Problem with BSOD

[Deadstar]

been having issues with BSOD's... i went to check IRQ and found this

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5716/dfey.jpg

is this bad? cause i don't really understand much of it

 

[kubes]

What is the bsod error your getting? That would probally help us more.

 

[Deadstar]

not always the same. sometimes i see the irql_not_less_or_equal one

 

[kyeana]

full system specs?
Any overclocking?
Anti-virus/spyware?
has it always been happening or did it just start happening?

 

[tweak13]

I would highly recommend running MEMtest87 or something similar to check out your RAM.

 

[Deadstar]

started happening a week ago

E8400 stock cooler
powercolor hd 4870
corsair dominator 2gb
Asus P5Q

everything at stock, complete setup defaults
kaspersky is the anti virus

i got one just now when updating the drivers for my hd 4870, i got a glimpse at the error and saw something like STOP 00x............024

 

[kyeana]

What is your psu?
Download and use prime95 small ffts torture test for a few hours, and download and use memtest86+ for a few hours. If either of those fail then it will be a hardware problem

 

[Deadstar]

corsair 550vx

now i'm almost sure it's hardware. i have two partitions, one with vista and one with xp. i had all those crashed on vista. so i booted xp, played warhammer online for a while, the gfx went crazy for 2 seconds and boom, crashed.

if it were driver related, woulnd't it only happen on one of the partitions?

 

[kyeana]

correct. And it looks like you have an good enough power supply for your system as well (given it could be dying but i doubt that is the issue)

I think the most likely thing is going to be going to be memory issues, followed by either gpu or cpu issues. The first thing you should do is download memtest86+ and run that for a few hours to see if there are any errors

 

[italstalpf3]

definately run a memtest, after that try swapping your ram (even if it says it is ok)

I had a similar problem with my BFG OC 8800 gtx. I am running Vista Business edition. I swapped my RAM (Crucial RAM even though it was ok) switched to GSKILL and it was all fixed.