Hello from new user/member.

[Mal Swann]

Hi

I don't have a funky psuedonym so just call me Mal. I'm one of those arrogant fools who thinks the best way to get what you want is to build it yourself. Big mistake.

I attempted to build an audio workstation using an ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard,1G of RAM, an AMD Athlon +2800 processor and a Radeon Sapphire graphics card (plus a couple of Seagate 40G drives and a Sony CDR).

I managed to get it all up and running using XP but the system is continually crashing. Its' favourite BSOD messages are "DRIVER_IRQ_ NOT_LESS_OR_ EQUAL " and "PAGE_FAULT_IN_ NON_PAGED_AREA".

Having viewed a number of forums in search of a solution I'm beginning to get the impression that these are common messages.

Error reoprting (Via MS site) indicates this is caused by a driver. Can anyone recommend a solution, or software which can identify the problem.

Even with a total reinstall of XP and no additional drivers or applications installed, the problem still persists. A diagnostic memory test using MS supplied software did not recognise any memory faults.

Any help is appreciated.

Mal Swann

 

[Quadophile]

Welcome to our part of cyberspace!

Sorry I am not familiar with the particular Asus board you are using.Rest assured someone here who has used the same motherboard will be able to guide you and sort the problem out.

 

[muckshifter]

... naw, I gave up on Asus ;-)

Hello and Welcome ...

ok, thats the nicities out of the way


IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Stop Errors

Possibly the most annoying Stop error that you will ever see, essentially is a memory error caused by a driver or piece of software that has caused an error accessing memory, It can also be caused by defective/unsupported hardware, so prety much anything

But you missed a bit ... When you get the stop error it will be accompanied by some information i.e.

Stop: 0x0000000A (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL*** Address x has base at x - filename

The parameters refer to the specific issues that are involved:
Parameter 1 - An address that was referenced improperly
Parameter 2 - An IRQL that was required to access the memory
Parameter 3 - The type of access, where 0 is a read operation and 1 is a write operation
Parameter 4 - The address of the instruction that referenced memory in parameter 1

Make a note of the stop error ESPECIALLY the "filename" as this can point you to a defective driver or the software/hardware at the root of the problem.


Now the other one ...

Again, there should be a STOP error message ... 0x50 per chance is it?

If so, run http://www.memtest86.com/ on individual memory ... that is, take one stick out and run the program, replace and run with another stick. If using 4 sticks, that is your problem, only use 2.


Mind you I never liked ATI Radiation cards either, especially the drivers.

 

[Quadophile]

ATI Radiation cards

Your sense of humour is unbeatable

 

[Becky]

Nice to meet you Mal

 

[Cache-man]

Hi Mal, and welcome to PC-Review.

With regards to your problems, are you running the latest version of BIOS, and all the latest drivers for your components.
If not then, get the latest drivers/software from ASUS and ATI sites.
Also with regards to your 1G of memory, what brand is it and how many sticks are you using?

 

[itsme]

Hello Mal!

 

[Mal Swann]

Mals' malevolent machinery

Hello again.

Thanks for all your responses. I now have a couple of courses of action to follow in order to troubleshoot the problems described:

1 Examine the error codes to identify the files being accessed.
2. Try running on 1 memory stick to identify any memory problrms. (I'm using 2 Corsair @ 512MB non ecc) There could be a compatibility issue?

It might be worth pointing out that my aim was to assemble a machine that would only record and playback audio - no internet connection, office functions. photos etc. All this with no previous experience (The boy's a fool!).

If none of these work I could turn to religion/drink/both.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Cheers.

 

[Mal Swann]

Nice to meet you Mal

You couldn't use an old ASUS motherboard could you? They say a girl should never be without one.

 

[Becky]

You couldn't use an old ASUS motherboard could you? They say a girl should never be without one.

Do they?! Well thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid to say it would be no use to me

 

[Frodo]

Hi Mal hope you sort you'r problem.

 

[Alf]

Hello!