Motherboard dead?

cyborg · 1 Jul 2006 at 00:20

I am trying to fix a friends system. It is giving me the good old IRQL_not_less_than_or_equal_to error. I have so far

-Used different RAM
-Removed all PCI cards and disconnected additional CDROM and Floppy.
-System was using onboard VGA so tried a AGP card
-Disabled all on board devices in BIOS (On board USB/Sound/Ethernet)

I still get the above error. This error is always when I am trying to install windows, once I press enter to install and then agree the the terms, it trys to check the current version of windows and gives me the BSOD. Same goes for recovery console.

I think I have tried anything unless one of you guys as an idea?

The system is an old duron 1.3ghz, motherboard has a VIA chipset, 256mb of DDR PC2700.

Any help at all would be great.

SiriusB · 1 Jul 2006 at 00:28

Sure the Windows installation CD isn't borked?

SiriusB

cyborg · 1 Jul 2006 at 00:30

Well I don't see any reason for it to be, and I don't think the IRQL problem happens much with borked cds. It loads all the setup files fine, its only whenever it checks 'existing windows installations'

xirokx · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:11

i kept getting a "FATAL ERROR and STOP errors" recently on a machine I was fixing after the setup files had been installed......I tried a diff win xp cd and it worked....

what was a matter with it that you tried to fix it?

have you reset the CMOS then tried installing windows?

cyborg · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:21

The systems was not turning on at all, well, no monitor. Tried an AGP card and it worked, then after I took it out again the on board started to work anyway. I guess I will have to try another disc, but it really doesn't seem to be a problem with the disc.