yet another BSOD

jessola · 14 Feb 2007

Hi people.
Sorry to bring up such a common issue, but (as the old saying goes) "I'm getting BSODs!"
My system has been running stably for months and i havnt added any new hardware recently either, yet ive started to recieve BSODs complaining about 'DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.' I assume it has something to do with a hardware driver which is causing conflicts, but like i said, i havnt changed anything like that recently. I have even reinstalled windows, but the problem persists, albiet rarer.

If anyone has any advice on how to find out what is causing these problems, or a possible solution, I would be very grateful for your help.
Thanks in advance
Jessola

modo77 · 14 Feb 2007

Does it mention any filenames?

jessola · 14 Feb 2007

im pretty sure it does i think its a .sys file but ill have to wait until it next happens to be sure.

AndyOcUK · 14 Feb 2007

Hold down windows key and tap the pause break key.

Click the advanced tab.

Click startup and recovery.

Un-tick the box that says "Automatically Restart".

Now when you get a BSOD - it will stay on screen so you can post the message it displays and we can diagnose the problem for you.

Genius

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech :cool:

jessola · 14 Feb 2007

ok cheers

im still waiting for another one. it would be embarrasing if it was fine from now on though....

Steve Watford · 14 Feb 2007

If you have a crash dump you could upload it and someone who can actually read them (don't look at me) could analysis it. Or maybe the crash is in the event viewer (i doubt it).

AndyOcUK · 14 Feb 2007

jessola said:
ok cheers im still waiting for another one. it would be embarrasing if it was fine from now on though....

lol. Yeah, that would be sod's law

AndyOcUK · 14 Feb 2007

Steve Watford said:
If you have a crash dump......

I was in a crash.....almost dumped lol