qwaven
join:2005-01-25
Toronto, ON | I think you should try running memtest86 for a bit and see what it reports on your memory.
»memtest86.com/
"IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL" I've seen in the past be a result in failing memory. It can also be a result of incompatable or bad drivers.
Try the memtest, if all is well go to your motherboard and video manufacures websites and grab the latest drivers.
Motherboard: GART, chipset, ide, agp...etc If its VIA you probably can use their all in 1 package.
Video: cataclyst (radeon) or detonator (gforce)...etc
www.ati.com
www.nvidia.com
Also make sure you dont have anything overclocked in your bios. If your not sure you can try setting your bios to fail safe settings or optimal settings. They will most of the time work flawlessly.
As for your hard drives which also could be the problem.
disconect whichever drive is not your boot drive.
go to your manufacture Western Digital or Maxtor and downlaod their drive test tool.
Run it and see what it reports.
If nothing you can try the same on the other drive and see if it reports anything.
Careful not to use any of the format tools if you have any data that you want to keep. Although doing a low level format can help, it will erease and rewrite the magnetic values on the drive. not just the 1's to 0's thing.
Anyway try these out and see what happens.
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CPU: AMD 3200+
MB: DFI LAN Party NFII B
RAM: 1024 MB DDR PC3200 (2-2-2-5)
HD: 2x60GB RAID0 + 160GB
VID: Radeon AIW 9800 Pro 128MB |
