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    Blue Screen Z63A .. help please

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by eh^, Mar 13, 2006.

  1. eh^

    eh^ Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi folks

    Need some help please , im getting a blue screen all the time "IRQL not less or equal"
    Now im not undervolting or anything .. Ive tried re-installing windows and it still happens
    Ive had it happen during bootup and during everyday operations ... im total lost about this issue.. and help would be great


    thanks
     
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    That usually happen if you install window on another machine then transfer HDD to a new machine and try to boot it. IRQL not less or Equal means the hardware stored in the data isn't the same as the one it's seeing ( or something like that, i forgot the exact description.) Anyways, from my experience it's usually the "RAM" that cause the problem. If you have 2 sticks, try take one out.
     
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    thanks for the quick response ..ill give that a try with the ram
     
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    An hour seems long enough... the longer the better.
     
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    You should let it AT LEAST go thru one cycle (which I think is about 30mins for 1GB, but I could be wrong)
     
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    will it hurt or damage the machine if i let it run the night ..when im sleeping?
     
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    Alot of people run memory tests over night. But some stress tests can damage a system although very rare. i wouldnt worry about a memory test though.
     
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    hi guys
    so i ran memtest all night and found nothing , this is from my "event viewer"
    can someone please give me some insight into that causes this ?



    Event Type: Error
    Event Source: System Error
    Event Category: (102)
    Event ID: 1003
    Date: 3/20/2006
    Time: 10:26:42 AM
    User: N/A
    Computer:
    Description:
    Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 f6896dc6, parameter3 a9dd9acc, parameter4 00000000.

    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
    Data:
    0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
    0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
    0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
    0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 38 1000008
    0020: 65 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d e Param
    0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 63 30 eters c0
    0030: 30 30 30 30 30 35 2c 20 000005,
    0038: 66 36 38 39 36 64 63 36 f6896dc6
    0040: 2c 20 61 39 64 64 39 61 , a9dd9a
    0048: 63 63 2c 20 30 30 30 30 cc, 0000
    0050: 30 30 30 30 0000
     
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    Have you run hdd diagnostics? What brand is your hdd? Have you contacted your dealer?
     
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    eh, do you have an Atheros mini card in your machine?
     
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    The atheros do not cause blue screen on a fresh install they do that once you load the drivers. Screwy drivers is partially the reason we dont sell atheros. Dunno if they fixed that issue by now but there is a reason why vendors dont pick them up,
     
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    Well not sure about most machines but on mine when it arrived, I installed the new Atheros card and the drivers it came with and the bsod started. I ended up having to try different driver versions before the problem was gone.
     
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    I just did today.. I was hoping to figure what was wrong with the machine w/o sending it away (since i didnt by local.. which i dont really mind cause canadasys provided great pre-sales support)

    nope i have the intel 2200 b/g


    after doing somemore researching seems that RAM might be at fault here
    http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic44396.html
    http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=118547&highlight=Event+1003
     
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    eh, techspot is a good site to find out what is going on. Go to the OS section of the forum and post a few minidump files and somebody (most likely Howard) will take a look at them and tell you what is causing your bsod.
     
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    Funny you should mention that...
    I too had some faulty RAM on my Asus Z63A. Every once in a while, I would get BSOD and random reboots... some programs would crash regularly, and I wasnt quite sure what was causing it.
    I ran memtest though... and errors immediately occured (this is where my situation differs from yours...)
    So I brought my system back to the reseller, had them replace the RAM, and now all seems to be well. No BSODs so far...and no errors when I ran memtest again.
     
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    yeah i just did hopefully they can tell me whats wrong
     
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