XP - IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL !!! PLEASE HELP!!!

HELP!

i have XP but would be massively grateful if you could help me with this little big problem. Basically Blue Screen of death seems to happen randomly, seems to be getting steadily more frequent as time goes by.

occasionally the whole pc just restarts and doesnt go to this blue screen but 90% of the time if it does suddenly restart it will go to this blue screen.

Just now it did it and it scared me because after pressing restart it wasnt booting anything and stopped on the very first screen of the start up. So shut it down and then it worked again and booted up fine.

Cant seem to pin point it to a program. Can work fine for hours using adobe premiere dealing with massive amounts of files on my 160gig harddrive and then sudenly crash opening a picture file or dreamweaver. I'm reasonably good with computers as they all say but when it comes down to insides of working and these blue screens i havent got a clue!!

All i know is it could be a RAM problem or Graphics card, but that is purely a guess so i just dont know.


Anyhelp would be very much appreciated.

Also big thing is cant defrag the drive , leave it for about 10 mins and come back to find teh blue screen again, the hardrive has never been defraged. Since dealing with a big harddrive thort it would be best to do, but i cant! That what brings me to think its a RAM problem but i duno! HELP!!!!!!!



MICROSOFT HOME EDITION xp
VERSION 2002
SERVICE PACK 1

AMD ATHLON XP 2600+
2.09 GHz
Ram - 1024mb

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200








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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
is at the top



Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (ox20000001, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xF6EA8BBF)


*** USBPORT.SYS - Address F6EA8BBF base at F6E8F000, DateStamp 3f04cf17

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete


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THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP. REALLY STUCK

What USB devices are you running? Look for some updated drivers for the USB device and / or the USB controller.

These stop errors are almost impossible to read. You can get some that tell you it is a driver when it is really a faulty font. So, take this with a grain of salt.

My guess is that when Windows is swapping from memory to the hard disk, something is where it is not supposed to be and so it stops. How does this happen? When XP first came out, it shut down so fast that the write procedure to the disk telling its index where it left off didn't complete itself. This caused untold hard disk problems.

If it were me, I would back up all my data, emails, address book, etc., onto CD's. I would reformat that hard disk through a clean install.

It could be your video card, but because you can't chkdsk your hard drive, I would count it as the primary suspect.

Extra, extra, read all about it!!

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810980


CAUSE

This behavior may occur if you use a Logitech mouse and the version of the Logitech MouseWare program that is installed on the computer is outdated. This behavior is known to occur with Logitech MouseWare versions 9.10 and 9.24.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, remove the Logitech MouseWare program from the computer and then update to the latest version of Logitech MouseWare.

For more information about how to remove Logitech MouseWare from the computer, see the program documentation or contact Logitech. For more information about how to obtain and install the latest version of Logitech MouseWare, contact Logitech at the following Logitech Web site:

http://www.logitech.com

I have the same problem accept the fact that i have no operating system installed its when im installing Win-XP Home or Pro that i get this message, so its not that logitech mouse solution or any other that i have come accross yet

I am having the same problem. Over the last three days have narrowed it down to an ati video driver. However, I have gone to www.ati.com and grabbed the drivers, but during install get a warning that I do not have the proper hardware or software installed. Upon closer examination of the download page, it is stated that Service Pack 1 or greater should be installed before. Tha problem is that SP1 takes to long to download and install. I do not have enough time to download and install before blue screen. This all started when downloaded and installed SP2. I have since reinstalled from recovery cds approx. 8 times. Any suggestions?

Marshall Giroir

Yes... Had tried that, but when in safe mode with networking...unable to access the internet. My network is wireless. Even in safe mode get blue BSOD. Another install from restore CDs, everything fine. Finally got SP2 installed (no more blue screens). Started installing all of my regular software, and after installed Roxio Easy Creator 5 Basic with patch. After just a few seconds, blue screen again. Just restored using System Restore. Tried to copy files from a cd (made with Roxio) to hard drive and another blue screen. Currently trying another restore point.

Will advise as soon as I can. Thanks

Marshall Giroir

UPDATE...

Problem still resides. Definitely ati driver.

Tried the following, as recommended by the windows error reporting (after receiving STOP Error: Thread stuck in driver

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<b>WORKAROUND</b>
To work around this issue, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Display.
On the Settings tab, click Advanced, and then click the Troubleshoot tab.
Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to None, and then clear the Enable Write Combining check box.
Click OK, and then click OK.

Note This procedure prevents the display driver from programming the hardware incorrectly, but you may lose some display functionality and performance. Although you can increase the hardware acceleration settings higher than None to regain functionality and performance, these settings increase the chance that the issue will occur again. For maximum stability, leave hardware acceleration off.



MORE INFORMATION

This Stop error message may also occur in video adapter drivers that do not represent a physical device. For example, this Stop error message may occur in the virtual video adapter driver that is used by Symantec PCAnywhere. If PCAnywhere is installed on a computer where this error message occurs, visit the Symantec Web site to determine if there are any available fixes for your version of PCAnywhere.

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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This did not resolve the issue. Still getting blue screens. Head starting to hurt after pounding head against wall stopped...

NEXT...

Marshall Giroir

There are unnecessary processes being started that are causing the problem. Have Windows XP sort them out by following these directions:

1. Go to Start>Run> type MSCONFIG.
2. When the box appears, click on the STARTUP tab.
3. Select DISABLE ALL, then hit APPLY then hit OKAY.
4. Reboot and get rid the MSCONFIG splash screen when it appears upon reboot.
5. If you are prompted to reboot again, do so.

You will no longer be bothered by the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen. The processes that you DO need were automatically re-enabled when you did the reboot. You should be in good shape now.

Hi,

just do the following and the same will be resolved,

1)Restart your PC in safe mode and remove and security patch and any driver you recently installed or updated.restart the system normally and see

2) uninstall the service packs and run the PC in safe mode fro three four times it will replace the registry and your problem should be resolve.

3)if not ok with the previous ones restart in safe mode go to device manager remove all hardware from the list and restart the system now install things in a sequence and cancel all others after installing one in one time let it start and see the condition, do repeat this until you got an error or the stable system.

this will definitely resolve your problems.

