IRQL not or less equal

[Guest knucmo]

Hello there,

 

My friends computer is having a few problems at the minute. One of

which is a recurring BSOD containing the error message 'IRQL not or

less equal'. Coincidental (or perhaps caused by) is the fact that he

cannot connect to our router although the rest of us on our house

can. But the IRQL error is the one I would like to solve firstly. I

have ran a memory test as recommended by many IT experts and there was

no trouble with the memory. Any other things I can try?

[Guest Malke]

Re: IRQL not or less equal

 

knucmo wrote:

> Hello there,

>

> My friends computer is having a few problems at the minute. One of

> which is a recurring BSOD containing the error message 'IRQL not or

> less equal'. Coincidental (or perhaps caused by) is the fact that he

> cannot connect to our router although the rest of us on our house

> can. But the IRQL error is the one I would like to solve firstly. I

> have ran a memory test as recommended by many IT experts and there was

> no trouble with the memory. Any other things I can try?

 

Usually the IRQ... Stop Error will give the name of the problematic file.

Post back with that important missing detail so we can help you. IRQ.. Stop

Errors usually indicate firstly a problem with drivers (hence the need for

the missing name of the file) and secondly a hardware problem.

 

And as always, have your friend answer The First Question Of

Troubleshooting: If the problem is new, what changed between the time

things worked and the time they didn't?

 

Malke

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[Guest Bob I]

Re: IRQL not or less equal

 

The rest of the error message will tell you where to look. See link below

 

http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x0a

 

 

 

knucmo wrote:

> Hello there,

>

> My friends computer is having a few problems at the minute. One of

> which is a recurring BSOD containing the error message 'IRQL not or

> less equal'. Coincidental (or perhaps caused by) is the fact that he

> cannot connect to our router although the rest of us on our house

> can. But the IRQL error is the one I would like to solve firstly. I

> have ran a memory test as recommended by many IT experts and there was

> no trouble with the memory. Any other things I can try?

[Guest knucmo]

Re: IRQL not or less equal

 

On 22 Oct, 14:48, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The rest of the error message will tell you where to look. See link below

>

> http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x0a

>

> knucmo wrote:

> > Hello there,

>

> > My friends computer is having a few problems at the minute. One of

> > which is a recurring BSOD containing the error message 'IRQLnotor

> >lessequal'. Coincidental (or perhaps caused by) is the fact that he

> > cannot connect to our router although the rest of us on our house

> > can. But theIRQLerror is the one I would like to solve firstly. I

> > have ran a memory test as recommended by many IT experts and there was

> > no trouble with the memory. Any other things I can try?

 

Hi guys, thanks for the advice, but it's just got worse now. I had a

look at the MSDN article - I tried to get the computer to boot into

safe mode to do a system restore. I did this using the MSCONFIG

method (Boot.ini) and it would not boot into safe mode. So the screen

came up whereby I could boot the 'Last Known Good Configuration' part,

which was temporarily heartening, but XP would not boot. A blue

screen flashes very quickly as XP is loading and then the computer

restarts. I suspect my meddling with the MSCONFIG has caused this,

and I need to get back to a point where the computer loads XP up at

least!! I have never had this much trouble with a computer before.

[Guest Malke]

Re: IRQL not or less equal

 

knucmo wrote:

> On 22 Oct, 14:48, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> The rest of the error message will tell you where to look. See link below

>>

>> http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x0a

>>

>> knucmo wrote:

>> > Hello there,

>>

>> > My friends computer is having a few problems at the minute. One of

>> > which is a recurring BSOD containing the error message 'IRQLnotor

>> >lessequal'. Coincidental (or perhaps caused by) is the fact that he

>> > cannot connect to our router although the rest of us on our house

>> > can. But theIRQLerror is the one I would like to solve firstly. I

>> > have ran a memory test as recommended by many IT experts and there was

>> > no trouble with the memory. Any other things I can try?

