Solved BSOD - Sometimes NDIS.sys "driver_irql_not_less_or_equal"

[Arc]

I asked my friend Britton30 to a have a look. He will guide you much better than me in finding the appropriate BIOS and updating it.

 

[Britton30]

I did for the SSD, the update would not complete.

And I asked last post where about could I find BIOS update?

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[Popesture]

Lovely thank you, Arc.

Ok Britton, I followed the instructions and they should now be under my posts Thanks for your time

Arc
The Seatools would fail to run a Long scan after starting for 1 second.
The Disk check found nothing.
The SSD will not update and says the drive isn't ready to be accessed.

 

[Britton30]

Well, I can find no newer BIOS than you have. Fujitsu probably have not updated it.

 

[Arc]

Gary, can you please help us, why the seatool is failing, and the firmware update, too?

 

[Britton30]

We can try Crystal Disk to see if that will work.
The OS seems to have the SSD locked for the firmware upgrade. Try shutting down, disconnecting the SSD, boot to BIOS, shut down reconnect it and try the firmware again. I am not familiar with the OCZ upgrades.

For Seatools, it may have been a poor download, see if a new one will run for you.

 

[Popesture]

OCZ seems to be fishy since their support forum is full of people getting the same errors. They also say I should always be using the drive in ACHI mode whilst mine is in IDE. However, booting it in ACHI ensues multiple restarts which seem endless.

Seatools redownloaded/burned to new disk, same problem.

No blue screens for 26hours, non constant use.

 

[Popesture]

First BSOD since last reports. Driver verifier was running at the time. Soon as I clicked a link on a website it BSOD. BAD POOL HEADER was the message I think.

Talking with the OCZ SSD forum people to help me upgrade, seems it's a common problem that the FW wont update correctly.

 

[Britton30]

Some hardware tests to run.

Graphics card:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100356-video-card-stress-test-furmark.html#post866972


RAM (memory):
This will require memtest on a bootable CD or USB stick.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

 

[Popesture]

Memtest86 did 5 passes, and never found an error each time, more so the Furtest went for 30mins+ and never had negative results. Is there any logs for me to upload from these?

New batch of blues

 

[Arc]

It is display driver again, and I could suggest you to follow the post #8 again.

 

[Popesture]

Hmm any idea why?

Should I try replace the card ? (or could you make any recommendations for an upgrade/on-par card?)

Since I think I'm limited by PSU which I could replace soonish

 

[Britton30]

Have you pulled the GPU card out and replaced it to reseat it? That helps sometimes.

If you upgrade I would suggest a card with at least 1GB of GDDR5 with a 128 bit interface. Brand choice is your choice but I'd stay with nVIDIA since you have one now and it is difficult to get rid of all the drivers.

Then go by the recommendation of PSU for the card you get. Don't try to run a "bigger" card with 400W. I also recommend Corsair and Seasonic PSUs.

 

[Popesture]

Is my PCU 400w then?

Replacing the card to reset it may have done the trick I think.

Also, would the nVidia GeForce GT 440 be a suitable upgrade to my machine? Or would you need more info?

 

[Britton30]

Your specs say your PSU is 400W your CPU is 95W. Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 AT80580PJ0604MN / AT80580PJ0604ML (BX80580Q8300)

We'd need an exact model and make on the 440.

 

[Popesture]

Ah ok, how about this one?

Asus GT 610 1GB DDR3 DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card | Ebuyer.com

Sorry it's been awhile, a lot going on. Hope you both had a good holiday season!
Also, no blue screens since removing/reinserting the card.

 

[Britton30]

The 610 should be fine, it doesn't need any PCIe power connectors.

 

[Arc]

And, as it is problem free over a reasonable time, you should not be more worried now

Observe the performance of the computer, let us know how it is performing, is there any further issue or not.

 

[Popesture]

Thank you very much for your help, both of you!

 

[Arc]

You are welcome
Me and my friend Britton30 both are very happy that your issue is over
But if there is any further issue, let us know.