error: driver_irql_not_less_or_equal

[suicide007]

Hey, i just installed a sound blaster audigy card and an airnet pci-card with 3 1394 ports. But, now whenever i run windows game advisor and it scans my system, i get teh blue screen of death and it says driver_irql_not_less_or_equal. Does anybody know what this meanss/how to fix it? Im running windows xp sp1, cause i had trouble upgrading to sp2.

I noticed that in device manager, my cpu came up twice, but that might be from the intel hyper-threading.

Also, i deleted the drivers from the mobo integrated sound, but its a plug and play device, so it reinstalls each time I restart. I tried disabling it, and it dose the same thing.

Does anybody know what this means/how to fix it. I think it means 2 devices are attempting to use the same irq channel, but i dont know what an irq channel is. Thanx.

 

[RicoDirenzo]

Either corrupted drivers on your NIC card or, most probably, you have a bad stick of RAM. Download memtest86 and check that RAM!!

 

[Yoad]

I suggest try to reinstall you'r OS [reformat in simple words].

I had that "blue window of death" and I was CERTAIN that my CPU was fried, even my safe mode wasn't booting... [I forgot to attach the heatsink and my poor prescott skyjumped to 90C] but as I reformatted it was all fixed.

 

[RicoDirenzo]

I suggest try to reinstall you'r OS [reformat in simple words].

I had that "blue window of death" and I was CERTAIN that my CPU was fried, even my safe mode wasn't booting... [I forgot to attach the heatsink and my poor prescott skyjumped to 90C] but as I reformatted it was all fixed.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! Run memtest86 and try the nic card in a different PCI slot and it will reinstall the drivers. If it is an onboard NIC, reinstall the drivers for the LAN/NIC. Do not waste your time reinstalling windows!! I'll bet it's a bad stick of RAM!!!! if you have two or more installed, run your system with just one installed and find which one is the culprit!

 

[suicide007]

you were right about the ram. I tried running memtest, and i let it go while i was at work. It ran for seven hours, and i got back, and it was on 27. Then, it restarted itself. So i took out one of the sticks of ram. No more blue screen of death when i run game advisor, but i still cant install service pack 2...