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    Can someone please help me fix this BSOD (Picture included)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by eyecon82, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    Hey guys, so I kept getting freezes. I went through tons and tons of threads thinking that this may be turbo memory related. I updated it with the new matrix software and the freezes stopped (or so I think). Now I got this BSOD and took a picture of it. Can someone with any technical knowledge please help me out in what is causing this? Thank you
     
    eyecon82, Sep 17, 2007
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    Waeggles Notebook Consultant

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    IRQ_NOT_LESS... usually has to do with a driver that has failed. Try unistalling any new devices you have installed or drivers you have updated and see if it goes away.
     
    Waeggles, Sep 18, 2007
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    It's a driver problem
     
    bigspin, Sep 18, 2007
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    Yeah, it usually is a driver problem. So, if you have recently installed any herdware or drivers, remove it and see, if the problem still occurs.
    Another try would be to see if there are driver or Bios updates for your notebook. If yes, install them. Dou you have a clue which device might cause the problem?

    One more point could be defective ram. You should test it with memtest or a similar program. Defective ram can cause random BSOD's.
     
    Tobi1982, Sep 18, 2007
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    Check in your device manager and see if there are any x's or ! marks.
     
    Padmé, Sep 18, 2007
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    Thats amazing!!!!

    So Ive been sitting here for 10 minutes trying to capture a BSOD as they are so quick. I can't.
     
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    If you set your machine to not reboot on BSOD, it will stay displayed until you restart the machine manually. They have it reboot automatically for home users because apparently BSOD's will be automagically fixed every time by a reboot. Or at least that's Microsoft's theory.
     
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    I was joking.... Everybody has done that at some point though...I remember DOS and IBM OS..It used to occur then and you would try and hit pause and hope it would stop it.
     
    Les, Sep 18, 2007
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