Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a BSOD. The
message doesn't las long enough to read properly. All I can get is 'IRQL NOT
EQUAL OR LESS' and something about 'If this is happening for the first
time..........' Then it's gone. On restart I select 'Start windows normally'
and get a clean restart
I am concerned at the increasing frequency of this and fear that it may be a
warning of worse to come. Can anyone shed some light please.
"Brendan" <bunkoman@iolfree.ie> wrote in message
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> Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
>
> On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a BSOD. The
> message doesn't las long enough to read properly. All I can get is 'IRQL
> NOT EQUAL OR LESS' and something about 'If this is happening for the first
> time..........' Then it's gone. On restart I select 'Start windows
> normally' and get a clean restart
> I am concerned at the increasing frequency of this and fear that it may be
> a warning of worse to come. Can anyone shed some light please.
>
Go into system properties\advanced\startup and recovery and uncheck the
automatically restart Then the next time this happens provide the
information displayed in detail.
"Brendan" <bunkoman@iolfree.ie> wrote in message
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> Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
>
> On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a BSOD. The
> message doesn't las long enough to read properly. All I can get is 'IRQL
> NOT EQUAL OR LESS' and something about 'If this is happening for the first
> time..........' Then it's gone. On restart I select 'Start windows
> normally' and get a clean restart
> I am concerned at the increasing frequency of this and fear that it may be
> a warning of worse to come. Can anyone shed some light please.
>
If this happens mostly when the system is started "cold" (meaning from
complete power off state where the machine has not been used in the past
20-30 minutes), then what you likely have is a piece of hardware beginning
to fail. Once warmed up it runs ok (possibly solder crack or maybe bad
capacitor), but the problem will get worse, not better.
"Brendan" <bunkoman@iolfree.ie> wrote in message
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> Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
>
> On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a BSOD. The
> message doesn't las long enough to read properly. All I can get is 'IRQL
> NOT EQUAL OR LESS' and something about 'If this is happening for the first
> time..........' Then it's gone. On restart I select 'Start windows
> normally' and get a clean restart
> I am concerned at the increasing frequency of this and fear that it may be
> a warning of worse to come. Can anyone shed some light please.
>
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Brendan,
>
> If this happens mostly when the system is started "cold" (meaning from
> complete power off state where the machine has not been used in the past
> 20-30 minutes), then what you likely have is a piece of hardware beginning
> to fail. Once warmed up it runs ok (possibly solder crack or maybe bad
> capacitor), but the problem will get worse, not better.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Brendan" <bunkoman@iolfree.ie> wrote in message
> news:%23JcdBPG8HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
>>
>> On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a BSOD. The
>> message doesn't las long enough to read properly. All I can get is 'IRQL
>> NOT EQUAL OR LESS' and something about 'If this is happening for the
>> first time..........' Then it's gone. On restart I select 'Start windows
>> normally' and get a clean restart
>> I am concerned at the increasing frequency of this and fear that it may
>> be a warning of worse to come. Can anyone shed some light please.
>>
>
"Brendan" <bunkoman@iolfree.ie> wrote in message
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> Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
>
> On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a BSOD. The
> message doesn't las long enough to read properly. All I can get is 'IRQL
> NOT EQUAL OR LESS' and something about 'If this is happening for the first
> time..........' Then it's gone. On restart I select 'Start windows
> normally' and get a clean restart
> I am concerned at the increasing frequency of this and fear that it may be
> a warning of worse to come. Can anyone shed some light please.
>
1 Chkdsk (windows - do a full) will check harddrive integrity
2 Memtest86 (3rd party .. use a floppy) will test the RAM memory modules
3 BIOS - if you have it set in the BIOS are overclocking, stop it for the
time being
4 Heat - is your computer being cooled enough? Heat can cause sudden
restarts and failures .. blow out the dust from your computer .. consider a
fancy copper heat sink extra cooling or extra fan. Use the new-fangled
thinner IDE cables if you have IDE drives for better air-flow etc. etc.
5 Of course, make sure all compents are well seated into the motherboard ..
all cables and plugs well plugged in etc.
> Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
>
> On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a
> BSOD.
Others have given you some good answers, I should point out it is
likely a hardware problem and the fix may be a new motherboard. Tell
us about your system, if you built it, what motherboard do you have?
If purchased ready made, what brand is it and what model is it?
You may have seen elsewhere people having problems with one particular
brand of motherboard but any manufacturer can make a bad one sometimes.
"Brendan" <bunkoman@iolfree.ie> wrote in message
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> Increasingly frequently I am experiencing the following:
>
> On start-up everything goes ok for a minute or so then I get a BSOD. The
> message doesn't las long enough to read properly. All I can get is 'IRQL
> NOT EQUAL OR LESS' and something about 'If this is happening for the first
> time..........' Then it's gone. On restart I select 'Start windows
> normally' and get a clean restart
> I am concerned at the increasing frequency of this and fear that it may be
> a warning of worse to come. Can anyone shed some light please.
>
BSOD- Vista Ultimate 
Linear Mode
