Vista keeps crashing over and over

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Skyvipers

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Hi, new to this forum here.

Gigabyte ultra durable 3
intel core 2 quad
8gb g.skill ram
evga 9800 gt
sound blaster audigy se

just put together this computer and it ran good for the first few days, now it's to the point where it won't even boot up. It first crashed on me when loading up a game, then it crashed during the middle of updating. It crashes in start up sometimes and it freezes when I'm trying to run the memory diagnostics tool. The blue screen
keeps giving me this message "Driver irql not less or equal" and I
have no idea what's wrong, can anyone help? Sorry if this is
kinda blunt I'm typing this on my phone bc now i don't have a computer to work from.
 

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take all the ram out leave just one stick..............what happens?
 

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    XFX 780i
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    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
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    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
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Skyvipers said:
Hi, new to this forum here.

Gigabyte ultra durable 3
intel core 2 quad
8gb g.skill ram
evga 9800 gt
sound blaster audigy se

just put together this computer and it ran good for the first few days, now it's to the point where it won't even boot up. It first crashed on me when loading up a game, then it crashed during the middle of updating. It crashes in start up sometimes and it freezes when I'm trying to run the memory diagnostics tool. The blue screen
keeps giving me this message "Driver irql not less or equal" and I
have no idea what's wrong, can anyone help? Sorry if this is
kinda blunt I'm typing this on my phone bc now i don't have a computer to work from.
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Try booting into the BIOS and change your auto video settings back to the Integrated option - Thus not rendering the GPU - then, take the GPU out and see if that solves the problem, if not, try the RAM.

Hope this helps
 

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    Intel Neo
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    2GB
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    160GB
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    Power Adapter
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    It's special, it flips open :)
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Zip up and post the .dmp files, usually located in C:/ or C:/Windows.
 

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    Sony Vaio Z46GDU
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    [email protected] w/6MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB
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    9300M GS 256MB + Intel Integrated 4500MHD
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    13.1" WXGA True Colour Tough
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Try running it in safe mode. If this works then you can rule out any hardware problems.
 

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    Self Built
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    I5 3570K
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    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
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    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
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    creative x-fi
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    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
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Yeah I tried switching up the ram and it still crashed. So then I got a new harddrive thinking it was that, and it crashed on me while loading up vista again, so I sent back the mobo and ram. Hopefully it'll work when I get the replacements from newegg.

It got so bad that it even froze while in the bios :(
 

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Skyvipers said:
Yeah I tried switching up the ram and it still crashed. So then I got a new harddrive thinking it was that, and it crashed on me while loading up vista again, so I sent back the mobo and ram. Hopefully it'll work when I get the replacements from newegg.

It got so bad that it even froze while in the bios :(
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Look on the bright side, this can not be blamed on Vista.:)
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
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    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
Any luck w/ Mobo

I just finished installation of my Gigabyte EP45-UD3P mobo as well and it's giving me trouble too. Vista Home Premium 64bit loads fine but I keep getting BSOD during windows update: IRQ less than or equal too. I guess the simple solution is don't update, but that's not much of a solution. I feel like there might be driver issue here some where but I'm not sure. I was wondering if you ever resolved your problem and what you did?
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Wolfdale E8400 3.0GHz 6MB L2 1333FSB
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 dual channel 1066 by G.Skill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD4830 512MB DDR3 PCI-E w/HDMI
    Sound Card
    Integrated in Mobo
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM 16MB cache
    PSU
    500W
    Case
    Raidmax Smilodon
    Keyboard
    Logitech
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    Logitech
onslaughtg said:
I just finished installation of my Gigabyte EP45-UD3P mobo as well and it's giving me trouble too. Vista Home Premium 64bit loads fine but I keep getting BSOD during windows update: IRQ less than or equal too. I guess the simple solution is don't update, but that's not much of a solution. I feel like there might be driver issue here some where but I'm not sure. I was wondering if you ever resolved your problem and what you did?
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It did that too me as well, I actually thought it needed to be updated and it just made it worse. I didn't pay x amount of dollars for an OS that I can't update for nothing, so I decided to send the mobo back along with the memory and try to start with a clean slate. When I get the new mobo I'll try to see if gygabyte has an update for it so I can flash the mobo before I try loading vista again.
 

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Potential solution...

I think I may have found the problem...the issue might be on due to one of the drivers for a component on the mobo itself such as your network drivers or audio driver. I realized that both my network driver and HD audio drivers, which were included with the install cd, were bad. Both of them were Realtek drivers. I went to the Gigabyte website to update the HD audio driver and the realtek website to update the network adapter drivers. Since then I've been able to update to SP2 and most of the updates work fine. I still get a system crash when I try to do winupdate to IE8 but I can live w/o it for now. Try disabling/uninstalling drivers one at a time from control panel and then update windows to troubleshoot; I know its a pain in the ass but it might help narrow down the issue. Hope this helps.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Wolfdale E8400 3.0GHz 6MB L2 1333FSB
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 dual channel 1066 by G.Skill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD4830 512MB DDR3 PCI-E w/HDMI
    Sound Card
    Integrated in Mobo
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM 16MB cache
    PSU
    500W
    Case
    Raidmax Smilodon
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
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