Bsod

[EMPIRETANK]

when im playing my game... i get the BSOD and it says drive_irql_not_less_or_equal what does that mean? i havent installed any new hardware at all.. can someone help me out? i would appreciate it..

 

[Iceman]

"Often" the error is due to faulty memory, I say often, but it's not always the case. But, that is what I would look to first.

Log the error and give us the numbers, would help.

Good Luck

 

[EMPIRETANK]

next time it happens i will write it down for u

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

You have some driver or card that needs updating. Installing an old version of EZ CD Creator with Direct CD will cause this, bad RAID or SCSI drivers, and other reasons If applicable, apply the upgrade to XP downloadable from Roxio's web site. http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/index.html


it usally has something to do with a driver IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

 

[Sage]

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

This message can occur on Windows 2000 and XP systems. Identified problems related to particular network cards (usually Linksys)and the whiteboard java technology.

The DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bug check has value 0x000000D1. This signifies that the system attempted to access pageable memory at a process IRQL that was too high.

Parameters
The following parameters are displayed on the blue screen.

Parameter Description
1 Memory referenced
2 IRQL at time of reference
3 0: Read
1: Write
4 Address that referenced memory

Cause
A driver tried to access an address that is pageable (or that is completely invalid) while the IRQL was too high.

This bug check is usually caused by drivers that have used improper addresses.

Resolving the Problem
To begin debugging, use a kernel debugger to get a stack trace.

Also check out MSKB: (microsoft knowledge base)
Q293077
Q316208
Q237468

Finally try doing a search on the forms here for IRQL

Good luck