!!HELP!! blue screen problem, cant fix it!

colin_the_muppet · 09-04-2004, 01:13 PM

hi i dont know if this is the right place to post, but since i cant find the problem i guess it can go anywhere in the forums.

i have recently bought a new pc:

AMD athlon barton 3200
Gigabyte pro2nforce2 (rev.02)
-NOTE- 1GB corsair xms4000 RAM - (explained later)
Maxtor 120GB hard drive SATA
Nvidia GeForce 5700 ultra 128mb DDR3 graphics card
cd rw dvd combi MSI
550W PSU
floppy
funky cool lights n fans

ok the pc worked fine, until i played my game "Americas Army" after 5 seconds i would blue screen and get a message saying:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (sumfin like that)

i completely wiped the hard drive and started over to make sure it wasnt a software problem. i tested the game on 3 other pcs, works fine, works fine on 3million other peoples pcs too.
i was told by many people it was a RAM problem, my board is apparently very fussy with RAM, and is 400mhz, the RAM was 500mhz, but should clock itself down to the board. i tested the RAM, fine. all i could think was that maybe it only does it in the game because the RAM gets a bit excited then the board sh!ts itself.
so i sent that RAM back and this morning i received my new 1GB(2x512)kingston hyperX pc3200 400mhz.......... same blue screen!!!!

i am currently making sure i have all the latest drivers for everything in my pc, but i am pretty sure i have.

has anyone any ideas what the cause of this problem is and how it can be resolved.

the next thing i might try is a different motherboard, but its easier to post on here than take my computer to bits.

cheers, colin.

Lorand · 09-04-2004, 04:01 PM

First see what hardware (or driver) could cause the error: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...d_stp_hwpg.asp

**Praetor** · 09-04-2004, 05:24 PM

Hows the voltage and temp?

saiello · 09-09-2004, 02:56 PM

Had a similar problem when I installed a new CPU, the machine booted to the Windows logo screen then without fail blue screened with the same error message as yours. I replaced the old CPU and the problem disappeared...

**Praetor** · 09-09-2004, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Had a similar problem when I installed a new CPU

Yeah its supposed to give you a BSOD

(which is why when you make big hardware changes like that -- be ready to reinstall the OS)

09-04-2004, 01:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
colin_the_muppet New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1	!!HELP!! blue screen problem, cant fix it! hi i dont know if this is the right place to post, but since i cant find the problem i guess it can go anywhere in the forums. i have recently bought a new pc: AMD athlon barton 3200 Gigabyte pro2nforce2 (rev.02) -NOTE- 1GB corsair xms4000 RAM - (explained later) Maxtor 120GB hard drive SATA Nvidia GeForce 5700 ultra 128mb DDR3 graphics card cd rw dvd combi MSI 550W PSU floppy funky cool lights n fans ok the pc worked fine, until i played my game "Americas Army" after 5 seconds i would blue screen and get a message saying: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (sumfin like that) i completely wiped the hard drive and started over to make sure it wasnt a software problem. i tested the game on 3 other pcs, works fine, works fine on 3million other peoples pcs too. i was told by many people it was a RAM problem, my board is apparently very fussy with RAM, and is 400mhz, the RAM was 500mhz, but should clock itself down to the board. i tested the RAM, fine. all i could think was that maybe it only does it in the game because the RAM gets a bit excited then the board sh!ts itself. so i sent that RAM back and this morning i received my new 1GB(2x512)kingston hyperX pc3200 400mhz.......... same blue screen!!!! i am currently making sure i have all the latest drivers for everything in my pc, but i am pretty sure i have. has anyone any ideas what the cause of this problem is and how it can be resolved. the next thing i might try is a different motherboard, but its easier to post on here than take my computer to bits. cheers, colin.

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09-04-2004, 04:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	First see what hardware (or driver) could cause the error: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...d_stp_hwpg.asp

09-09-2004, 02:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
saiello New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	Had a similar problem when I installed a new CPU, the machine booted to the Windows logo screen then without fail blue screened with the same error message as yours. I replaced the old CPU and the problem disappeared...