THE SOLUTION - read this!!!!!!
Thursday, February 20, 2003 at 6:20 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by flux
(1 messages posted)
OK... im just going to reiterate what some people have said. This problem happens
(in most cases but not all) because two or more pieces of hardware are using the
same IRQ numbers.
This is what you do to find the culprits:
You should open the "system information" application located in Start > Programs
> Accessories > System Tools. Under "Hardware Resources you will see "IRQ's" click
on that and you will see a list if IRQ numbers and the devices that are using them.
Note the devices that are using the same IRQ numbers. The devices themselves are
not causing the problem, its just that they are sharing the same resource and Micro$oft
just doesnt play nice that way. Anyway, and this is not as hard as it seems: turn
off your computer and UNPLUG IT, open your computer case (this may void your warrenty
so be careful) and take out one of the devices that you noted above and put it back
into a different slot (if you don't have any empty slots, switch them around). See
if you still get the error and if you still do repeat the proccess.
Some info if you are willing to learn about IRQ's:
General info about IRQ's (same for all operating systems)
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/res/irq/index.htm
http://win95-help.brimac.com/irqfaq1.html
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- irql not less or equal (chris kelly: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 4:23 pm)
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