Bmarius Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 Anyone knows what this BSOD in Win XP is: IRQL_LESS_OR_EQUAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie9920 Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 I think that is the BSOD I got from Windows XP the first time I ever attempted to un-install Via 4in1 drivers(I learned my lesson now, I refuse to even install Via 4in1s cause they always screw something up in XP) . I also got that BSOD when I moved my hard drive to another comp and booted up Windows XP to restore some corrupted files on another machine. I got the BSODs on boot up, it was caused by the stinking Via IDE controller driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmarius Posted February 13, 2002 Author Share Posted February 13, 2002 I didn't install Via 4in1 drivers! It is just like an Via infinte loop. Maybe from the detonators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted February 13, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 13, 2002 well what are your system specs and what new did you do.. or what were you doing when you got that BSOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie9920 Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 Have you updated your motherboards' BIOS recently? It is possible that after you flashed your BIOS XP is crashing because the IDE controller IRQ may have changed. Or it could be the complete opposite, you may need the latest BIOS for your mobo because alot of Via chipset mobos have updated BIOSes available to fix Via+XP+GeForce problems and other misc Via+XP problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmarius Posted February 13, 2002 Author Share Posted February 13, 2002 My specs are: PIII 800mhz 256 SD-RAM Abit VH-6 Via chipset GeForce 3 ti 200 I didn't do anything new nor installed something new. Just got this stupid BSOD from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron P Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Stop error is mostly usually caused by a driver. If you have recently installed a new driver, remove it to see if the Stop screen does away. See the following articles about this error. http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/prodtechn...md_stp_hwpg.asp http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ar...s/Q130/8/02.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmarius Posted February 13, 2002 Author Share Posted February 13, 2002 I didn't updated my bios, it l the original one since the mobo is made. Do u think guys that I should update my bios? If I update my Bios will I get rid of this BSOD and the old Via infinte loop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie9920 Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 You should update your BIOS and re-install XP(clean install). More than likely most of your problems will no longer exist after you do that. Like I said in the previous post, mobo manufactures have released alot of BIOS updates to fix XP problems with thier mobos(especially thier Via chipset mobos). I had to update my ECS K7VZA Bios to 3.4 to get rid of my infinate loop problems and my bad IDE performance in XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted February 13, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 13, 2002 that's the point of updating. You get new features as well as getting rid of the old ones. You should back up this BIOS you use now though because you might get new problems as well. Make sure you read all instructions carefully and good luck. When did you start getting these BSODs? You should remove some hardware and just leave the Video card and then slowly put them back in to see which one causes that BSOD. I've never had a BSOD in XP. All that BSOD means though is that your IRQs are conflicting in some way that the BIOS can't handle but it's not a conflict that XP detects at first since the BIOS reports everything being ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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