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| Answer» <html><body><p>Heres the story..<br/><br/>For the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/past-1148648" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PAST">PAST</a> 3 months i have suffered from the Blue screen of death, Toshiba laptop. Really done my head in, so Mom and Dad decide, lets get him a new one for his birthday.<br/><br/>NOW - Birthday this morning, anticipation as i crack open my brand new spanking Laptop - a joy to look at. AMD Athlon Turion 64 x2 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/1-236780" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 1">1</a>.9Ghz. Vista, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2gb-1837326" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2GB">2GB</a> of RAM, gorgeous. Works like a peach. 1 hour into working it, i wonder what i get? BLUE SCREEN OF *censored* DEATH.<br/><br/>Possible reasons? I used my iPod that i used for my old 1 to transfer files, possible reason? Surely not? If it is i will happily BIN the ipod, i seriously will. Someone please please help, its my birthday and im actually close to tears with this *censored*. I just want a working laptop tbh<br/><br/>the error message <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/contained-931557" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONTAINED">CONTAINED</a>..<br/><br/>DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL<br/><br/>P.S - this message came on whilst the ipod was connected to it, iv took it out and it hasnt came up since, but im still worried. Someone please, please, please HELPPPP.<br/><br/>xUpon some research, I found out that the Driver_IRQL_not_less_Or_Equal error means that the system tried to access a portion of memory using a kernel process IRQL (Interrupt Request Level - basically a table used by the kernel to manage interrupt sources) that was too high. Often this is caused by a bad device driver that is using an improper address. Other possibilities are faulty or mistmatched ram or a corrupted pagefile. <br/><br/>The easiest thing to do first is to turn off your pagefile, reboot and reset it to your old values. <br/><br/>We need two things from you: <br/><br/>Check the event viewer to see what error <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/messages-25598" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MESSAGES">MESSAGES</a> are there around the time you got the BSOD. <br/><br/>The exact error message for your BSOD which will tells what driver is involved in the problem, if this is infact the problem.<br/><br/>If the above doesn't work will have to test RAM and/or find the faulting driver...I simply cannot accept that there is something 'wrong' with the Laptop. It is hardly 2 hours old ffs, i really cannot believe my luck. The screen hasnt come up since, as i have only connected my iPod to it for a maximum of about 10secs. I have done some research and some things do suggest that bad USB's can occur.<br/><br/>You say reset to my 'old' values? what is old about this laptop?! lol. I have had it for 2 minutes! <br/><br/>Also, whats my pagefile?<br/><br/>thanks very much for the reply though, help much appreciated - keep it coming Basically, the pagefile is a reserved portion of the hard disk that is used as an extension of the RAM.<br/><br/>Your right, since it's a new laptop and the old computer was having the same problem, I would suspect it to be the driver for the iPod as it hasn't given you the problem when it hasn't been connected. <br/><br/>You could try another USB cable for the iPod... do you know anyone that has one you could borrow to test out?<br/><br/>First of all though, have you updated the iPod's firmware etc tp the latest? Do you use iTunes or any other software when connecting the iPod?Well in its properties i checked it for errors, in went on for around half hour, then finished - whether it has fixed anything im not to know. I have now used the iPod to put some music on, and the BSOD never happened, and it hasnt happened since i first had it. Would you say its not gone? However, i dont really trust it tbh. My girlfriend has a USB that i could have off her so yeah, i will try that one out.<br/><br/>Thank you very much for your help, its much appreciated.What anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware, etc. programs are you running on each system?<br/><br/>Not yet worried that you have a virus, or whether or not you have sufficient protection. I have seen on a very rare occasion that certain combinations of programs and certain USB devices cause errors like you're experiencing.<br/><br/>Also, here's an example of the specific information we'll need from that error screen:<br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>> *** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x00000014,0x00000002,0x00000000,0xB1A69E9D)<br/>> DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL<br/>><br/>> *** Address B1A69E9D, DateStamp 42832efa - tcpip.sysI have Zone Alarm, AVG and Spybot. On my other system the BSOD started long before i had these though. I would love to help with giving out what else is on the screen i got, i got it twice at around 10-11 this morning. Since then not 1 and i have had it on all day long.</p></body></html> | |