BSOD: IRQL Not Less or Equal

No need, I would just try and see if there are newer chipset drivers other than what you have installed. If they are newer, just install them and see if it solves your problem.

skrillek, you never did tell us exactly what you did to get the computer to boot again. Inquiring minds want to know. Plus, someone else may find this thread some day while having a similar problem as you are having. It may help them. So, please let us know.

Are you saying 8 GB sticks or 8 GB total? I'm curious. My 3 Asus Z77 boards will take 32 GB (4 8GB sticks). I only use 2 sticks though.

Your board will take 8GB DIMMs.

My system was working fine and i can load up to the loading screen then i got bsod 0x024. I cant boot in safe mode and i dont have the disc to do repairs. I used a different hdd with xp on and it did the same thing with an error code 0x07b. I also switched my ram and i get the same result. I also tried 3 different psu's with no luck so it looks like the mobo?

Last time you said it was your ram. Go into bios and look at your sata controller and see if it is in AHCI mode, which should be by default. But just remember what it is, Look at the ram and see what the timings, frequency and deam voltage is. Set your bios to optimized defaults. set the sata mode to what it is right now, set your ram, frequency, timings and dram voltage to the specs on the side of the ram sticks, set your boot order CD/DVD first boot device and hard drive second boot device. Do nothing else, save and exit and see if that helps. If you still have the same problems

Please Run Memtest86+

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Please download from this site only http://www.memtest.org/ in the middle of the page are the Download links, you can download the ISO.zip or the Auto USB Flash Drive installer.zip

Extract the Zip file. If you chose the ISO image, burn it to a CD using Windows Disk Image Burner or any Image burner you mat have. If you downloaded the Auto USB installer, extract it, insert your USB 2.0 Flash Drive and take note of the drive letter. Run the installer, select the Flash Drive Letter, check the format box and press next. It will install memtest86+ to a flash drive. You can use either V4.20 or V5.01. Boot from your selected media. If you use V5.01 it will tell you to press certain buttons at the start, please press no buttons. The test will begin on it's own and continue to run until you stop it. It needs to run for 8 complete passes or until you receive an error. If you receive an error, stop the test. Even 1 error is a fail. Each pass tests a different part of the ram and each of the 10 tests in each pass tests something different. It takes a minimum of 8 passes to completely test the ram, more passes are better. It is quite a long test and will take several hours depending on how much ram you have. Due to the time length it is best to run overnight. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask