I have a dell inspiron 8600 that just give me the bsod. It says

??L_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL at the TOP then down below it has

0x0000000A (0xFF1701F0, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804D9B64)

The only thing that was going on when this happenened was that I was installing a new wireless router for my parents with their new laptop. It is a linksys rangeplus N . Could it have done something to the 8600 through its wifi connection? Any help would be great.


RandyCan you boot at all?Yes, I can get it to boot into safe mode.

Its running xp with sp2. It is a 1.5ghz celeron proccesor with 384megs of ram. This is my folks laptop and the 40gig hdd was almost full.

I went in control panel and got rid of all the games and junk that was on the hard drive.

My main concern is to retrieve the info off the hdd to put on their new laptop, once thats done I was going to reinstall xp clean. They are going to give me the old laptop for setting up their new one.

I am willing to get an external enclosure if thats what I need to do.


I was able to see first of top message now.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Hope this helps



RandyIn this case, I'd get enclosure, get all data off, and go for clean install.
Keep in mind, that the above error may be caused by bad RAM, overheating, or even bad driver.
I'd get more RAM anyway. 384MB for XP is pretty low.Thanks for the help, I will LET you know how it works out.

YEA, the ram is low and I will add a 1 gig card, it should be good for the internet and email.


RandyI forgot to mention it goes clear to the user login screen before it goes to the bsod.


RandyAn almost full hard drive will do a number of funky things without notice...Notice doesn't include BSOD You guys have been a great help, I am picking up a enclosure tomorrow and will get the file we need off so I can do a clean install.

I also have to install a lcd inverter in it as the screen is not working right as well. That what started the WHOLE thing of my folks buying a new laptop and it has just snowballed from there.

Have you noticed that when you start MESSING with stuff more stuff messes up.


RandyThat's a "rule"
Keep us posted Ok, I picked up a 120 hard drive from micro center and got everything back working. I did have to go to dell and get all my drivers for all the media and ethernet, but the best part is I figured it all out and am posting from that computer right now. Thanks for the help and support. This has got to be the best site out there.

Randy


ps. now on to installing a new backlight so I dont have to use an external monitor.Great going