IRQL not or less equal

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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?
 
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
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
 
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?
 
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.
 
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
 
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....
 
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