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Bruce

This is after tech support had me disable auto restart.
I get the error, IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, then it restarts.There is nothing
after this, error, other than the beginning which consist of A problem has
been detected.....ect. Then after it the message about "If this is the first
time you've...tc.
Tech info ***STOP:0X0000000A (OX9B6159E8, 0X00000002,0X0000000,0X8052ZE90)
then beginning dump of physical memory.
This has been going on for awhile and intermittant, unfortuantly tech
support always thinks cleaning everything and going back to the start cures
all. Problem is had it since then. All updates have been installed. Happened
before any new hardware was installed (i.e. printer, scanner) and any
software.

Looking for suggestions. I find it happens more coming out of hibernation,
but that is not always so. I was thinking but unsure that the big fan is
going when this happens, have to pay more attention next time. Is it
possibly overheating? Any way to keep a check if this is the problem. XP HE,
3.2 gig processor, 1 gig of ram, 400 gig hd

Bruce
 
Bruce

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click
on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties,
Advanced, StartUp and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck
box before Automatically Restart.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have
resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

There will also be Error Reports in Event Viewer. Please post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event
Viewer. Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report
complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties. Hardware,
Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What drivers
are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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How do you determine, which event is the one you want to send?

Application, Security, System, there is a lot of things in there?

Had previosly disabled auto restart,
The error I received is included in the email to the newsgroup.
Tech support not suggesting Virtual Memory problem,

Bruce
 
I used to get this error message (amongst others) ... for no other reason
than running the Zone Alarm firewall with the Windows firewall turned on.
No idea why this would generate "hardware failure" type error messages and
cause system resets, but it did!! Windows kept blaming my graphics card!!!

I uninstalled Zone Alarm, turned the Windows firewall off, and now I use
(only) the PC-Cillin 2006 firewall.

Maybe you're in a similar situation?

Mark
 
Bruce

System first and then Application logs. Only Warning and Error
Reports not Information. The first Reports by time from start
of boot.

You can get more information from Event Viewer Reports to
supplement to Stop Error Report.

When troubleshooting BSOD Stop Errors you need information
and luck.

Don't forget the driver information as a high percentage of this
type of error is caused by a badly written driver. Most likely the
solution is to replace a driver. The question is which one!

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Bruce said:
This is after tech support had me disable auto restart.
I get the error, IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, then it restarts.There is nothing
after this, error, other than the beginning which consist of A problem has
been detected.....ect. Then after it the message about "If this is the first
time you've...tc.
Tech info ***STOP:0X0000000A (OX9B6159E8, 0X00000002,0X0000000,0X8052ZE90)
then beginning dump of physical memory.
This has been going on for awhile and intermittant, unfortuantly tech
support always thinks cleaning everything and going back to the start cures
all. Problem is had it since then. All updates have been installed. Happened
before any new hardware was installed (i.e. printer, scanner) and any
software.

Looking for suggestions. I find it happens more coming out of hibernation,
but that is not always so. I was thinking but unsure that the big fan is
going when this happens, have to pay more attention next time. Is it
possibly overheating? Any way to keep a check if this is the problem. XP HE,
3.2 gig processor, 1 gig of ram, 400 gig hd

Bruce
Click to expand...

Hardware isn't just scanners and printers. Have you ever looked inside
your super dooper mumbo jumbo computer?

that IRQL thing is common, seems many things can trigger it.
Reinstalling is prob the best bet (unless you count on luck).
If that fails, then try changing hardware. Take out or change the
sound card. change the graphics card.

It seems that you didn't obey strict rules when reinstalling. Don't
just reinstall everything. Reinstall windows - no drivers. Use the
comp a bit, see if problem. If no problem, reinstall a driver, e.t.c.
Try with minimal hardware. Diff HW. even reach a point where the only
thing you haven't changed is the MBRD.

consider changing RAM. If you have 2 sticks remove one. test. And then
try with just the other one.

I doubt CPU overheating causes that. but you can usually see CPU temp
in the BIOS. If your CPU is overheating then you'd see the temp
climbing. If it climbs to 50 it's not so healthy but not a problem. If
it climbs to 60 then it's running too hot. Dont' let it go to 70, 'cos
then you're really pushing the life of the CPU.

if you're familiar with it then you could use pmagic and install win xp
on another partition as a test.
 
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