Woo Hoo! Another Blue Screen!

[mep916]

All day, while internet browsing, I've noticed my speed getting slower, and slower. My ISP is Comcast, and I average around 30 Mbps Down and 3 Mbps Up. I decided to check my running processes in task manager, and sure enough, I notice that iexplorer.exe is utilizing 989,000+ kb of memory! WTF!

Later, I received a DRIVER_IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_NOT_EQUAL BSoD. The only file named was tcpip.sys. Until I receive some feedback, I'll uninstall/reinstall the ethernet controller drivers. However, I suspect it has something to do with the memory (see sig). I restored the clock speeds of the CPU and memory back to factory settings.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Michael

 

[Cromewell]

It can be a sign of bad RAM, run memtest and see if it has any errors.

 

[hermeslyre]

Or just stressed RAM. I've gotten the same IRQL BSOD stop errors, and they went away after I laxed my OC just abit.

 

[starlight]

maybe the problem is with your cpu, i've heard that can cause blue screening. but i'm no expert!

 

[Cromewell]

Any hardware fault can cause blue screens, the most common is because of RAM though. Software can cause them too (ie bad drviers)

 

[mep916]

Someone suggested that I reset the TCP Stack (Windows Catalog) through the command prompt. I did this, and it looks like my problem regarding iexplorer.exe using excessive memory has been solved.

I ran memtest86+ all night and did not receive any errors.

Thanks for the advice.

Michael

 

[mterickson82]

Ok don't know much on computer's but i work for a very closely related cable company to comcast right now we offer 8mbps dwn and less then 1mbps up for our base hsi and we just came out with a higher speed that is 15mbps dwn and 1 mbps up. Are we way bassakwards here in montana or do you just have a really awesome connection right next the cable company????

 

[taylormsj]

This happened to me once, i think it was because my memory was under volted and overclocked

 

[mep916]

Are we way bassakwards here in montana or do you just have a really awesome connection right next the cable company????

I don't know? You tell me. The upload speed is a little slower than usual.

 

[hermeslyre]

i believe that's in megabits per second, not megabytes. You have a 30 megabit connection and your DL speed should be around 3 megabytes per second.

 

[mep916]

i believe that's in megabits per second, not megabytes.

Yeah, that's possible. Thanks for the clarification.