem and people say that it
can be caused by anything from a bad heatsink to bad video drivers to a bad motherboard. I'm pretty sure I've narrowed down what is causing it, though - the network. The only time my comp crashes and gives me the BSOD with this error is when I'm connected to the router. I'm plugged directly into the modem right now, and it works fine. I installed a new NIC card, instead of using the onboard LAN, and it still happens. I'm running an Athlon 3500+ on a Chaintech motherboard, Radeon AIW x600 with 1GB Corsair RAM. I've run Memtest, the RAM is fine. I've tried rolling back my video drivers and a lot of other things, but the only thing that stops this from happening is taking the router out of the equation. Any suggestions on how to fix the network drivers so that this won't happen? Can I buy a different router? What if I run the modem through a switch before it gets to the router (it's a WLAN, other people use it in the house), and then run my comp off the switch? Could that work? |
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That heppened to me. It's network. Install sp2, it's fixed. Also,
configure the router's security/encryptian to something lower. Sp2 works well, though. " wrote: So I've done some research about this problem and people say that it can be caused by anything from a bad heatsink to bad video drivers to a bad motherboard. I'm pretty sure I've narrowed down what is causing it, though - the network. The only time my comp crashes and gives me the BSOD with this error is when I'm connected to the router. I'm plugged directly into the modem right now, and it works fine. I installed a new NIC card, instead of using the onboard LAN, and it still happens. I'm running an Athlon 3500+ on a Chaintech motherboard, Radeon AIW x600 with 1GB Corsair RAM. I've run Memtest, the RAM is fine. I've tried rolling back my video drivers and a lot of other things, but the only thing that stops this from happening is taking the router out of the equation. Any suggestions on how to fix the network drivers so that this won't happen? Can I buy a different router? What if I run the modem through a switch before it gets to the router (it's a WLAN, other people use it in the house), and then run my comp off the switch? Could that work? |
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Check here for the MS explanation; 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ' (http://tinyurl.com/yvpfa) Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870920714 |
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Treeman wrote:
Check here for the MS explanation; 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ' (http://tinyurl.com/yvpfa) Treeman I had this problem develop suddenly as well and then it seem to get better but then came back stronger and faster! Im the end after endless searching I came to the opinion that it was because I had installed or modified a driver or hardware that was disagreeing with windows. I checked the IRQ list in device manager and although I had several items that shared the same IRQ none of them seemed to be marked with a yellow ! mark. I ran the driver verifier and after rebooting it showed me the problem. In ignorance I deleted the file thinking that windows will reinstall it when I rebooted. Boy was i wrong I got another BSOD and then when I attempted to sort THAT out I got a BSOD on reboot that would even let me boot in safe mode let alone normal!! I tried many things, like using the restore(or is it repair) console in xp but that didn't work either. In the end I had to do a clean reinstall of windows and decided to reformat my drive at the same time. I then installed all my HDD and other devices one by one and made sure I had the latest drivers for each one. That was a LONG Friday I can tell you! Fingers crossed - I havnt had a problem since Friday! If you want my advice think carefully which device or driver you installed before the problem first started and then go back and either to a rollback (in the case of the driver) or a clean uninstall, reboot and install (in the case of the hardware). Make sure you do a system restore before this just in case and also make sure EVERYTHING is uptodate. Hope this helps and works out better for you. Zankhna |
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Treeman wrote:
Check here for the MS explanation; 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ' (http://tinyurl.com/yvpfa) Treeman It seems any number of things can cause that error to happen. To add to the list: In my case it was my bootscreen image. I was using the BootSkin program to add a new bootup image. Normally things worked fine but when I added a progress bar/image it caused XP to crash with the IRQL... error. I wound up doing all kinds of things to fix the problem before realizing that. -- ANIME SENSHI Marc D. Williams http://tvdog.shacknet.nu/ -- DOS Internet & Tandy 1000 http://www.geocities.com/wilmarcdw/ -- Win3.x Makeover |
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Marc, Every machine is different, along with whatever the user decided to modify. That's why you got a generic response from me. Thanks for posting back about the BootSkin program causing the problem. It may help others out. Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870970244 |
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
I, too, get this message frequently. Several times I was told it was a
device driver, so I reinstalled drivers one by one until I no longer got that message. I still get the IRQL......message, but now it says I have one of 4 viruses that virus scan software cannot detect and suggests that I perform the Protection Scan outlijned in safety.live.com. I have run the PS each time I got this message and no viruses were found. I have even restored to points that I knew everything was working ok. Also tried to restore earlier points but there are at least 2 points that I cannot retore. So this is an additional problem. But back to the IRQL.....problem. Any suggestions? Thanks. "Marc D. Williams" wrote: Treeman wrote: Check here for the MS explanation; 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ' (http://tinyurl.com/yvpfa) Treeman It seems any number of things can cause that error to happen. To add to the list: In my case it was my bootscreen image. I was using the BootSkin program to add a new bootup image. Normally things worked fine but when I added a progress bar/image it caused XP to crash with the IRQL... error. I wound up doing all kinds of things to fix the problem before realizing that. -- ANIME SENSHI Marc D. Williams http://tvdog.shacknet.nu/ -- DOS Internet & Tandy 1000 http://www.geocities.com/wilmarcdw/ -- Win3.x Makeover |
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