GM



Originally posted by pasnip2000:

HI ITS ME AGAIN, THE ORIGINAL POSTER OF TEH QUESTION, thanks for all the help. well what i eventually did was... get a new mboard, new processor, reinstaled widows and wlal lovely jubly.

However it has been working fine for the last couple of months, till last nite wen i thort id defrag the c: drive. came down this moring and a BSOD!!!! the first one ive seen on this new setup i have!

i am using adobe premeiere 6.5 and have heard that this sort of program can muck with windws memeory configuration, and i need to partition the actual program or somthing..

any ideas?!

thanks loadS!

it is defintly not the old problem coming back as i changed mboard etc, reinst win. it is defintly premiere and windows and memeory!

my problem
it started with the comp hanging when booting up, where the memory is counted from 0 up to 256 mb.
later it started hanging at the windows 2000 loading screen
and started getting blue screens
-irql_not_less_or equal
-config_initialization_failed 0X00000067
-0X0000001E

i have run memtest (no errors) just installed sp4 (didnt help).
a possible cause: a few months ago i installed some horrible media player that was bug ridden, so i uninstalled it. while uninstalling it, it asked if i wanted to delete a file that was being used, and i clicked yes before realizing it was some file from the system32/drivers folder. but after this happened it was over a month before the problems started. but now that i installed sp4 shouldnt it be fine? (sorry i dont know much about comps)
HELP!!!
specs:
amd 2600+
kingston pc 400 256 mb ddr
maxtor ata133/7200 40 GB
leadtek k7ncr18D

I too had the same problem while installing xp. My hardware config is AMD athalon 2600+, 512MB ram, M7ncg400 motherboard from biostar. After installing xp the blue screen stops, however the system randomly reboots after a blank screen.

After rebooting displays the ever present "Recovered from serious error" message of windows.

The error signature is as follows.
Error Signature:
BCCode : 10000050 BCP1 : C69E0000 BCP2 : 00000001 BCP3 : BF819D18
BCP4 : 00000000 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0
Product : 256_1

After a lot of trials, tricks & research on the net the following seems to work.

1. Disable write combing in adapter setting.
2. Set FSB in bios(advanced chip setting) to 133 instead of 166.
3. Set SPD to auto in memory setting.

However one flaw of this method is both bios & OS report your processor as 2000+(1.5ghz) at 266mhz ddr instead of 2600+(1.9ghz) 333mhz ddr.

Still trying to work around the problem for a permanent solution.

Let me know if any of you succeed.

Kannan(India)

I too had the same problem while installing xp. My hardware config is AMD athalon 2600+, 512MB ram, M7ncg400 motherboard from biostar. After installing xp the blue screen stops, however the system randomly reboots after a blank screen.

After rebooting displays the ever present "Recovered from serious error" message of windows.

The error signature is as follows.
Error Signature:
BCCode : 10000050 BCP1 : C69E0000 BCP2 : 00000001 BCP3 : BF819D18
BCP4 : 00000000 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0
Product : 256_1

After a lot of trials, tricks & research on the net the following seems to work.

1. Disable write combing in adapter setting.
2. Set FSB in bios(advanced chip setting) to 133 instead of 166.
3. Set SPD to auto in memory setting.

However one flaw of this method is both bios & OS report your processor as 2000+(1.5ghz) at 266mhz ddr instead of 2600+(1.9ghz) 333mhz ddr.

Still trying to work around the problem for a permanent solution.

Let me know if any of you succeed.

Kannan(India)

Originally posted by dyuthi:


That's because you're effectively underclocking your FSB...

The multiplier (11.5x?) is always constant, and locked unless you hardware modify the chip.

To stop getting IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error:
Check connection of IDE drives to the cable - master drive MUST be connected to the end of cable and slave - to the middle connector. If you have DVD writer, it should be at second IDE, and if it's not alone there it should be slave.
If your drives are connected other way - wait for IRQL_NOT...
It's a rule, it'simple, but it works!

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error
http://www.tweaksforgeeks.com/IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.html

Hi,

I'm getting IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL when Shutting down my XPPro.Remaining all the time it's working fine.only when ever try to shut down it is prompting with this error Blue screen.

And error is STOP : 0x0000000A (0x0000FFDF,0x00000002,0x00000001,0x80703A8E).
when troubleshoot with Windbg it shows that Bad Hardware drivers but I updated all the drives with the latest one still same problem anybody knows what device causing this problem?

Originally posted by Master Of Orion:


Some of the never PC's all have USB Card Readers, and some of them has a problem with it when you try to do a fresh install, you have t disable USB in the BIOS and then install XP, once installed you can enable the USB in BIOS again.

Hi! I got a similar problem.

I have>
Intel Pentium 520 (2,8GHz)
Motherboard Gigabyte 915P-Duo
512MB RAM PRINCETON 400Mhz- one DIMM
nVidia Geforce FX 6600FX (128MB)
HDD is SATA Western Digital 160GB (JD series)
got a TV-Tunner KWorld,
a Canon Pixma iP1000 printer on a USB 1.0 port
Genius Mouse optical netscroll
-Windows XP Proffesional SP2 version.
-Latest drivers for the Motherboard and Video Card.
-The Processor works at 48 degrees Celsius
-Got no cooler on North Brige but a huge Radiator, by default.

The first WinXpSP2 instalation failed. It wouldn't accept drivers... Got strange conflicts, etc. Then I reformatted, started all over in a diffrent order and now it "works" apparently fine. Then it started by reseting my computer every once in a while with no apparent reason. The restart was accompanied by a clink sound (might have been normal for the HDD). It restarted while surfing the net, or playing solitare, or just listening to winamp. No apparent reason. I assume it's the RAM. I changed the RAM slot, it fixed the only place where it constantly restarted(3dMark2001) but it starded to freeze in other strange situations.. nothing repetable. I just got my first REAL error, a blue death screen stating Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. On the following restart it crashed pretty soon with a IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL at a diffrent address. I'm waiting for it to crash... Could it be that the RAM is incompatible with the MotherBoard? There are no better drivers, nor much older since both the videocard and motherboard are brand new models. The BIOS version is also up to date.

