| Windows 7: BSOD - Driver IRQL not LESS or EQUAL |
15 Mar 2010
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BSOD - Driver IRQL not LESS or EQUAL Over separate clean install's of Windows 7, my system blue screens and dies, giving this error - Driver IRQL not less or equal. Ive changed my RAM, and my Hard drive - they were due for upgrades anwyay, but the issue STILL persists.
Ive read a lot of similar issues on this website, but they dont seem to be describing what is happening to me. The crashes are moody - to say the least. They may not happen for a very long period - like a week or so, and then just happen once, OR crash constantly for an hour and refuse to go back into windows? It does work again after trying after a while. I think it might be a heating issue, causing it to lock up, but its not getting really hot or anything. Im really confused.
Im attaching some minidumps, and i'd really appreciate the help! I'm at my wits end here, and I feel I know a thing or two about tech, ya'know? | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHZ) Motherboard Gigabyte M61SME-S2 Memory 4 GB (2x2) 800MHZ Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2409W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Mouse MS Cooling Stock Hard Drives 160GB, 500GB, 2x1TB Internet Speed 2Mbit |
15 Mar 2010
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#2 | | Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |

Quote: Originally Posted by adheesh Over separate clean install's of Windows 7, my system blue screens and dies, giving this error - Driver IRQL not less or equal. Ive changed my RAM, and my Hard drive - they were due for upgrades anwyay, but the issue STILL persists.
Ive read a lot of similar issues on this website, but they dont seem to be describing what is happening to me. The crashes are moody - to say the least. They may not happen for a very long period - like a week or so, and then just happen once, OR crash constantly for an hour and refuse to go back into windows? It does work again after trying after a while. I think it might be a heating issue, causing it to lock up, but its not getting really hot or anything. Im really confused.
Im attaching some minidumps, and i'd really appreciate the help! I'm at my wits end here, and I feel I know a thing or two about tech, ya'know?
Hi and welcome
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Not heat nor RAM. Its your RAID driver (vsmraid.sys) and your video driver (dxgmms1.sys)
You should uninstall them both completely and download and install a fresh copy.
You should also run a system file check
(type cmd in search>right click and run as admin>sfc /scannow)
Let us know the results
Ken Code: 030710-15116-01.dmp 3/7/2010 4:26:08 PM DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 00000000`00780076 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000008 00000000`00780076 dxgmms1.sys dxgmms1.sys+1011b x64 C:\Users\K\Desktop\New folder (3)\030710-15116-01.dmp 2 15 7600
031410-21309-01.dmp 3/14/2010 11:00:34 PM DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000008 00000000`00000000 vsmraid.sys vsmraid.sys+20d4c x64 C:\Users\K\Desktop\New folder (3)\031410-21309-01.dmp 2 15 7600
031410-84427-01.dmp 3/14/2010 7:08:20 PM DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000008 00000000`00000000 ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.exe+71f00 x64 C:\Users\K\Desktop\New folder (3)\031410-84427-01.dmp 2 15 7600
031510-14882-01.dmp 3/15/2010 4:59:46 PM DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000008 00000000`00000000 vsmraid.sys vsmraid.sys+20d4c x64 C:\Users\K\Desktop\New folder (3)\031510-14882-01.dmp 2 15 7600
031510-16614-01.dmp 3/15/2010 5:39:52 PM DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 00000000`0522d9bc 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000001 fffffa80`0522e75f vsmraid.sys vsmraid.sys+20d4c x64 C:\Users\K\Desktop\New folder (3)\031510-16614-01.dmp 2 15 7600 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400 CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
15 Mar 2010
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Oh wow! Thanks for the quick reply! I'll try to fix it immediately. You think going into safe mode would be better against these crashes right? I'll keep you updated as it goes. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHZ) Motherboard Gigabyte M61SME-S2 Memory 4 GB (2x2) 800MHZ Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2409W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Mouse MS Cooling Stock Hard Drives 160GB, 500GB, 2x1TB Internet Speed 2Mbit |
15 Mar 2010
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Thanks for the help. Ive rolled back my display driver to the previous one, and installed the newest raid drivers. Fingers crossed! Time to stress test it. uTorrent and Half Life 2 seemed to be doing it. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHZ) Motherboard Gigabyte M61SME-S2 Memory 4 GB (2x2) 800MHZ Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2409W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Mouse MS Cooling Stock Hard Drives 160GB, 500GB, 2x1TB Internet Speed 2Mbit |
16 Mar 2010
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Ok, tried it out. It crashed again. Here are some fresh minidumps. Anything change? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHZ) Motherboard Gigabyte M61SME-S2 Memory 4 GB (2x2) 800MHZ Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2409W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Mouse MS Cooling Stock Hard Drives 160GB, 500GB, 2x1TB Internet Speed 2Mbit |
16 Mar 2010
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#6 | | Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |

