fun with bsod

[cheezyflier]

this morning i took off to fly vfr from the worlds greatest airplane collection heading north in the carenado 152. i flew for about 15 min and got a bsod.
it said
"IRQL not_less_or_equal"

OXOOOOOOOOA
(OX962B7B98, OXOOOOOOOO2, OXOOOOOOOO1, OX8O4DBC9A)

can anyone tell me what is the deal here?

[IanP]

If it's an IRQ issue (Interrupt Request) then that would normally imply a hardware driver issue.

Not always, as it could be an error in a piece of software calling a bit of device driver, but I'd start by reinstalling the major hardware drivers like graphics cards and RAID/SATA drivers and see if that helps.

[Ferry_vO]

Let me guess: Vista?



"IRQL not_less_or_equal"

Try googling that, you'll get an infinite list of people with the same problem and an equally long list of solutions. Seems to be a generic Vista error code.

Used to get a whole lot of those in the two months I used Vista; my 'fix' was to install Windows 7. Never had that problem again..

[guzler]

I had this problem with a ram stick. I changed the stick and the problem has never come back.

[cheezyflier]

vista problem? but i'm using xp! :icon_lol:
is there wway to test the ram? i don't have any spares.

[JSkorna]

Hi,

Use Prime95:

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103

Thanks,

[harleyman]

That is typically related to a vid driver..but as stated can be ram too...It may never happen again ..
It was very common with SLI setups a while back too...Driver has stopped, and recovered bull...

[cheezyflier]

i will check the ram, then i guess the next step is to re-install the video driver?