I've seen this problem several times, always on home built systems, and I've corrected by replacing the power supply with higher-end unit. I recommend Antec True550. The latest hardware, especially video cards, have a high current draw, causes voltage fluctuations, and will BSOD or randomly reboot your machine at random intervals.

Don't rule out other issues, such as excessive CPU heat, or poorly timed or defective memory.

Hello,

Hello,

I have the same problem. I just buy a new laptop, Toshiba P25 and I get the blue screen, WHEN I OPEN Internet explorer, AOL, Yahoo Messenger...in fact all what is with Internet... and the laptop restart...
Here is what it tells me when I get the blue screen:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

*** stop: 0x0000000a (0x000000FX, 0X0000000/, 0X0000000&#124;, 0XX0GRDX960)



This code is after the windows load and it apears the window with : windows has recovered from a serious error...SEND THIS ERROR, DON'T SEND...
BCCode : a BCP1 : 000000E8 BCP2 : 00000002 BCP3 : 00000001
BCP4 : 806BD896 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 1_0 Product : 256_1

I don't know what to do...I have installed on the laptop Windows Media Center and all the drivers are installed from factory with the DVD Back up...

The internet conection is through an external modem cable and the lapotp is conected to the modem through an USB cable..
So every time when I open an internet explorer browser I get this error...what can I do?
Please HELP!!
Thanks!

system
Windows Media Center
P4 HT
3.00 GHZ
GF4 FX5200
HDD 80GB

Originally posted by Maast:

... ok, look here, mine is an IBM Intellistation with 2 disks on IDE-0, a CDRW on IDE-1(Master) and removable harddisk tray on IDE-1(Slave).

--> On this same machine Windows 98SE runs fine. so does Redhat 9.1, no problems there.

Win2000 Pro (SP4) was running fine in the past, even after I upgraded the CDROM to a CDRW (LG GCE-8160B) and installed the Genica harddisk tray. One day I boot Win2000 and bang..! 30-60 seconds after it finished booting the screen goes dark and it reboots, sometimes with the blue screen briefly visible. After checking for viruses I began suspecting some MS update (I always update all my systems!).

Time to reinstall Windows 2000..? I did and it solved nothing. Right after the last install step, after cleaning up of temp. folders, on its first restart attempt... it crashes:

Stop 0x0a (0xE26D795B,0x02,0x00,0x80415025) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Address 80415025 base at 80400000, Datestamp 3ad7ad60 - ntoskrnl.exe

- virus is extremly unlikely cause
- passed all IBM-supplied hardware diagnosics tests
- crashes with the most basic setup options and config
- apply all the latest drivers in safe mode, crashes anyway.
- without a tray (removable disk out) the BIOS reports "Disk-3: none", it crashes just the same.

BTW, the boot manager is Systems Commander. I tried installing Win2000 in partition J, booting via C: (Win98SE), as well as a "normal" setup, meaning Win2000 in partition-1 as C: and Win98SE in partition-2 as J: or un-assigned (hidden).

If I rearrange the IDEs like you recommend it creates an operational nightmare with the way Windows assigns drive letters. For instance, this variation:
IDE-0 M disk-1 (leave as is)
IDE-0 S Genica (now on IDE-1 S)
IDE-1 M disk-2 (now on IDE-0 S)
IDE-1 S CDRW (now on IDE-1 M)
Drive D:\ will be the 1st partition of whatever disk is in the Genica tray. If none, D:\ will be the 1st partition of disk-2 and all other partitions, E: F: G; ... slide up / down.

Therefore, how about this?
IDE-0 M disk-1 (leave as is)
IDE-0 S CDRW (now on IDE-1 M)
IDE-1 M disk-2 (now on IDE-0 S)
IDE-1 S Genica (leave as is)

Now, after all my experimenting and reading your advice seems the best but why is only Win2000 Pro (SP2/SP4) having a problem? Thanks in advance to anyone able and willing to help.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;165863

You'll most likely have to take out the offending device (if it is a device), until 2000 install is finished, stick back in and update the drivers if possible.

I have the same problem, same mesage and similar system to the person post at the beggining, I just want to know if someone at the end fix it, my wish its that the software I use be made for linux, cant wait to the moment of dont use windows any more, first the sell it to you and then leave us with the problem, where are you bill come and give some solutions to this crap

Almost the same problems are solved in my case. Thanks

Description:
Logitech mouse ware 8.3
Windows XP Professional, servicepack 1
IBM R50 laptop.

No problems, until after implementing XP service Pack 2.
After installing XP SP2 and rebooting (no mouse attached) all went well, until I attached the mouse. The blue screen appeared.

After downloading/installing logitech mouseware 9.7.91 no more blue screens, but also no pointer movement.

Pushing Update Driver, and letting XP do the search for a driver, the pointer moves again when I move the mouse.

I've seen this problem when there is a Hard Drive (HD) bigger and greater than 60 gigs. Why you ask, cause the BIOS is only able to read and handle 60 gigs to run comfortably.

For instince, about 5 or 6 years ago, BIOS manufactures were having problems with HD's larger than 2 gigs. You had a choice, either have one large drive with no partitions or have multiple partitions of 2 cause the BIOS couldn't understand one larger partition and one small partition.

As you noticed, manufactures have overcome that obstacle. But with today's BIOS being so diverse, its able to recongize and work at different levels. Having one large drive or having multiple partitions, today's BIOS can work with them all. Unfortunatly, we are still at a limitation as before. If you have a 160 gig HD that's not partitioned in any way, then you might have some problems. I had a 200 gig that was giving me problems every month. I kept getting BS and system logs didn't help any. There is a problem with XP as well managing Page Swapping and memory with a HD that big.

Actually, anything over 60 gigs, you might have problems later on that's not partitioned. Its best to partition a HD at 60 gigs and less. XP, large HD's, and todays BIOS is reason enough to partition your HD. You don't want to be in the situation where you have a BS and no extra HD's around to back up your data to.

