Posted January 16, 2017 Hi, The power in my house went out while I wasn't home and when I tried turning on my computer it just gets a BSOD. The error in question is "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL", I am able to access Windows through Safe-Mode and I have uninstalled all my drivers as I thought at first that this was a driver issue but the problem still persists. I also thought this might be an issue with the PSU but I tried another one and the problem still persists. Any ideas? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Testcatt said: Hi, The power in my house went out while I wasn't home and when I tried turning on my computer it just gets a BSOD. The error in question is "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL", I am able to access Windows through Safe-Mode and I have uninstalled all my drivers as I thought at first that this was a driver issue but the problem still persists. I also thought this might be an issue with the PSU but I tried another one and the problem still persists. Any ideas? This fixed it for me when I had the annoying issue. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207782 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 I had this problem, it is most certainly a ram or hard drive issue, see if you can run either a bios ram test program (make sure to run it at least 8 times) or hard drive test program Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207789 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Author Just now, Skaiony said: I had this problem, it is most certainly a ram or hard drive issue, see if you can run either a bios ram test program (make sure to run it at least 8 times) or hard drive test program I ran MEMTEST for about 10 minutes and got no problems at all. I also tried live booting Ubuntu off a USB stick and everything worked on there. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207795 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Run memtest for longer, I had to run for half a day before it detected a problem, some had to wait even longer. According to this https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff560129(v=vs.85).aspx verify your drivers and ram to find the issue. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207804 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Author 8 minutes ago, Skaiony said: Run memtest for longer, I had to run for half a day before it detected a problem, some had to wait even longer. According to this https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff560129(v=vs.85).aspx verify your drivers and ram to find the issue. Kind of in a hurry as it's 2 AM and I have school tommorrow so I tried switching out the memory alltogether as I actually had some RAM lying around and that did not resolve the issue :(. I have also tried everything else in this thread and nothing seems to work. Seems like I have to reinstall Windows alltogether.. hmpf... Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207822 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Is your system overclocked? You could try setting it to stock, and see if that stops the error from happening. You own the software that you purchase - Understanding software licenses and EULAs "We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the american public believes is false" - William Casey, CIA Director 1981-1987 Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207826 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Author Just now, Delicieuxz said: Is your system overclocked? You could try setting it to stock, and see if that stops the error from happening. Not overclocked, running a non-K processor Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207829 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Yup reinstalling windows would be the best option right now Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207834 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Author 3 minutes ago, Skaiony said: Yup reinstalling windows would be the best option right now Sadly I think you're right. Just booted my liveusb and am currently copying everything to my secondary HDD. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207851 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 Author But this whole thing luckily has taught me a lesson, weekly restore points is something I will now be activating. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/723622-irql_not_less_or_equal-error/#findComment-9207860 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 16, 2017 It seem to be memory issues, even after i got RMA for corsair i still get this error, but after i changed my ram to different model and brand it seem to fix it for me. I did also run memory test and found multiple error only after a day of running it. I try to fix problem through windows such as updating drivers and doing scans and reinstall of windows, after i changed my memory i was able run without a single crash overclocked. I would run memtest for longer period and try to get rma/refund or for another model, When switch to from cheap corsair memory to Samsung memory chip one, it seem to fix all my stability issue i had before but this may vary. Magical Pineapples
