IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bsod/ stop error?

[Icyman23]

Okay, I'm an overclocker. But my CPU is 3 hour OCCT 2.01 Stable.

My system specs:
AMD Athlon 5600+ @ Stock for the moment
Foxconn 590 SLi
2GB SuperTalent DDR2-800 4-4-3-8 stock
ATI Radeon 4850
Seagate 7200.10 250GB
OCZ GameXStream 700w
Windows Vista Home Premium


I was running my CPU at 3.3 Ghz. About 1/10 boots would result in a BSOD. PC was always stable, ran for about 5 months. Tested fine for 3.3 Ghz and 3 hours in OCCT. Then one day it froze in one of my games. No problem, did a reboot. Got BSOD after BSOD so I set my CPU to stock and my file system was found to be corrupt. Ran startup fix from the Vista DVD. It's all fine and well.

Then I set my CPU to 3.1 Ghz, thought maybe it was too large an overclock. I got the BSOD again today. But my ram was running DDR2-890, at 5-5-5-15. I mean, why wouldn't 4-4-3-8 800 Mhz RAM do 890 at 5-5-5-15?

Anyway, I'm trying to pinpoint the cause of my issues...thanks for the help guys.

[chuck4456]

Originally Posted by Icyman23 Okay, I'm an overclocker. But my CPU is 3 hour OCCT 2.01 Stable. My system specs: AMD Athlon 5600+ @ Stock for the moment Foxconn 590 SLi 2GB SuperTalent DDR2-800 4-4-3-8 stock ATI Radeon 4850 Seagate 7200.10 250GB OCZ GameXStream 700w Windows Vista Home Premium I was running my CPU at 3.3 Ghz. About 1/10 boots would result in a BSOD. PC was always stable, ran for about 5 months. Tested fine for 3.3 Ghz and 3 hours in OCCT. Then one day it froze in one of my games. No problem, did a reboot. Got BSOD after BSOD so I set my CPU to stock and my file system was found to be corrupt. Ran startup fix from the Vista DVD. It's all fine and well. Then I set my CPU to 3.1 Ghz, thought maybe it was too large an overclock. I got the BSOD again today. But my ram was running DDR2-890, at 5-5-5-15. I mean, why wouldn't 4-4-3-8 800 Mhz RAM do 890 at 5-5-5-15? Anyway, I'm trying to pinpoint the cause of my issues...thanks for the help guys.

Check the Hardware Health Monitor and see what the CPU temperature is. Be sure that the CPU cooler fan is working as it should.
If it appears to be in a safe parameter, test each memory module at defaults individually with Memtest.
Have you updated any drivers? If you did, roll back to the ones that you had before.
That's a start.

[Icyman23]

Only updated drivers are ATI Graphics Drivers but I've had this problem since December, gone through 3-4 sets of drivers with the same problem.

My temps are
Idle: 38c Core 1 and 27c Core 2
Load: 48c Core 1 and 39c Core 2

I'm wondering why both cores are way off of eachother. The cooler is a Xigmatek HDT SD-964 with two Silverstone 65cfm fans in push-pull on it. I've tried to remount this thing about 4 times, I'm running out of thermal paste.

Which memtest? The one that runs off a floppy or the in-Windows one?

[chuck4456]

Originally Posted by Icyman23 Which memtest? The one that runs off a floppy or the in-Windows one?

The one I download from GOOGLE works fine for me for a quick check.

[Icyman23]

Well, there is Memtest+86, Memtest 2, Memtest 3, and Memtest for Windows. Gosh I need to updat my sig, that's last years stuff there. I logged in for the last time in 2008, forgot about this place, lol.

[bailey]

I have found that error is usually associated to a defective ram stick.

so you might want to run a mem test.

[Rev_pizzaguy]

Yeah, I've been getting that some, too. I have 2x2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 running at 854MHz. Swapped boards and proc, didn't stop the BSOD. Guess it's the ram. Tried 2x1GB G.Skill and no BSOD's yet.

[Icyman23]

Thanks guys, for the answers. It seems to be my RAM, though it's fine at 800 4-4-3-8. Memtest passed. It just looks like my RAM overclock was too much even though I've been in Windows with my RAM at 1066 Mhz. Maybe I did something to it. It's fine stock anyway, I'm happy.

[Icyman23]

I'm back to square one. This RAM just passed 2 passes of Memtest86+.