Irql_not_less_or_equal Bsod


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Ever since installing XP I have had this BSOD occur seemingly at random. I have tried everything I can think of to resolve this. I have looked everywhere for info, but have come up with nothing.

I belive this may have something to do with my sound card, as it seemed to go away after removing my SB Live!. I installed an Audigy soundcard today hoping it would not suffer the same fate. Well, I have received yet another one.

I have also updated my BIOS to the latest version.

If anyone could offer some help, I would appreciate it. I will probably take this card back and get a non-creative card to see if that will help.

System

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Windows XP

AMD Athalon 850

512 MB RAM

GeForce 2 GTS running latest reference drivers.

Sound Blaster Audigy (Was running a SB Live!)

Amptron Motherboard. PCCHIP model M807, with VIA KT133 chipset. Using latest 4 in 1 drivers.

Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 NIC

Let me know if there is anything else I should add.

Thanks!

-Jeabus

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Thanks. I appreciate your help. It looks like Creative Sound Cards are not playing well in my system. I suppose I will have to look for another non-Creative sound card.

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did you do the little registry boost? the irq#priority boost reg, cuz i had that same problem before too, except it was when i burn cd's.

before, if i am "multi-tasking" and burning, it would almost always BSOD. but after i removed the reg. entry, no BSOD since.

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mtgriffith,

I installed the drivers off of the CD that came with it and then ran the SB Audigy XP update. This is what the Sound Blaster website told me I was supposed to do. They do not appear to offer a complete driver package.

The Driver Version under XP says "Not Available" for the SB Audigy.

According to Direct X Diagnostics the main file is e10kx2k.sys which is version 5.12.01.0134 and is signed.

nomis_nehc,

I am not familliar with that "registry boost". I will have to look into that. Any info you could provide for me?

Thanks!

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I installed the drivers off of the CD that came with it and then ran the SB Audigy XP update. This is what the Sound Blaster website told me I was supposed to do. They do not appear to offer a complete driver package.

That's exactly what I did. Sorry I couldn't help.

BTW I thing the "registry boost" is a tweak that was posted a couple of days ago.

https://www.neowin.net/bboard/showthread.ph...=&threadid=2880

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I used to get that problem a lot due to an incorrect memory setting. Setting cas 3 memory to cas 2 can cause this error, as can a bad memory module (although that would probably be very apparent). Might also help to move your sound card to a different pci slot, or try switching bios/os irq control.

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mmm... running xp here too, and have gotten a few of BSOD's of these kinds too, not because of Live! card that I have, but seems its flunking out from geforce drivers, at least been a lot more stable with but more recent ones than the ones shipped with XP itself.

Try different display drivers, preferred after the set that comes with xp itself, theyre all worthless...

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Originally posted by Born2kill

I used to have those and it was due to a bad memory stick. I replaced it and it now runs perfectly.

And this is an NT/XP related problem why is it in the Win9x forum?

The short answer is people can't read

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the reg boost is a little add-in for the registry, check here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsystemCurrentControlSetControlPriorityControl

if you have a IRQ#Priority in there, remove it, see if that fix your problem... seeing how you don't know what i am talking about, it's unlikely, heh

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I've had simular errors on two boxes, one a laptop and one a desktop. I would get the 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL' error when i tried to access a network, or play a movie.

Heres the solution i found:-

Uninstall NAV 200x...

Reboot...

Reinstall NAV 200x...

But DON'T update the program...

Just Download and update the Virus Def's...

I haven't had an error for over two months now... :)

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I kept getting that error upon shutdown until I uninstalled Easy CD Creator 5. I guess that it would mean the error is related to CD burning because I got different errors when it was my graphics drivers.

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I've got exactly the same error!!!

but i know it's because of my MP3 Player Aiwa mm-ex300

when i load liquidplayer (the software icluded with it) it crashes my comp and says 'irq not less or equal' or displays an error about my graphic card !!!!

i think it's because of usb in xp and the driver included if it can help you!

anyone have the same problem here !? i need help!! please!!

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DOH! I could have sworn I clicked the NT/2000/XP Forum. That explains the difficulty I was having with finding my thread again.

Sorry about that. If a moderator reads this, could you please move this to the apropriate forum.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I have tried many of them before (changing slots, changing ram settings), but the only thing that really seemed to work was removing the Creative cards. I'm still working on getting a non-creative card in hopes that will work. I have been running the on-board sound my motherboard has and I have not had the problem yet.

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hrmm, seems like the reg boost may not be the real problem causer... i formatted 2 days ago and last night, boom, BSOD with the IRQ crap hit me... i was pretty shocked of course... then i began to think what i have diff than before... turns out that it's because i am using a detonator driver that "didn't" work with my comp.

well, now i am back to 22.40, and all's well.

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