Check for an updated version of the BIOS, test your memory to make sure it's not faulty, and check your HD for bad sectors as well.

I'd like to add my experience and hope it may be of some help. I was getting this error IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
However, At least I could reproduce the situation and every time it would bsod with the same error. I went down the hardware path thinking it was video card, ram, psu etc. but after replacing all of the above (it's handy having 4 or more working computers ) I was about to do the old c:\ format and reinstall everything. this is an annoying way to do things but sometimes the only apparent solution, but then I tried one last thing after about 25 or so one last things and remembered i had a cd emulator running which brings up a ghost cd drive in "my computer". once it was disabled no more IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error and problem solved. Dasha.

ive got the same problem this problem is extremely annoying! , i recently just got new RAM 1024 now, it seems to work fine, its when its loading up a program usually i see the screen.

It never happens when restarting

It could be that the IRQ ports or something are getting confused with each other.. its more than likely something to do with WinXP

Im also thinking it could just be AMD!, because ive read all the posts and 90% of the people have a AMD computer which there are not 100% realiable i have a AMD, they wear themselves out quicker than Intel i find because they are more speedier than intel.

My specs are:

AMD 2400+ Sempron
1024mb RAM
Geforce 5600XT 256MB
80GB HDD


The thing that usually works is defragment or renewing all the drivers.. which in easier cases format

Which i cant do because i have like 50GB+ of stuff that are really important and i cant put 50gb worth to discs, so im boogered

it COULD also be the startup programs since ive got somin like dumprep in my startup progs, dunno what it is but cant get rid of it.

If someone knows a 100% cure for this prob PLZZZZZZ lemme know

THE SOLUTION
THE SOLUTION

I fought installing windows.. I have installed it on the same hardware many times before... but this evening it just wouldn't work, any of the 10 times I tried with different configs and hardware.

THE SOLUTION
To solve the problem... Just make sure your master drive is jumpered right... and the DVD burner jumpered right!
(mine are master - master on different IDEs)

I put master disk at the last connector of the primary IDE and the DVD burner at the last connector as master on the secondary IDE.

And like magic... It worked.

THE SOLUTION
THE SOLUTION

hey everybody. I notice that everyone like to post their cpu and memory and video card, but how about your Power Supply???? ok, i know it sounds lame, but check out what AMD recomends for your power supply and buy one of those brands. I swear I had this same problem, first with installing, then with just running windows xp, bought myself an AMD recomended power supply and all was fixed.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL --> SOLUTION!!!

I know you all heard this before, but here it is, for real this time:

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THE SOLUTION!!!
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Step 1:
First of all, you must find out exactly what is causing the problem. You do this by disabling auto rebooting when the BSOD appears. Here's how you do that:
1. Right click "My Computer" and select "Properties"
2. Select the "Advanced" tab
3. Under "Startup and Recovery" click the "Settings" button (the third of the three "Settings" buttons) --> A new window pops up
4. In the window that has just popped up, uncheck (turn off) "Automatically restart" under "System Failure"
5. Do not change any of the other settings unless you know what you are doing!!!
6. Click "Ok" to close the window and then click "Ok" again to close the Properties panel for My Computer.

Step 2:
1. Repeat doing whatever it is that seems to cause your computer to strangely reboot
2. When you have finaly succeded, your system will freeze and the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) will stay on your screen until you are ready to manually reset the computer (using the reset button on your case)
3. There will be a lot of unintelligible things written on your screen, but somewhere in the lower third of your screen, under "Technical information", you will see the name of the file that causes the crashes. (The name of the file usually looks like this: whatever.sys Examples: NVMCP.SYS; USBPORT.SYS and so on) Write that down.

The cause of the crashes is a driver that doesen't seem to get along with Windows XP very well. In other words, a file that is part of the driver for a device installed on your computer is causing the BSOD.

Step 3:
Identify the device that nasty file is associated to and update the driver for that device (by update, I don't necessarily mean installing a newer driver, but any driver with which your computer will work fine, even if it's a much older version). Here's how you do that:
1. Right click "My Computer" and select "Properties"
2. Select the "Hardware" tab and click the "Device Manager" button --> A new window pops up
3. In the Device Manager, select the device that you think that filename might be pointing to (if you have no clue whatsoever what device the file might be referring to, try random devices. You will most likely find the device that causes the problem in one of the following categories: Display adaptors, Audio devices, USB devices, Network devices)
4. Right click the device and select "Properties" --> A new window pops up
5. In the Properties panel, select the "Driver" tab and click the "Driver Details..." button --> Yet another window pops up
6. In the new window, all the files that make up the driver for that device are shown. If you find the same filename that pops up on the BSOD, you have found the device that is causing you trouble.
7. When you have identified the device whose driver needs updating, simply reinstall the driver for that device and try to cause the BSOD. If it doesen't bother you again, your problem is solved. If it pops up again and the same filename is displayed within it, change the driver again and again until the BSOD no longer appears.
*8. To update your driver automaticly (it sould work and it's the easiest way, but I don't recommend it), clode the window displaying the driver details and simply click the "Update driver button". The rest of the process is guided by a wizard and it should be easy to follow.

I hope that many of your problems can be solved this way.


Se ya all around!

P.S. The problem initially reported has nothing to do with the jumper settings of your hard drives, the position on the IDE cable. All it has to do with is drivers. --> I am reffering to the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL problem

Hi, I have a similar problem. Recently I had an error as windows was starting to load, it said "Missing NTLDR" (or similar). I looked around on the net abit and most solutions were to repair windows XP using the instalation. So I poped that in and started to repair it. It deleated some files reinstalled some then restarted.

There is no NTLDR error, then letting it boot from the hard drive it started loading files for XP.
After I agree to the licence agreement it starts to "Installing devises" once this about a third of the way the monitor starts to flicker at intervals of about 5-10 seconds, then the mouse stops working, starts working, then stops. At the end of "Installing devices the mouse starts to work again and the BSOD comes up with:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

It also has:
Stop x000000A followed by numbers/letters in brackets

any sugestions? thanks felix

Hi its me who posted the last question I took out a USB mouse beacause of the remarks about a brand of mouses earlier in the article, and it stoped the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD from comming up, the monitor still flickered. It got right to the end then came up with a box about some software not passing logo testing I hit OK (using keyboard) and it continued without problems.

