Re: more blue screen misery

Make sure all your fans are working and the computer is free of dust.
Use an Air Duster to remove dust.

Disconnect all hardware peripherals except keyboard, mouse and monitor.

Have you tried Last Known Good Configuration?
A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en-us

Do you have data files you need to recover? You need to do this first.

System Recovery Options
http://snipurl.com/9l1mp [h10025_www1_hp_com]

The way the problem makes me wonder whether malware is involved. What
are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Background information on Stop Error message
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms793589.aspx

0x0000000A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Typically due to a bad driver, or faulty or incompatible hardware or
software. Use the General Troubleshooting of STOP Messages checklist
above. Technically, this error condition means that a kernel-mode
process or driver tried to access a memory location to which it did not
have permission, or at a kernel Interrupt ReQuest Level (IRQL) that was
too high. (A kernel-mode process can access only other processes that
have an IRQL lower than, or equal to, its own.)
Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

You receive a "Stop 0x0000000A" error message in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314063/

Background information on Stop Error message:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795746.aspx

0x0000007E: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
A system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not
catch. There are numerous individual causes for this problem, including
hardware incompatibility, a faulty device driver or system service, or
some software issues. Check Event Viewer (EventVwr.msc) for additional
information.
Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

How to Troubleshoot a Stop 0x0000007E Error in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330182/en-us


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Confused wrote:
I have a compaq presario computer thats been old faithful ....until 2
days ago that is. The model number is s4120wm, amd athlon xp 2600+
2133 MHz/266MHz 256k cache ram & 1g (otherwise) of memory. I have a
60g hard drive thats over 50% free space. My CPU fan has been running
at 2000 RPM, the System fan's been running at 1100 RPM (give & take
for both) My CPU temp has been a steady 55 - 57 degrees. I don't know
but sounds cool to me.
My problem began when I was on the internet... I was reading news
articles from the NYTimes & like always I managed to clicked &
openned ALOT of subsequent links to other articles during the course
of my "read" -- probably 10-15 or so tabs & other explorer windows.
After one of my 'open to new tab" moves, explorer froze. I was
expecting the usual 'explorer has encountered a problem & must shut
down' notices to come up -- but it never did. Not only did it not
come up, but my computer froze. No start button, no ctrl alt delete,
to switching between windows, no nothing. I guessed that i had
balled up the cpu with requests so i let the computer sit there for 3
hours before i decided that it was hopeless & turned off the machine
for a reboot. Then the problem grew & continues. I can't boot up from
any mode. Initially, a normal windows start had a stop 0x0000000a
(0x00000002, 0x00000007, 0x00000001, 0x805573eo) blue screen error,
IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL with all of the other notices I've read in the
threads saying to restart if this was the first time you have seen
this error -restart your computer. If it reoccurs, disable bios
memory caching & shadowing &/or check recently added hardware &
software..blah, blah.
I have not added any hardware or software to my system in months.
Starting windows normally now stops at the windows xp screen (before
login). Starting windows in safemode or safemode with command prompt
stops after listing the agp440.sys driver. Last known configuration
stops at the windows xp screen (before login) recover console gave me
a stop 0x0000007e (0xc0000005, 0x516e735f, 0xf7b1e0d4, 0xf7b1ddd4)
with the same otherwise messages that the IRQ_NOT_E QUAL_OR_LESS did.
System Recovery CD option R gives the stop 0x0000000a (0x106cfeee8,
0x000000ff, 0x00000001, 0x8040404f85) IRQ_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS again
with the sames otherwise messages that that irq error seems to always
give... HELP. PLEASE. Anybody? There has to be a way to bring this
back! I ran Maxtor Power Max... my hard drive passed a full 2 hour
extended test. I ran a memory check through the bios extended boot...
so i don't think memory is a problem either... any thoughts from
anyone?


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