Re: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
- From: "Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:41:31 -0400
which wireless card does she have?
i have had trouble with the intel a/g cards with particular routers and am
thinking that if she had one of these cards and if someone configured her
computer to connect to the new n router by default then the wireless driver
may be the source of the problem. perhaps all you need is to update the
wireless card driver with the current one listed on support.dell.com to
utilize the n router, or just remove the n router from the preferred network
list. you could try to toggle off the wireless card using the fn+wireless
function keys before it fully starts and bluescreens to allow you to work on
installing the new driver.
"Boris" <boris-badenough@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 24, 10:31 am, Daddy <da...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is not an error that is easy to fix over the phone.
STOP 0x0A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUALhttp://www.aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x0a
Daddy
Boris wrote:
I'm trying to fix my daughter's I8600, WinXPHome, SP2, over the phone.
Upon start up, she keeps getting the BSOD with:
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart
your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly
installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or
software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or
shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable
components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup
options, and then select Safe Mode.
Techinal information:
***STOP: 0X0000000A (0xFF1701F0, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804D9B64)
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or techinal support group for
further assistance."
She hasn't installed any new software/hardware. System Restore has
not helped.
What I know so far:
When in Safe mode, the machine loads most applications fine. Word,
Excel, Picasa...
When in Safe mode, Device Manager (show hidden devices) shows no
question or exclamation marks, not even in Network Adapters.
When in Safe mode with Networking, she gets the BSOD again. This
leads me to believe there may be a networking adapter/driver issue.
Under Network Adapters, the Device Manager shows many devices, but the
main ones are:
Broadcom 440x10/100 Ethernet...
Intel Pro Wireless 2200 b/g
My first thought is to Disable each of the above, one at a time, and
see if the machine will boot up normally. If not, then Uninstall each
one, one at a time, and see if the machine boots up normally. If so,
I guess I need to reinstall the network drivers.
She has none of the Dell repair/utility/driver disks with her. She
does have access to another pc so she can download from the Dell site,
and move to her machine via flash drive.
If it turns out that the Intel Pro Wireless driver is corrupt, and she
doesn't have the disk to reinstall it, I wonder if I can install the
Wireless Zero Configuration, which should be on her hard drive.
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/871122
Does this approach sound reasonable?
I've seen the tools for analyzing dump files, but that's way beyond my
capabilities. I have to use a sledge hammer rather than a scalpel.
I had my daughter drive to the end of the street and turn on her
laptop. It worked fine and didn't BSOD. She then drove back, got out
of the car, still with laptop on and doing fine. When she went into
her apartment, it BSOD'd.
I've had the apartment set up with a Linksys WRT54G for a long time.
Last Saturday, one of the roomies wanted to swap out the Linksys G
router for a Linksys N router, to increase speed for gaming. The
consensus was not to swap it out, but just connect the N to one of the
LAN ports on the G router. This coincides with when the BSOD started
to happen, when my daughter got back to the apartment for the first
time since the N was set up.
I've asked her to turn off the N router, and see if she can still
connect to the G router. If so, we'll have to decide if we want to
install the Windows Zero Configuration and see if that works will
work.
I sort of think it's asking for trouble having two wireless
routers,turned on, sitting on the same table, sending out signals.
But I'm no expert.
.
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