Quote: Originally Posted by adheesh Ok, tried it out. It crashed again. Here are some fresh minidumps. Anything change?
Hi and welcome
These two were caused by your storage controller (viamrx64.sys). The driver is 3 years old and should be updated.
Ken
Last edited by zigzag3143; 28 Mar 2011 at 03:33 PM..
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400 CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
16 Mar 2010
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I just updated that driver. My motherboad only has two SATA ports, so I added a PCI card - VIA VT6421 which gives me two additional SATA ports for HDD's.
Additionally, i did the system file check - no errors reported.
What should be my next move? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHZ) Motherboard Gigabyte M61SME-S2 Memory 4 GB (2x2) 800MHZ Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2409W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Mouse MS Cooling Stock Hard Drives 160GB, 500GB, 2x1TB Internet Speed 2Mbit |
16 Mar 2010
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#8 | | Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |

Quote: Originally Posted by adheesh I just updated that driver. My motherboad only has two SATA ports, so I added a PCI card - VIA VT6421 which gives me two additional SATA ports for HDD's.
Additionally, i did the system file check - no errors reported.
What should be my next move? Whats the date on the RAID driver? the date on the one in the DMP is 2007. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400 CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
16 Mar 2010
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Yeah, in device manager, it says 12/20/2007. The version of the driver is 6.0.6000.6173. However, this is the latest driver (released in the end of 2009). | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHZ) Motherboard Gigabyte M61SME-S2 Memory 4 GB (2x2) 800MHZ Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2409W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Mouse MS Cooling Stock Hard Drives 160GB, 500GB, 2x1TB Internet Speed 2Mbit |
16 Mar 2010
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Heres a log of how my computer booted right now - (not crashed since the boot)
Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Version 6.1 (Build 7600)
3 16 2010 17:58:02.359
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\hal.dll
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\kdcom.dll
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\mcupdate_AuthenticAMD.dll
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\PSHED.dll
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\CLFS.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\CI.dll
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\Wdf01000.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WDFLDR.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ACPI.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\WMILIB.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\msisadrv.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\vdrvroot.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\partmgr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\volmgr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\volmgrx.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\pciide.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\PCIIDEX.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\mountmgr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ataport.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvstor.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\storport.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\vsmraid.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\viamrx64.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\amdxata.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\fltmgr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\fileinfo.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\msrpc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\ksecdd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\cng.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\pcw.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fs_Rec.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ndis.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\NETIO.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\ksecpkg.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\tcpip.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\fwpkclnt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\vmstorfl.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\volsnap.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\spldr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\rdyboost.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\mup.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\hwpolicy.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\fvevol.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\disk.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\CLASSPNP.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\MpFilter.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Null.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Beep.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\vga.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\RDPCDD.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rdpencdd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\rdprefmp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Msfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Npfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\tdx.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\afd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\netbt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\wfplwf.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\pacer.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netbios.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\serial.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\wanarp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\termdd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\nsiproxy.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mssmbios.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\discache.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\csc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\dfsc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\blbdrive.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\tunnel.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\amdk8.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\serenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\parport.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\i8042prt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbohci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\HDAudBus.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\GEARAspiWDM.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvm62x64.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\CompositeBus.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\AgileVpn.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rasl2tp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndistapi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndiswan.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspppoe.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspptp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rassstp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdpbus.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\swenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvoclk64.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\umbus.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\vga.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\RTKVHD64.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ksthunk.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\monitor.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\luafv.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WudfPf.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\MpFilter.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\lltdio.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\pnarp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\purendis.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rspndr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\HTTP.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\bowser.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\mpsdrv.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb10.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb20.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\peauth.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\secdrv.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\srvnet.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\tcpipreg.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\srv2.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\srv.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\srv.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\rdpdr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\tdtcp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\tssecsrv.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\RDPWD.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\MpNWMon.sys | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 x64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHZ) Motherboard Gigabyte M61SME-S2 Memory 4 GB (2x2) 800MHZ Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2409W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Mouse MS Cooling Stock Hard Drives 160GB, 500GB, 2x1TB Internet Speed 2Mbit BSOD - Driver IRQL not LESS or EQUAL problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:26 PM. | |