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BSOD or similar ?? Help

  • 10-03-2007 1:11pm
    #1
    Hmm_Messiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭


    Hi all
    I turned on the PC last night to this blue screen for maybe 3rd time in 7 months

    I didn't save all the text ( it goies on about maybe problem with recent installations etc (aren't any i can recall)

    I did write down this :
    A problem has been detected and windows has been shot down to prevent damage to your computer

    IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    etc etc

    Disable BIOS options such as cashing or shadowing

    *** STOP: 0x0000000A (0xC008BB80,0x0000000,0x00000000,0x80505b43)


    Any ideas?

    Also I get the attached warning every time I turn on and it then minimies to the task bar, stays there, cant be closed, and I can't find it in running tasks/prossesses in task manager .

    I think this might relate to tryiing to de-install Dells insdtallation of McAfee

    Any help appreciated


Comments

  • #2
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Irql not less than or equal was a BSOD I saw quite a lot of on my old machine...I chased down drivers and stuff for a week trying to find the problem (as it's usually driver related), but when that hit a blank, I ended up running a test on the RAM and it turned out I had a bad stick...seemingly one of the less used sectors since the problem would only happen when running memory intensive programs like games or sometimes at boot.

    Try memcheck86 and see if the RAM's okay.

    Your IE problem I have no idea...I gave up on IE ages ago.


  • #3
    Hmm_Messiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    is memcheck86 = memtest86?

    do i download, save to cdr and boot from cdrom ?



    I dont use IE either but some updates etc only run thro IE


    thanx btw


  • #4
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    yeah got the name wrong. I forget how I ran the diagnostic (been a while) but full instructions were included in the readme IIRC.

    This may not be your problem but it's an easy thing to exclude....but if you're pretty sure it's not something you recently installed then bad RAM is a good possibility.
    The only other time I ever saw this error code was for a crappy USB DSL modem that I promptly uninstalled and binned...


  • #5
    Hmm_Messiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    no I think its morst likely

    had to get the motherboard and ram replaced when i both the pc, was only ever recognisied 2 stics of 512, not the 4 x 512

    thanks


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