re: irql not less or equal
Monday, May 5, 2003 at 4:42 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by chris kelly
(47 messages posted)
sounds like your motherboard should be replaced but what exact message is it saying
after irq_not_less blah blah ........ the next line or so will name an offending
file to make sure
On Monday, May 5, 2003 at 10:24 am, apreik wrote:
>Ok read through here and did not see anyone with my problem with this BSOD. I get
>this one when trying to install/reinstall the OS.
>1. I put the XP CD in (Tried a couple different CD's versions)
>2. it loads in all the stuff at the bottom... (Kernal debugger, fat32, ntfs ...
> the min drivers I suppose)
>3. It says starting Windows
>4. It says continue, hit enter, repair - hit f3 and whatnot.
>5. I hit enter, (Or any key for that matter) and the screen goes black and comes
>back with irql not less or equal.
>
>If I wait at the Windows install menu (enter, f3 et...) than after 5 sec or so I
>get a BSOD with a code attached.
>
>I have tried removing my soundcard and trying, changing out RAM and trying, changing
>slots and trying et... I cannot try without the video card as it is the only one
>I have. (Nvidia ti200 64meg)
>
>The only way I can get it to work is disabling L1 cache in bios, which makes it
very
>very slow. (Still crashes with just L2 disabled) Anyway, long story short, if
this
>is a hardware issue what should I replace? Is the cache on the CPU or the MB?
(or
>any other advice :)
>
>Thanks!
>apreik.
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