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Old April 18th, 2006, 11:45 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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BSOD while formatting and installing windows.

Whenever i try to format and install windows i get a BSOD that usually says Driver IRQ not less or equal but I have gotten others. Does anyone know what is causeing this?
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i had that problem, it turned out that windows setup is very sensitive to memory settings... put everything to auto and give it a shot
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It could be incompatible RAM or a bad mobo.
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Thanks all for the quick replies, Sorry for the double post on this issue.
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Old April 19th, 2006, 01:03 AM     #5 (permalink)
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This error can occur for various reasons. Interupt Request are places for the memory to store information it receives about everything from data spooled to be written to the hard drive, to the communication ports for your various components to function. I have had anything from a video card to a mem module cause this problem. It occurs when there is a faulty communication between a component in the memory, one or more components are trying to take the same place in memory. Since they IRQ assignments are assigned by the communication between the memory modules and the respective component it leaves only a fault "chip" somewhere along the line. Swap your components (one by one) and see if this resolves the issue. Otherwise its a memory module or a combination of a component and memory module.

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