Constant Blue Screen with Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (Win 10)

avrona · Feb 23, 2019

I've had my PC crash 5 times now today with this error message. It never happened before and it was behaving completely normally before today. Does anyone know how to fix this?

eidairaman1 · Feb 23, 2019

avrona said:
I've had my PC crash 5 times now today with this error message. It never happened before and it was behaving completely normally before today. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Reset bios, save optimized defaults, see if it stays stable, if it does you are good to go.

Do you know if W10 updated recently?

Put some active air cooling over the VRM heatsinks on that mobo.

Install newer chipset driver, remove nv gpu driver using ddu and install fresh driver.

sneekypeet · Feb 23, 2019

Remove the RAM OC and see if it persists.

avrona · Feb 23, 2019

sneekypeet said:
Remove the RAM OC and see if it persists.

It's not OCd though.

eidairaman1 · Feb 23, 2019

See my last reply

sneekypeet · Feb 23, 2019

avrona said:
It's not OCd though.

Your specs say the RAM is running at 2207MHz. As far as I am aware, nobody sold 2000MHz memory. I assumed you were overclocking a lower binned set. So you are underclocking the ram?

avrona · Feb 23, 2019

sneekypeet said:
You specs say the RAM is running at 2207MHz. As far as I am aware, nobody sold 2000MHz memory. I assumed you were overclocking a lower binned set. So you are underclocking the ram?

No I haven't done anything to the RAM.

sneekypeet · Feb 23, 2019

avrona said:
No I haven't done anything to the RAM.

So look into what eidy says and see if any of that helps.
I am not calling you a liar, but something is going on with that DDR3

eidairaman1 · Feb 23, 2019

sneekypeet said:
So look into what eidy says and see if any of that helps.
I am not calling you a liar, but something is going on with that DDR3

Sounds like a XMP table is off.

I wonder if he is using mixed ram.

avrona · Feb 23, 2019

eidairaman1 said:
Sounds like a XMP table is off.

I wonder if he is using mixed ram.

As in different types of RAM sticks? If that's the case then no, they are the same.

NdMk2o1o · Feb 23, 2019

avrona said:
As in different types of RAM sticks? If that's the case then no, they are the same.

Post a ss of cpuz under the memory and spd tabs, you can open 2 instances and put them side by side to make it easier.

avrona · Feb 23, 2019

NdMk2o1o said:
Post a ss of cpuz under the memory and spd tabs, you can open 2 instances and put them side by side to make it easier.

sneekypeet · Feb 23, 2019

That makes more sense, the ram is running at 1600 not 2000. Look into what eidy said in post #2

avrona · Feb 23, 2019

sneekypeet said:
That makes more sense, the ram is running at 1600 not 2000. Look into what eidy said in post #2

Oh I just read one of the boxes in CPUZ and just thought it meant it runs at 2207.

sneekypeet · Feb 23, 2019

avrona said:
Oh I just read one of the boxes in CPUZ and just thought it meant it runs at 2207.

The first CPUZ window shows DRAM frequency at 800MHz, which is half the rated speed of the RAM, or 1600MHz.

NdMk2o1o · Feb 23, 2019

You can look in event viewer to see if there's more info in there as to what caused the crash though I would start off with resetting the bios defaults first and just see how you get on with that. Also make sure all your drivers are up to date as well as Windows updates and any AV you might have installed.

kastriot · Feb 23, 2019

Use system restore if it's on and go 1-7 days earlier and see does it help.

IceScreamer · Feb 23, 2019

Install a program called WhoCrashed. After installing press "analyze" in the top left corner. Scrolling down you should see a list of blue screens that occured, and the top one will be the one that happened last. It will tell you what crashed your computer, and if it's a driver you can update it.

EarthDog · Feb 23, 2019

Knowing that motherboard and what you have in it, I'd cool those vrms with a fan. No heatsink even with a stock 8370 is a concern....board may be starting to give up the ghost.

I think it's time to buy your ryzen and move on.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/any-news-on-ryzen-3000-pricing-so-far.252421/

avrona · Feb 23, 2019

EarthDog said:
Knowing that motherboard and what you have in it, I'd cool those vrms with a fan. No heatsink even with a stock 8370 is a concern....board may be starting to give up the ghost.

I think it's time to buy your ryzen and move on.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/any-news-on-ryzen-3000-pricing-so-far.252421/

How do you cool VRMs though? The board does have heatsinks on them, and as far as I know you can't attach fans to VRMs. Also if I had the money I may upgrade to Ryzen, but I don't so I can't, I'll probably only do it when I have to.

EarthDog · Feb 23, 2019

avrona said:
How do you cool VRMs though? The board does have heatsinks on them, and as far as I know you can't attach fans to VRMs

This is going to be like the memory speed confusion...isnt it?

The board in your system specs has a weak vrm (3+1 I think) and NO heatsink on the vrm (see the area directly to the left of the socket...those are your vrms). It can struggle with octos at stock. You can buy small heatsinks for them then point a fan at them (be creative).

When you say it BSODs does it do it when idle or under load...what exactly is happening when it does that to you? Gaming? In a browser?

Also, please update your system specs to reflect the accurate ram speeds.

IceScreamer · Feb 23, 2019

EarthDog said:
This is going to be like the memory speed confusion...isnt it?

The board in your system specs has a weak vrm (3+1 I think) and NO heatsink on the vrm. It scan struggle with octos at stock.

The M5A97 in his specs actually has decent VRM cooling, I'm not saying it's not causing issues but that VRM cooler actually looks to be OK.

eidairaman1 · Feb 23, 2019

avrona said:
How do you cool VRMs though? The board does have heatsinks on them, and as far as I know you can't attach fans to VRMs. Also if I had the money I may upgrade to Ryzen, but I don't so I can't, I'll probably only do it when I have to.

60 mm fans or chipset fans

EarthDog · Feb 23, 2019

Maybe I'm googling the wrong board...

Oops, the LE is what I landed on..my fault! I do believe it's still the same anemic 3+1 setup though...but with a heatsink.

Yeah, just try some airflow across that area.

eidairaman1 · Feb 23, 2019

IceScreamer said:
The M5A97 in his specs actually has decent VRM cooling, I'm not saying it's not causing issues but that VRM cooler actually looks to be OK.

3+1 phase is strained for a 8350

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Constant Blue Screen with Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (Win 10)

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