If anyone is having the same error message I think it might be USB mouse trouble (perhaps any USB devices)

the mouse I was using was a laser mouse that said "connectland" on the top, and "souris optiqu model ms-019O" with other stuff on the bottom.

Its probably a good idea to use a PS\2 mouse for a while and see if the problem stops.

hope this may have helped Felix

Yeah I have to agree, A power supply can be a huge culprit. I have used Premiere since 4.0 on MANY systems and never had issues like you describe.

I always recommend disabling as much as possible in the BIOS when doing a WinXP install. Not crucial stuff, but things like onboard audio, network, firewire, USB (unless you need it), unused ports, etc. That way if you enable something and suddenly start having issues, you know exactly what it is.

Hey ive got the same problem, (that my computer gets to the irql not less or equal blue screen)

cept my situation is a little different...

it only happens when i try to start in safe mode but its not just occasionally.. its everytime, ive never been able to boot up in safe mode. i also thought it was my ram except ive taken out a stick at a time since i have two... and i try booting up wiht one. and with both sticks, it still got to that blue screen.

i was trying to boot up in safe mode to delete something by pushing F8 cept i kept getting to that blue screen so i tried setting the computer to boot up in safe mode from msconfig not realizing i wouldnt be able to change it back after shutting down the computer...


so my real problem is that i need to restore the msconfig file back to the original one. i found the command for system restore from command prompt except i cant figure out how to get to the command prompt.

what ive done so far is.. my friend has used the recovery console and did "fixbootmbr" and then after doing that.. it said ntldr is missing which really pissed me off cuz he said he knew what to do.. but i got the ntldr file back and im back to where i started.. now i just need to get the msconfig file back. or something...

ne ideas would be sooooooo appreciated

i do remember running chkdsk except i dont recall what it said ill do that again and repost it.

hey all,
just joined this site, i was facing the BSOD on a new install. because i have not ever built a computer from scratch this was my first one. thought i knew what to do, guess not. At any rate, i dont know all the parameters of this machine, but soon as i get it booted up i will post them here for you all to see.

I was facing the BSOD on a linux install, thought first it was my disks corrupted, then i tried several different distros, still no go. didnt want windows on the new machine, but succumbed to trying to install it. BSOD great, then i blamed it on my maxtor hard drive, just becuase i have had bad luck with maxtor, went and bought a new seagate hdd. installed it, BSOD. man i was furious. Searched the almighty google for the IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error found this site, upon reading a few of the posts, i noticed it said something about badly timed RAM, and also seen it mentioned secondary cd or dvd roms. I disconnected the machine, pulled the wires from my DVD drive leaving only the cdrom connected, pulled the wires from my zip drive. noticed the ram was placed in bank 1 and bank 3, yes i done that, didnt think it made a difference. so i placed the 256 DDR sticks in banks 1 and banks 2. plugged her back up and she is now installing. So as to say exactly what it was that resolved the issue i dont know, as i probably had more than one issue causing the BSOD, so i went to the basics of the install, just my primary needs, vid card, cdrom, floppy. and of course setting the ram in sequential banks.

so i just wanted to thank all who have posted here, now i am going to uninstall windows, and try RH again now that i see i can install the OS.

later all
dosdawgs_inc
http://dosdawgs.com

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I read this thread and tried the following and my bluescreens stoped altogether. I am prety sure it was from updating my video card drivers. My second guess is that it was the Virtual drive on my computer.


-Changed the cable on the hard drive to the end connector and double checked it being set as master.
-Found a different (older version) of my video drivers and installed them.
-Unpluged all USB connectors and used PS/2.
-Closed DAEMON tools and set number of virtual drives to 0.


One or a few of these things worked for me. So i hope this post lightens someone's day!

Let me know if I can help any: ericgreer at gmail dot com .

thanks guys!

I have the exact same problem with my laptop pavillion Zv5267la
My computer info is:
Intel P4 2.80 ghz
640 RAM
128 Mb ATI Radeon 9000/9100 IGP (cant update driver with catalyst because an error appears when i try to install the update)
Windows Xp home

I hope someone can help me with this is getting me sick.. Im guessing has something to do with the video card.. If so? how can I update it because i cant even do that.. somehow installing the driver says something about not recognizing any video card.. that i should install a VGA driver or something like that, dont remember.
Anyway.
Thank you
email me if you want to gvelis@hotmail.com

well it sounds to me like you have a problem with the drivers for your USB ports. On my win xp pro pc i had a similar problem which was caused by putting a high speed USB device into a USB port that wasn't high speed. Eventually we discovered it was a problem with our Zone Alarm firewall system (as well as not having installed our USB drivers). So i suggest disabling your firewall when not using the internet.

Hi,
now I have something which I could not find in all this very helpful site: I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 NOTEBOOK (!) which had the mentionend IQRL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL on shutting down - but as it wasn't frequently updated I thought well - what the heck - gimme all there ist to it from Microsoft and Norton. Everything installed fine, looked great - thought I'll reboot this baby and I'm fine.
Now comes the problem. The mashine will start booting XP but when switching over to full-res screen the BSOD will appear - EVEN IN SAFE MODE!!! And no related driver information.

What I did try: swapping RAM with other notebooks and running memtest: all ok. Entering in the recovery console and renaming EVERYTHING related to Norton/Symantec. Can't make a repair istall as I only have XP recovery disks and need to get data from the HDD. Have a 2000 boot disk from which I used the recovery console.
Tried booting knoppix Linux-on-cd, but that will fail on registering acpi-components. starting knoppix noacpi - gives no cure.

Any help will be appreciated.
Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600
PIII 800MHz 256kb cache
256MB RAM
20GB disk
Trident(?)-compatible video
intel 815 chipset
Guess intel 82820 Sound chip

Regards,
Burkhard

Hello:

I recently bought a NVIDIA GeForce FX video card and started to get a these IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD errors. I have researched around a bit, and I have seem a very common thing. Out of the 35 threads (around the internet) that I have read 32 of the people have a NVIDIA graphics card.

