re: irql not less or equal
Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 4:24 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by self builder
(1 messages posted)
I have had exactly the same problem, and before anyone tells me it is not a memory
problem please read on: -
I tried to install XP and is blue screened with the IRQL message...so I disabled
all the devices I could that might be trying to use the same IRQ - no difference.
Then I began digging deeper into the bios and found the solution: -
1. It's a memory issue.
Try lowering the memory frequency if your bios allows.
I have 333MHz DDR - I lowered this all the way down to 210 MHz and XP installed fine.
Then I though that this might just be coincidence, so I deleted the partition, re-enabled
all the devices and tried again. It worked again! So by logical deduction: -
1. First Attempt - failed with devices enabled and memory set to manufacturers speed.
2. Second attempt - passed with devices disabled, and memory frequency lowered.
3. Third attempt - passed with devices enabled and memory lowered.
Ok, so the problem is fixed, but it does mean that the memory is faulty...luckily
for me I'm sending mine back and getting some from Crucial - never again will I buy
bin memory on the net!
303 MHz oc on a 2500+ Barton (yes the multipliers come unlocked!)
On Monday, March 31, 2003 at 9:20 pm, Jack Managi wrote:
>I've been trying to fix this problem also. I have amd k6-III, 256mb RAM, riva tnt
>16mb agp, and DFI with via chipset, running with winxp sp1. Problem occured exactly
>like you said, when i'm trying to use photoshop 7 and annoying blue screen with
"that"
>msg appeared. I don't have irq conflict however via cpu to agp controller and nvida
>riva tnt use the same memory addresses and I/O. I don't know how to fix it. Already
>update the driver for the video card still the same. I can't change the slot because
>you know..1 agp and via chipset on the mainboard. So can you help? or anyone alse
>that read this...thx
>
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