Guest Rick Kennedy Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 I had the IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL problem for weeks in early 2010 (XP Pro). My investigations informed me that it was probably a bad PCI network card....but it was not. Finally, (after weeks of my wife nagging me for poor web performance and crashing blue screens etc.) the program 'combofix' diagnosed an 'MBR rootkit infection' (master boot record)...and I used the fix file MBR.exe to fix it. All is well now. No BSOD's for 2 weeks now and webpages are fine and fast as ever. dasgregorian wrote: Another IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL situation 29-Jan-10 So, I have been getting the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD for the last couple weeks. Lately it is down to a couple times per hour. Quite horrible. error Description: Windows detected a new device attached to your computer, but could not find the driver software it needs to make the device usable. Each device manufacturer typically includes driver software of a CD that comes with the device, or as a download from its website. The hardware ID of your device is ACPI\ATK0110. the "ACPI\ATK0110" device seems to be my ASUS motherboard (ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard). It was a home-built computer, so I still have the disc (But it was built properly, I have had it 2 years and this is the first problem). Anywho, I ran the disc to update the drivers... it said the drivers were installed... maybe 45 minutes later, it crashed. I went to the ASUS web site to get the most up-to-date drivers... crashed again within an hour. So, considering that this happens after an hour or so of use (not during start up), on a system that is been running fine for quite some time... can it be anything other than my motherboard just being fried? I thought about throwing out a reformat just in case... but of course I can find my legit windows XP disc... but no sign of the CD key that makes it worth anything. (The person who built the computer put Vista on it, and I cannot get ahold of him for the CD key he used... he wisely did not give it to me, because I'd have lost it anyway). Any help would be appreciated, kthx. -- dasgregorian Previous Posts In This Thread: On Friday, January 29, 2010 7:37 AM dasgregorian wrote: Another IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL situation So, I have been getting the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD for the last couple weeks. Lately it is down to a couple times per hour. Quite horrible. error Description: Windows detected a new device attached to your computer, but could not find the driver software it needs to make the device usable. Each device manufacturer typically includes driver software of a CD that comes with the device, or as a download from its website. The hardware ID of your device is ACPI\ATK0110. the "ACPI\ATK0110" device seems to be my ASUS motherboard (ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard). It was a home-built computer, so I still have the disc (But it was built properly, I have had it 2 years and this is the first problem). Anywho, I ran the disc to update the drivers... it said the drivers were installed... maybe 45 minutes later, it crashed. I went to the ASUS web site to get the most up-to-date drivers... crashed again within an hour. So, considering that this happens after an hour or so of use (not during start up), on a system that is been running fine for quite some time... can it be anything other than my motherboard just being fried? I thought about throwing out a reformat just in case... but of course I can find my legit windows XP disc... but no sign of the CD key that makes it worth anything. (The person who built the computer put Vista on it, and I cannot get ahold of him for the CD key he used... he wisely did not give it to me, because I'd have lost it anyway). Any help would be appreciated, kthx. -- dasgregorian On Friday, January 29, 2010 9:21 AM PvdG42 wrote: As your computer still runs, sort of, you can use a program such as As your computer still runs, sort of, you can use a program such as Belarc Advisor: http://belarc.com/free_download.html to obtain information on your hardware and installed software, including the install key information. Note that the key for your installed Vista will not work with your XP CD. On Friday, January 29, 2010 6:30 PM dasgregorian wrote: Thanks, I will give that a shot. Thanks, I will give that a shot. I did not know I could use that to track down the key I'd already used. I know I'd need an XP key for my XP install... and I used a unique vista disc/key when I had it built... but that disc is locked away in a storage somewhere (guy who built me the computer's going through a divorce and his stuff's in boxes)... so I may be able to track down a friend's physical disc, but use my unique Vista Key. That should work at least as far as the reformat goes... whether the reformat will fix the problem or not remains to be seen... I just hope the motherboard is not physically trashed. -- dasgregorian On Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:11 AM R. C. White wrote: Hi, dasgregorian.When I see this line:I automatically think of heat buildup. Hi, dasgregorian. When I see this line: I automatically think of heat buildup. Any recent (2 weeks ago?) changes in the computer environment? New hardware added into or near the computer? When was the last time it was cleaned and had the dust bunnies removed? All fans spinning - at the right speeds? (No cables interfering with fan blades?) Is it Summer in your part of the world now? RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64 On Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:50 PM dasgregorian wrote: Nope. January=winter up in washington state (right next to canada). Nope. January=winter up in washington state (right next to canada). House is usually around 60 degrees or so. I have cleaned it maybe 3 weeks ago pretty thoroughly. But, all the fans are spinning just fine. No new hardware since it started doing this. Also, since I game on it, I take overprecautions against over-heating... not only do I have the internal fans, but I took the side off and have a box fan the size of my case right up next to the thing... so it is got a LOT of ventilation. Also, I have sensors going to the PCU, video card, and a couple other places that will set off an alarm if it gets close to overheating (Then I just turn the fan from low to medium and it goes back down). The timing may suggest overheating, but could that actually cause this particular "IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL" error? Also, I used the belarc advisor to get the CD key I'd used. I will be reformatting tomorrow unless I get any other idears. -- dasgregorian Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Dr. Dotnetsky's Cool .Net Tips and Tricks No. 26 http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/8e390106-20d1-4b2b-be30-cde5d852348d/dr-dotnetskys-cool-net.aspx Quote
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