Like I said above I have been running XP and Windows2k on 2 different machines for years. Never had any problems until I bought this NVIDIA 128MB video card. I stuck it into my Win2K and nearly immediately had the BSOD error. I thought well.. maybe is a Win2K problem. So I stuck it into my XP.. I received the same exact error.

I have done just about every single thing a person can do to try to fix this error, for the last 6 months. I have finally seddled on pulling the card and not using it.

I suggest anyone with an NVIDIA graphics card (not on the motherboard obviously) to take out the video card and see if you still receive the errors.

If you don't... the NVIDIA card stikes again... good luck!

There are some people who use nVidia cards and drivers and never see this message. It is sometimes known as the infinite loop phenomenon. As far as I know, no one has found the solution. Some install different drivers and seemingly never have another problem. Anyway, if you are up for it and want to see whether or not you can ever use the card. Be sure that the nvidia drivers are completely cleaned out of your system since the residue of old drivers will cause your machine to have problems. Go here and download Drivercleaner from Driverheaven: http://www.drivercleaner.net/ Use the program in safe mode in Windows.

Put your card in, bring it up and install your drivers. Then, the fun begins - Most of the errors come up when using the Net or playing games. If you have the problem when surfing the net, what you will need to do is bring up taskmanager and watch the amount of memory that your programs are using. It seems that programs that use .net framework are the programs that sometimes conflict with nvidia drivers because they too use some .net programing. What I have found happening is that a program, like Cookie Crusher, which is usually very well behaved will for no reason blow up in its memory use from between 25,000 to 50,000 to as high as 250,000 in memory usage. When that happens "hello BSOD". In otherwords what is usually called a "memory error" is nothing other than running out of resources. Some LCD monitors require you to put software to run in the background of your machine, so that you can turn your monitor 90 degrees and the text flips to accomodate the rotation. Some of that software also causes difficulties. ATI also now requires .net to be installed, and those drivers are beginning to produce similar errors. Ultimately, this is something Microsoft needs to address.

As you said, however, there are a lot of people who just take out their nVidia cards and look elsewhere.

*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (ox20000001, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xF6EA8BBF)


*** USBPORT.SYS - Address F6EA8BBF base at F6E8F000, DateStamp 3f04cf17

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete

Is caused by a large paging file. Usually results in improperly shutting down or infrequent shutdowns.
to repair this .
Go To control panel/click on system Icon/ advanced tab. Performance options button. click on change button. Chnage initial size and max size to 0 . reboot....when rebooting will be prompted that windows will repair paging file. Should resolve problem. If happens frequently. Possibly hard drive failure. replace HD.

*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (ox20000001, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xF6EA8BBF)


*** USBPORT.SYS - Address F6EA8BBF base at F6E8F000, DateStamp 3f04cf17

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete

Is caused by a large paging file. Usually results in improperly shutting down or infrequent shutdowns.
to repair this .
Go To control panel/click on system Icon/ advanced tab. Performance options button. click on change button. Chnage initial size and max size to 0 . reboot....when rebooting will be prompted that windows will repair paging file. Should resolve problem. If happens frequently. Possibly hard drive failure. replace HD.

Originally posted by preiman:


Actually, you should set your paging file manually, 1.5 times the amount of physical RAM you have for intitial size, 4 times physical RAM for maximum size, if you have less than 1gig. 1gig and up of RAM, you can lose the paging file altogether if you so desire, RAM is much faster than using the paging file to write to the HDD.

Originally posted by Relic:

Not entirely true as the OS will page anyway even if paging is turned off.

I would copy/paste from this article but it is copyrighted so here is a link to the HTML file.

Understanding Virtual Memory

Hey Guys....

I also had the same problem. And i figured out, it sometihig to do with my RAM. Bcos I have 3 DIMM modules (129MB) I removed all modules and tryed rebooting the PC with one module. I did the same thing for 3 RAM modules in three times, and with one module I got the same problem. So Im now working with 2 RAM modules so far its seems to be ok. But the only thing i noticed is my graphic acceleration is little bit slow. I guess it also could be ok if i install the XPSP2. If any one have any other solutions pls mail to : venura@gmail.com

129MB? Assuming you meant 128MB of RAM, that would be the cause of the slowdown with WinXP.

Originally posted by pasnip2000:

this should help you also remove one of the memory or usb connector on the m/b and or change the videocard and see sometime disconnect the cd-cdrw-dvd and only use one: or u can use the hdd as an slave and formated on an other pc works forme don't know why. and it should do it. i'm fixing this pc im testing and it works
Stop 0x0000000A or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
The Stop 0xA message indicates that a kernel-mode process or driver attempted to access a memory location to which it did not have permission, or at a kernel interrupt request level (IRQL) that was too high. A kernel-mode process can access only other processes that have an IRQL lower than, or equal to, its own. This Stop message is typically due to faulty or incompatible hardware or software.

Interpreting the Message
This Stop message has four parameters:

Memory address that was improperly referenced.
IRQL that was required to access the memory.
Type of access (0x00000000 = read operation, 0x00000001 = write operation).
Address of the instruction that attempted to reference memory specified in parameter 1.
If the last parameter is within the address range of a device driver used on your system, you can determine which device driver was running when the memory access occurred. You can typically determine the driver name by reading the line that begins with:

**Address 0xZZZZZZZZ has base at <address>- <driver name>
If the third parameter is the same as the first parameter, a special condition exists in which a system worker routine, carried out by a worker thread to handle background tasks known as work items, returned at a higher IRQL. In that case, some of the four parameters take on new meanings:

Address of the worker routine.
Kernel interrupt request level (IRQL).
Address of the worker routine.
Address of the work item.
Resolving the Problem
The following suggestions are specific to Stop 0xA errors. For additional troubleshooting suggestions that apply to all Stop errors, see "Stop Message Checklist" later in this appendix.

