Evil Bsod: Irql_not_less_or_equal :(


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hi guys, i just did a fresh install of winxp pro (my first time :)),

but i kept crashing to BSOD while playing quake 3, and this was the msg that showed up:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

stop: 0X000000A

(0XF2D88FF, 0X000000FF, 0X00000000, 0X804D678A)

the only things i installed were:

- creative soundblaster live xgamer driver for xp

- detornator 27.42

- quake 3

winamp, trillian,

here's my spec:

AMD T-Bird 1.1Ghz (overclocked to 1.2Ghz)

512mb SD-R

ASUS v8200 pure GeForce 3

NEC AccuSync 21"

Soundblaster X-Gamer

D-Link DFE-530TX+

Maxtor 40G

I used to use winme and overclocked to 1.2g which ran very smoothly w/out any crashing.... so oc shouldn't be a prob right?

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I've gotten the same thing during several attempted installs of XP. I've tried upgrading from Win2000, from CD, from hard disk... nothing works. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated by myself, as well.

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in most cases when memory count is being conducted), and set IRQs MANUALLY. If you are a proud owner of any Creative card, then it cannot share an IRQ with anything, so make sure it does not.

Also make sure you do assign an IRQ for AGP card (make sure it?s also not sharing it, just in case), and for USB, if you use it (if not ? disable it completely, it will free up an IRQ). If you have a RAID controller, they also don?t like sharing too much, but can handle it if there is no other choice (with the reservations made above, read SOUNDCARD AND VIDEO).

Rest should be fine, as most of the NIC?s share IRQs well enough, they can share it with USB, and other devices not listed above. If you cannot assign IRQs manually in BIOS, the only choice you have left is to try to move cards in the slots around.

Also, one quick note, ISA cards generally can NOT share IRQs, so either avoid them or avo:) then :). That?s what helped me, hope this will help you too.

Just one more thing, to be completely sure, I would also recommend to reinstall Windows XP with a modified txtsetup.sif file (found in i386). In this file change the line ACPIEnable=2 to ACPIEnable=0. Or if you still want to install the OS from the original CD, press F7 during setup (when it asks you if you want to install any third party raid or SCSI driver) and later, select "Standard PC" from the list of computers.

Oh yeah, forgot another important thing. Use signed (read WHQL) drivers. Yeah, they are not that fast, but I guess when you choose from stability and speed, the choice is obvious. At least for me. (Well, ok ok, i don't use WHQL drivers for my RAID controller, but Highpoint did a decent job in the last two releases, so they are ok to use)

DAZZ

This is the complete somputer config on which it worked. IRQ setup also included.

AMD Duron 800 @ 1 GHz (7.5x133) @ 1.85(actual 1.92)V.

300W Codegen (Generic?) PSU, Extra Generic Case Fan, open side panel

Thermaltake Dragon ORB 3 Fan (7000 RPM, A1135 model), OCZ QuikSilver II

Abit KT7A-RAID, BIOS v64, modded, includes HPT370 RAID bios 2.3, HPT driver 2.3 (www.biosmods.com, www.highpoint-tech.com)

768(3x256)MB Micron and Mushkin PC 133 RAM, CL3, PC133, Turbo Settings in BIOS

PowerColor PowerGen GeForce 2 MX 32 MB with Blue ORB Fan, not overclocked (and never was), Detonator 21.83 (WHQL)

Sound Blaster Live! Value, Creative official win2000/xp drivers (www.americas.creative.com).

WD Caviar WD1000BB 100GB UDMA5(ATA100) Hard Drive, pri master, RAID channel 1 (not in RAID mode), 2 FAT32 partitions

IBM DESKSTAR 60 GXP 60GB UDMA5(ATA100) Hard Drive, pri master, RAID channel 2 (not in RAID mode), 1 NTFS partition. Dead. RMA pending, damn it.

Asus 50x CD-ROM, UDMA33, pri master, VIA IDE1

Creative 12x DVD (40x CD), UDMA33, pri slave, VIA IDE1

Plextor 16/10/40A CD-RW, MWUDMA2, pri master, VIA IDE2

CNET 200 PRO 10/100 Ethernet

All COM/LPT ports disabled (use USB instead), but it's not quite relevant

3COM Cable Modem

Samsung SyncMaster 755 DF Monitor

Altec Lansing AS33 Speakers + Subwoofer (front), AIWA Sereo system (back), 4.1 mode.

MS Wheelmouse Optical

MS Internet Keyboard Pro

Windows XP Professional

United Devices Cancer research 24/7/365, CPU load 100%, 45*C, record uptime over 1 month

ACPI : Disabled

HPT370 RAID : Enabled

USB : Enabled, IRQ assigned

AGP : 4x, No FastWrites, IRQ assigned, voltage BA.

Memory : 4-way interleave, Turbo

PNP OS : No

Via 4 in 1, v4.37

DirectX v8.1

IRQ layout:

0: System timer //cannot be changed

1: PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key) //cannot be changed

5: Creative SB Live! Value (WDM) //can be changed

6: Standard floppy disk controller //cannot be changed

8: System CMOS/real time clock //cannot be changed

10: CNet PRO200 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter //can be changed

10: VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller //can be changed

10: VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller //can be changed

11: HPT370A UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller //can be changed

12: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 //can be changed

13: Numeric data processor //can be changed, but should not

14: Primary IDE Channel //can be changed, but should not

15: Secondary IDE Channel //can be changed, but should not

HOPE THAT HELPS

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