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hey guys, i was wondering if you could help me with a problem that i'm having with my PC as i know very little about these things. Pretty much everyday my computer will suddenly crash and go into a blue screen. it will happen about two or more times a ...


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Old 18th Aug 2007, 10:37
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Default Blue screen problem

hey guys,
i was wondering if you could help me with a problem that i'm having with my PC as i know very little about these things.

Pretty much everyday my computer will suddenly crash and go into a blue screen. it will happen about two or more times a day and at completely random times. i send error reports but never receive anything that helps.
when it goes to blue screen the most common error message i get is: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - or something like that, i have no idea what it means.

i was told elsewhere that i should buy some more RAM. my computer at the moment is:
Intel Celeron dual processor 2.54ghz with 512mb ram and a 256 gfx card.

so i bought a gig of kingston pc3200 memory (which is definately the correct kind) and when i installed it, replacing my old stick, nothing happened.
well the computer turned on but would not go past the first screen that says foxconn, intel, etc.

so anyway, sorry about the long post, but i was wondering if any one here knows why my computer is crashing, why my computer wont work with the new memory (im using the old 512 atm) and also what i should do to try and fix this?

thanks for any help, adam.
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Old 18th Aug 2007, 11:24
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512 mb should be plenty, i run on 256 (well this pc anyway) and it works fine. Your RAM should not be a problem.

IRQ is a driver on your computer, you should check to see what is installed on that driver and see if they are conflicting each other. (not all partsof a computer will work with all parts)

That should be the problem.
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Old 18th Aug 2007, 12:35
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IRQ is a driver on your computer, you should check to see what is installed on that driver and see if they are conflicting each other. (not all partsof a computer will work with each other
ahh ok, thanks, but do you reckon you could explain how i would go about that, because i dont really know what im doing.

and any ideas on why my PC wouldnt work when i put the new ram in?

thanks.
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Old 18th Aug 2007, 12:45
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try going into
C:\\DRIVERS
(from My Computer) if no success there check the BIOS screen on start-up.


as for the new RAM the screen it stuck on is the BIOS.
The reason will either be that the RAM isnt compatible with some of your other hardware or your hardware with it or two bits of hardware dont work with that particular RAM present.

Otherwise it might simply be that it isnt recognised in the Boot order, so you need to change it.. I'm pretty sure this is done by pressing F8 on the BIOS but I've never had to do it.

Try F8 it wont do any harm.

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Old 18th Aug 2007, 12:58
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL tends to be driver related, next time it happens look for a filename it will be along the something.sys, or update you sound & grfx drivers that usually fixes it. also grab memtest and run it just incase one of your memory modules isn't corrupted.
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Old 20th Aug 2007, 14:57
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hello im trying to install windows xp on my new harddrive, i put the disk in the drive and it was creating a nice partition then came up with the blue screen. it said on the blue screen all these error number thingys, 0x001902fe, 0xfafd7664, 0xfafd7360, 0xfa7a339d, ntfs.sys- address fa7a339d base at fa748000, datestamp 41107eea. help please
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hello im trying to install windows xp on my new harddrive, i put the disk in the drive and it was creating a nice partition then came up with the blue screen. it said on the blue screen all these error number thingys, 0x001902fe, 0xfafd7664, 0xfafd7360, 0xfa7a339d, ntfs.sys- address fa7a339d base at fa748000, datestamp 41107eea. help please
PLease start your own topic, it is rude to hijack someone elses.
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Old 20th Aug 2007, 15:35
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sorry i new to this and i dont know how. i dont think these things help anyway they just stress me out more
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sorry i new to this and i dont know how. i dont think these things help anyway they just stress me out more
Go here http://www.thecomputerforums.co.uk/f48/

Then click the New Thread button that looks like this
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Old 20th Aug 2007, 16:12
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i dont think these things help anyway they just stress me out more
This forum is a tool.

Used correctly it will help.

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