A Stop 0xA message might occur after installing a faulty device driver, system service, or firmware. If a Stop message lists a driver by name, disable, remove, or roll back the driver to correct the problem. If disabling or removing drivers resolves the issues, contact the manufacturer about a possible update. Using updated software is especially important for multimedia applications, antivirus scanners, and CD mastering tools.
A Stop 0xA message might also be due to failing or defective hardware. If a Stop message points to a category of devices (video or disk adapters, for example), try removing or replacing the hardware to determine if it is causing the problem.
If you encounter a Stop 0xA message while upgrading to Windows XP Professional, the problem might be due to an incompatible driver, system service, virus scanner, or backup. To avoid problems while upgrading, simplify your hardware configuration and remove all third-party device drivers and system services (including virus scanners) prior to running setup. After you have successfully installed Windows XP Professional, contact the hardware manufacturer to obtain compatible updates. For more information about simplifying your system for troubleshooting purposes, see " Troubleshooting Concepts and Strategies" and "Troubleshooting Startup" in this book.
For more information about Stop 0xA messages, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base link on the Web Resources page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources. Search using keywords winnt, 0x0000000A, and 0xA.



Originally posted by pasnip2000:

hi all.. im new here..

and i have a similiar problem that no-one seems to of had yet.
I only get the BSOD when i play a demanding game such as warcraft 3 or sims2 and when i get it... it says
___________________________________________________________________
A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED
WINDOWS HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER

IRQL_NOT-lESS_OR_EQUAL

IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS STOP ERROR SCREEN, RESTART YOUR MACHINE. IF THIS SCREEN APPEARS AGAIN, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:

CHECK TO MAKE SURE ANY NEW HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE IS PROPERLY INSTALLED
IF THIS IS A NEW INSTALLATION, ASK YOUR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE MANUFACTURER FOR ANY WINDOWS UPDATES YOU MIGHT NEED.

IF PROBLEMS CONTINUE, DISBLE OR REMOVE ANY NEWLY INSTALLED HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE. DISABLE BIOS MEMORY OPTIONS SUCH AS CACHING OR SHADOWING.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

***STOP***: 0X0000000A
(0X0343A8E2, 0X00000002, 0X00000001, 0X804EA943)

BEGINNING DUMP OF PHYSICAL MEMORY
PHYSICAL MEMORY DUMP COMPLETE
CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMIN OR TECHNICAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE.
_________________________________________________________________

also when i restart the machine.. it says its generated an error report and when i click more info.. it displays:

ERROR REPORT

Error Signiture

BCCODE:1000008E BCP1:C0000005 BCP2:BFC814E2 BCP3 B98EBA98
BCP4: 00000000 0Sver:5_1_2600 SP: 0_0 Product: 256_1

The computer specs are as follows:

INTEL(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70GHz
1.70GHz
512mb of RAM
80GIG HD
GForce2 graphics
Onboard sound
and it dials via internal 56k modem

please can someone help


Thanks in advance

Looks like some driver tried write to pageable memory at too high a process internal request level (IRQL) (driver used an incorrect memory address).
Does the BSOD mention any filename?

1st) Check your memory with this:
http://www.memtest.org/
2nd) Update all your drivers.

<offtopic>
If I am reading correctly from this:
BCCODE:1000008E BCP1:C0000005 BCP2:BFC814E2 BCP3 B98EBA98
BCP4: 00000000 0Sver:5_1_2600 SP: 0_0 Product: 256_1

you have not installed any service packs? For your 'own' safety, it is recommend to install service pack 2.
</offtopic>

ok.. it doesnt mention any file names (which is why i found it weird) i have run a memory test and found no errors.. and all the drivers are updated.. i am currently downloading SP2 and will keep you updated on wat happens

Thanks for quick response

I had this problem; something about a network problem; tried to repair windows and it didn't work. Tried to re-install windows XP and then IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL kept popping up.

I came here to check for solutions and checked several other places.

Anyway, my solution was to pull all the cards and connections that were not necessary to try to narrow it down by trying to re-install each time.

It was my network card.


Hope this helps!

I too have had the exact same problem many atime, all but one time it was a corrupted or outdated A drive I had to replace it with a new one and it worked fine but maybe you could download the newest one and then uninstall it and then re-install it with the newer version

To those having the BSOD's, computer spontaneously rebooting on them without notice, system not booting into Windows, computer automatically shutting down when least expected etc., & other mysterious troublesome issues take a look here:
http://www.badcaps.net/

From the site:
"Over the years, there have been massive quantities of name-brand, high quality motherboards failing prematurely due to these faulty electrolytic capacitors used in their manufacturing process. This has doomed MANY popular and expensive brands of motherboards, including: Abit, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Supermicro, DFI, Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and MANY more! "

System Faults:
Motherboard fails to POST.
Memory Test Fails.
System randomly and/or constantly reboots itself.
Fails to fully boot (or even install) Operating System.
System randomly and frequently freezes.
Random & frequent 'Blue Screens of Death'
BSoD or hard freeze under heavy drive activity (Either RAID, SCSI, or standard ATA)
CPU temps abnormally higher than usual under typical or less load.
*CPU VCORE & other system voltages are erratic or far out of tolerances.
Resetting the system after a freeze and the system will not repost.
(You have to completely power down then power back up.)

Could be a bad capacitor(s) on your motherboard or power supply.
Check out the detailed pictures & how to identify faulty capacitors:
http://www.badcaps.net/ident/

I was having similar issues as many describe here. My computer would suddenly reboot at random. And I was getting the BSODS as well. Tried replacing ram, graphics card, updating drivers, & running Memtest software & so on, to no luck. Turns out there were 4 bad capacitors on my computer's motherboard ! After those were replaced the problems ceased to exist and the computer ran much more stable as result. Hope this helps someone here in solving the computer headaches.
cheers,
Vince

I am here because I just experienced the BSOD "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". Prior to this happening, I had installed "Aquazone virtual aquarium" Screensaver by Allume Systems. Included in this BSOD message, was a small message that my ialmrnt5 display driver had failed to work. This display driver is for the Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV 6/21/05 version 6.14.10.4342. Intel's website has a message that it no longer manufactures this driver, nor does it support it or offer any further updates for it. This is the top update you can get for this driver. Therefore, if you have this particular display driver, the only assumption I can make is that you will need to update your graphics card. One last thing I am going to try is to update my DirectX. I have version 9, but noticed that this screensaver program requires 6.1 or better, and installs version 8.0 in it's package. I'm thinking if I re-install 9.0, maybeeeeee it might do something. I doubt it, but one can only hope. My suggestion is to check your graphics chipset and if it is the 82845G or similar, that is probably the problem.

