BSOD With Vista plz help

[Dbiggs9]

I seem to have a BSOD issue with my pc. I use windows Vista been using it for over a yr now with never a issue till now. When i boot right when the Desktop shows up BSOD. It's says IRQ_Not_less_equal. These are things i have done.
Installed Vista (Quick Format)
Installed Vista (Full Format New raid setup)
Installed Vista X64
Installed XP / XP
Installed windows 7
installed New drivers
Installed old Drivers
Changed all Setting to stock.
Changed Ram Slots
Changed HDD ports
Changed Heat sink

Not sure what more i can do here i checked everything. i cant seem to get away from my BSOD.

[wolf]

given what you've tried it sounds like a potential hardware failure....

[spearman914]

Seems like it's one ur hdd's. Put each one in, one at a time. Install the os on it and boot. See if that fixes the prob.

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Bad overclock or bad driver on some new hardware, happens to me quite a bit.
My USB wifi dongle is infamous for it.

[Fastmix]

I think is your raid, you are not using the correct drivers.

[Dbiggs9]

given what you've tried it sounds like a potential hardware failure....
Maybe my ram i get less BSOD @ 800mhz over 1066(rated speed)

Seems like it's one ur hdd's. Put each one in, one at a time. Install the os on it and boot. See if that fixes the prob.

I no nothing about raids only that i need one. I Have 2x250g Seagate about 3m old.
They are in Sata Slots 1 and 2 Striped ( i did Notice It says Ports A0-A1 B0-B1 ect. Drives are on port A0 and B1 i dunno why or if it matters)

Bad overclock or bad driver on some new hardware, happens to me quite a bit.My USB wifi dongle is infamous for it.

I think is your raid, you are not using the correct drivers.


Im not overclocking. I used the same Drivers that worked for that last year. Installed Updated drivers and older drivers Same BSOD

[Pinchy]

Maybe my ram i get less BSOD @ 800mhz over 1066(rated speed)


Run memtest see if it gives errors.

[Dbiggs9]

Run memtest see if it gives errors.
Memtest...
Yields None.....

[Guru Janitor]

Memtest...
Yields None.....

How long did you run it for? I would run it for at least overnight.

[lemonadesoda]

Reset the bios
Set stock speeds for ram and cpu
do you have onboard video, if so, remove GPU
use only one stick ram

install os
get stable
try your overclocks
put in extra ram
put in gpu

good luck

[DMF]

The key being to strip all the devices that you can out of the system. Take it stepwise. At each step if something fails then you have a much better idea of what it is.

Simplest possible setup: the board, RAM, video (onboard or some older card), keyboard, floppy. Clear NVRAM and reset BIOS (if you've ever flashed it do it again). Run MemTest overnight. If you get any errors, test each stick individually.

If no errors, add mouse, one HD (no RAID), one optical drive. Install OS. Install NO drivers. Run Prime95 Blend (or something similar) overnight. If any of the threads stop running you've got hardware issues with the core system and you probably can't fix it. Try replacing HD and re-test, then CPU, then MB.

Then install your video card and video and board drivers. Run Prime95 overnight.

Then install your game or whatever it is that is most likely to cause your BSOD and try to make it fail.



BTW, running the system drive as RAID-0 is stupid, IMO.

[crtecha]

Bad overclock or bad driver on some new hardware, happens to me quite a bit.
My USB wifi dongle is infamous for it.

agreed my netgear wifi dongle was killing me I just said screw it and ran a 20ft cat5