>

> Hi guys, thanks for the advice, but it's just got worse now. I had a

> look at the MSDN article - I tried to get the computer to boot into

> safe mode to do a system restore. I did this using the MSCONFIG

> method (Boot.ini) and it would not boot into safe mode. So the screen

> came up whereby I could boot the 'Last Known Good Configuration' part,

> which was temporarily heartening, but XP would not boot. A blue

> screen flashes very quickly as XP is loading and then the computer

> restarts. I suspect my meddling with the MSCONFIG has caused this,

> and I need to get back to a point where the computer loads XP up at

> least!! I have never had this much trouble with a computer before.

 

Sorry, but without knowing the original device file from your first Stop

Error, I can't possibly guess what was wrong in the first place. If XP

won't boot because you disabled the wrong thing, you can try a Repair

Install. If it were me, I'd first:

 

1. Pull the hard drive and back up any data if this needs to be done.

2. Disconnect any USB devices (except keyboard/mouse).

3. Since the problem seemed to be connected to Internet connectivity, pull

the network adapter (NIC) if it's a PCI card, disable it in the BIOS if

onboard.

4. Do some hardware testing - at least the RAM and hard drive.

5. If the hardware tests good, do a Repair Install without the original

network adapter. If all is well and you can get into Windows, I think I'd

uninstall the original NIC from Device Manager and just throw in a new PCI

NIC. This last is just a WAG but NICs are cheap so this extra step is no

big.

 

Malke

--

MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

[Guest knucmo]

Re: IRQL not or less equal

 

On 23 Oct, 16:33, Malke <ma...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> knucmo wrote:

> > On 22 Oct, 14:48, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >> The rest of the error message will tell you where to look. See link below

>

> >>http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x0a

>

> >> knucmo wrote:

> >> > Hello there,

>

> >> > My friends computer is having a few problems at the minute. One of

> >> > which is a recurring BSOD containing the error message 'IRQLnotor

> >> >lessequal'. Coincidental (or perhaps caused by) is the fact that he

> >> > cannot connect to our router although the rest of us on our house

> >> > can. But theIRQLerror is the one I would like to solve firstly. I

> >> > have ran a memory test as recommended by many IT experts and there was

> >> > no trouble with the memory. Any other things I can try?

>

> > Hi guys, thanks for the advice, but it's just got worse now. I had a

> > look at the MSDN article - I tried to get the computer to boot into

> > safe mode to do a system restore. I did this using the MSCONFIG

> > method (Boot.ini) and it would not boot into safe mode. So the screen

> > came up whereby I could boot the 'Last Known Good Configuration' part,

> > which was temporarily heartening, but XP would not boot. A blue

> > screen flashes very quickly as XP is loading and then the computer

> > restarts. I suspect my meddling with the MSCONFIG has caused this,

> > and I need to get back to a point where the computer loads XP up at

> > least!! I have never had this much trouble with a computer before.

>

> Sorry, but without knowing the original device file from your first Stop

> Error, I can't possibly guess what was wrong in the first place. If XP

> won't boot because you disabled the wrong thing, you can try a Repair

> Install. If it were me, I'd first:

>

> 1. Pull the hard drive and back up any data if this needs to be done.

> 2. Disconnect any USB devices (except keyboard/mouse).

> 3. Since the problem seemed to be connected to Internet connectivity, pull

> the network adapter (NIC) if it's a PCI card, disable it in the BIOS if

> onboard.

> 4. Do some hardware testing - at least the RAM and hard drive.

> 5. If the hardware tests good, do a Repair Install without the original

> network adapter. If all is well and you can get into Windows, I think I'd

> uninstall the original NIC from Device Manager and just throw in a new PCI

> NIC. This last is just a WAG but NICs are cheap so this extra step is no

> big.

 

Cheers Malke. I've already tested the RAM, and I'm going to repair XP

this morning. Here goes....