I had the same problem as many of you.
a memory dump occurred with the famed BSOD:

"
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

stop: 0x0000000A (0x000000AF, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x8050FA26)
"

[there was no other notable data.]

Here is the background:

I had been having problems restarting and loading into windows after the "Welcome" screen. Windows would tend to freeze about 15 seconds after displaying the Welcome screen, whether or not I logged in, this stayed relatively consistent. I was only able to get into Windows desktop upon a sacrifice to the computer god of toil and hair-pulling.

Up until the point of this error I had been experiencing some weird screen-tick when playing BF2 and various Valve games. In the middle of playing my screen would go black like the videocard was trying to change resolutions. This was normally harmless except that it would be aggrivating to gameplay.

Finally, in the middle of connecting to a CS source game server I experienced a game crash and then the system let out a f'd up screeching/static/chirping cacaphony of terror. I flipped the power switch and began to troubleshoot.

My solution:
I read much of the entries on the forum, and decided the problem may rest with my videocard or my soundcard. I'd recently done a driver reinstall of the soundcard, which is why i suspected that as well.

I went into safe mode with netoworking and downloaded "Nasty File Remover," the driver for my videocard, and the driver for my soundcard. I had to restart and get back into safe mode to make sure that I got rid of all references to the previous files.

Using Nasty file remover I removed all associated drivers for my Nvidia card and Creative SB Audigy 2.

I then installed the audio, restarted, went back into Safe Mode and repeated the process with the Video.

So far, This has fixed my freezing problems and sped up my computer a bit. Hopefully this will hold out as a solution for me, and hopefully it will work for some others as well.

I'm posting this as thanks for the posts before me that helped to fix my broken computer.


System
ASUS p4c800-e deluxe running bios 1022
P4 2.8ghz w/HT
1024 MB corsair 400 DDR
GeForce FX5900 Ultra
SB Audigy 2
120Gb Western Digital HD
400GB maxtor HD
Logitech wireless MX laser mouse
Microsoft keyboard

i got IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error after installing usb keyboard. i accidentally removed my old ps/2 keyboard while power was still on (10 seconds later and i wouldn't have had the problem at all i think). removing the keyboard while hot apparently caused the ps/2 port to fry.

after numerous reboots, googling and tweaking bios i found solution. i disabled the ps/2 ports from bios. now they don't use IRQs and there's no conflict. i'm using usb mouse also so i could easily drop both ports.

Hi!
I am having this same problem...
Well, in fact, I've had it for a long time.

It happened after I flashed my bios to be able to install a new 500G HD :p

I found out that my problem was RAM related
I have 2*512 RAM cards
When I remove one, everything works fine
But if I use the two cards, I get this error...
I didn't really mind having only 512M for the time being but right now I need more RAM 'cause of the applications I use...

Anyone know why I can't use both RAM cards?
And how to resolve this problem so I can use both?

Thanks!

having this same problem thought mabye i had a bad virus on my windows Xp copied disk went out and bought a new XP disk and a new hard drive still having this same problem any ideas.
this same comuter and board and chip was running Xp no problem.
only started seing this problem after i formate this origanl hard drive with MSDOS 6.22 and now cant get rid of it.
i have reset my bios to last good CONFIG

What make and model motherboard are you using? Posting some specs. may be helpful, as most of these messages are a result of incompatible hardware for the motherboard, or faulty hardware.

Ditto on the hard drive.

Format the hard drive to NTFS. You can make a boot disk with the hard drive manufacturer's utility disk and format the drive. For example, if it is a Maxtor drive, use their Maxblast software.

The RAM is the same with no mixing of makes and types, as recommended by the motherboard manufacturer?

ok heres what i got.....


bsod>irql not less or equal>system reboots>error report>WLAN CARD is the problem....thats where i lose you all.

im running a very old thinkpad t41 2373 7fu

i did what microsoft told me to do and now i only get the pesky BSOD when connecting or disconnecting to the internet or when restarting. sometimes 10-20 times in a row.

i now have a partition that i didnt want and im POOR:-(

please tell me i can fix this without buying another wlan card.

first thing first heres what im running>>>>>>
system:microsoft xp pro
version 2002 service pack 2
intel pentium m processor 1600 MHz
1.59GHz,512MB of ram
network adapters:
intel pro/wireless lan 2100 3B PCI adapter which states"This device is working properly.

If you are having problems with this device, click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter."
location:PCI slot 1(PCI bus 2,device 2, function 0)
(also disabled intel pro/1000 MT mobile connection)

just kick me if this is tmi


resource settings:
memory range C0214000 - C0214fff
IRQ 11
no conflicts

heres what i got.....


bsod>irql not less or equal>system reboots>error report>WLAN CARD is the problem....thats where i lose you all.

im running a very old thinkpad t41 2373 7fu

i did what microsoft told me to do and now i only get the pesky BSOD when connecting or disconnecting to the internet or when restarting. sometimes 10-20 times in a row.

i now have a partition that i didnt want and im POOR:-(

please tell me i can fix this without buying another wlan card.


oh btw i didnt have anything to back up so i restored to factory settings several times(used comp so no copy of windows to install after full reformat),downloaded all updates,drivers,sp2 and no matter what ......bsod
i tried the lenovo forums but it seems no one looks at them ?!

and from what i can remember of the blue screen is that its different sometimes when consecutively rebooting.
sometimes it has the file dump stop message and other times it doesnt. sometimes it says to disable bios caching or shadowing...which i have no idea how...
sorry for the repeat my edit time expired

moniter out of range problm