Irql_Not_Less_Or_Equal BSOD help

[StevenVel]

Hi, recently I've been having this sort of problem in my windows 7 64 bit OS where whenever I play a game or simply browse the internet with google chrome the applications would crash (aw snap! for google chrome) and after a couple of minutes it would show me a BSOD as indicated in the title.

I already tested my ram with windows memory diagnostic tool I ran 4 tests and there seems to be no problem with it. I assume it's a third party software that's causing this. But I could be wrong since I'm new to all of this. So bare with me please. My full system specs:

CPU: AMD FX 4300
GPU: Palit Gtx 750ti
RAM: G.skill 4gbx2 ddr3
MOBO: Biostar a960d+
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA050 ATA Device

Thanks!

 

[wpgwpg]

Irql_Not_Less_Or_Equal is always a driver problem. To try to find out which driver needs updating, make sure the ones you have ONLY came from your hardware manufacturer. If that's the case, then look in Device Manager for entries having ! or ? to the left. Finally if all else fails, you could look at the very cryptic system event error log for entries flagged ERROR in red.

Good luck.

 

[johnbl]

well, it is always a problem with the data the driver is using. Any type of memory corruption can modify a drivers data and cause it to crash when it used the invalid memory address.

It is just very hard to tell you what the problem is without looking at the memory dump or doing testing.

generally, you would start with a BIOS update, then a motherboard driver update. Test the system memory with memtest86,
then test the hard drive or check it for errors.

with windows 7 you can also run cmd.exe as an admin and run
sfc.exe /scannow
this will attempt to repair corrupted system files from a hidden backup copy.


otherwise, it is best to have someone look at the actual memory dump and the error codes.

there can be power problems that can cause memory corruption also.

Irql_Not_Less_Or_Equal is always a driver problem. To try to find out which driver needs updating, make sure the ones you have ONLY came from your hardware manufacturer. If that's the case, then look in Device Manager for entries having ! or ? to the left. Finally if all else fails, you could look at the very cryptic system event error log for entries flagged ERROR in red.

Good luck.