arggg :(

[blackfalcon]

so when ever i run silkroad i get this blue screen then my comp restarts. any idea how to fix this?

[blackfalcon]

on the blue sreen it say IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL then it says its dumping physical memory

[cpinney]

i think you have run out of RAM, how much do you have?

[blackfalcon]

512mb

[pr0klobster]

Way too many things this could be but the "IRQL" part usually means a driver or hardware issue.

There is usually more there, like:

Code: Select all

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (ox20000001, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xF6EA8BBF)


*** USBPORT.SYS - Address F6EA8BBF base at F6E8F000, DateStamp 3f04cf17

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete

Look for the STOP: 0xxxxxxxxx pieces and google that, then look at the part below it, that may point to the driver that's having a problem. In the case above, it could mean the USB driver itself, or something attached to the ports, or the actual USB controller on the mobo.

Some of the things I've seen - memory erroring out, sometimes a bad module. Hardware going bad or a driver getting corrupted...Sometimes a bad IDE cable will cause this. I'd start with checking out the drivers. Was anything changed or added recently on the system?

Look into a memory checker too.

[blackfalcon]

thx, ill start checking that stuff out

[truez]

y dont ppl see my signature

[blackfalcon]

the stop codes it gives me are 0xe1252d08, oxooooooFF, 0x000000000, 0x805413AD

[pr0klobster]

Ok, so that's a start. Here's what MS says:

Stop: 0x0000000A (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL*** Address x has base at x - filename

The parameters refer to the specific issues that are involved:
• Parameter 1 - An address that was referenced incorrectly.
• Parameter 2 - An IRQL that was required to access the memory.
• Parameter 3 - The type of access, where 0 is a read operation and 1 is a write operation.
• Parameter 4 - The address of the instruction that referenced memory in parameter 1.

I used to know the addresses, but 850xxxxx seems pretty high, maybe the UMB area, so that could be any driver located up there.

The zeros in part 3 indicate a read operation, not a write, so it's reading from memory and it failed.

In your case the 0x000000ff is the internal request level. FF is hexadecimal for 255, so that's no help at all to me. Can you remember what the *.sys file it referenced was?

For example, mouclass.sys usually indicates a mouse, wdmaud.sys indicates a sound card or driver, and vga.sys usually indicates video (although, that's not the same one for an Nvidia card, that's nvdisp.sys IIRC, and I don't recall what ATI uses.)

[blackfalcon]

ill try and find out .sys file was. btw it only happens when i play sro any idea why? maybe something with the game after it patched?

[pr0klobster]

If it's only when you play SRO, do you have the sound on? Maybe the sound drivers...

or video drivers, I can't think of anything else SRO might access.

[blackfalcon]

its might be the video drivers.

[blackfalcon]

is there a way to completely reset my computer, back to the way it was before i started adding programs to it?

[cpinney]

there is system restore but it only goes back so far, and to when the preferences for your computer were saved, look into that it is your best option.

[evilpeta]

what gfx card do you have?

[blackfalcon]

there is system restore but it only goes back so far, and to when the preferences for your computer were saved, look into that it is your best option.

i think i am going to do that, no important information on this computer anyway. could you tell me how to do it?

what gfx card do you have?

nothing special, just one of those intel gfx cards they put into the computer when the build it

[cpinney]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

link above gives u step by step instructions.

[blackfalcon]

thx man. hope this works

[blackfalcon]

i tried to do it and it said it couldnt do it

[cpinney]

what do you mean, what did it say? pic would be best.

[truez]

is there a way to completely reset my computer, back to the way it was before i started adding programs to it?

there is system restore but it only goes back so far, and to when the preferences for your computer were saved, look into that it is your best option.

Ok Cpinney, im gonna comprehend on this... i suppose falcon wants to completely reinstall his OS....

i think i am going to do that, no important information on this computer anyway. could you tell me how to do it?

Some facts abt system restore, "The System Restore feature is built into Windows XP and is used to return your computer to an earlier state if you have a system failure or other major problem with your computer. The point of System Restore is to restore your system to a workable state without you having to reinstall the operating system and lose your data files in the process".
Source

Falcon, please confirm if u really wanna reinstall OS ... ideally i would recommend a repair reisntall before u proceed to a clean install.
Whatis - A Repair Install will replace the system files with the files on the XP CD used for the Repair Install. It will leave your applications and settings intact, but Windows updates will need to be reapplied. A Repair Install will replace files altered by adware and malware, but will not fix an adware, malware problem.
How to do repair reinstall?

What is - While a clean install is not always necessary, slightly better stability and performance can be expected when XP is installed to a clean hard drive or partition.
How to do clean install?

[cpinney]

either of them work all depends on the user but re-reading what falcon wrote i think he meant reinstall OS as well.

[blackfalcon]

ok im pretty sure its my gfx card. maybe i need to update the drivers. i only ge the bsod when i try to play games

[!G4!]

yea when i start up sro i get a small little green bordered screen on the bottom right corner