Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal

spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
edited December 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">Help me....</div> I get this error everytime i try to join a game in planet side. I need help!

Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_Or_equal

EDIT: My System specs are P4 2.4 Ghz, Asus P4S8X Mobo 786 mb of DDR PC 2700 333 mhz Ram, Radeon 7500 Vid card and a 120 gig 7200 RPM hardisk running Win XP Home.
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    well the only useful piece of information in that message is about some kind of driver/irq conflict.

    So, here's what I would try if I were you.... (Translation: if this breaks something, don't blame me)

    reboot your computer and go into the bios settings. Find the irq settings and look for something in that general area that says something to the effect of "Plug and Play OS". It should be a yes/no only option.

    Whatever it's currently set to, change it to the other. And cross your fingers.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    One of three things:

    1) Video card (or perhaps some other card, but odds are its your Video card) somehow is loose in your case. Open her up and take out the card and reinsert it.

    2) Messed up drivers, try reinstalling them

    3) Corrupt windows installation, try reinstalling Windows completely.

    In my experience, 9 times out of 10 when you get this error its due to #1.
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    Have you just installed some new drivers ? Have you updated Planetside ?

    I've had these in the past, and its usually been due to dodgy drivers.
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  • EmseeEmsee Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16644Members, Constellation
    You probably have too many devices on one IRQ.
    Go to control panel and enter the system properties. From there you should go to something like hardware manager then from there view devices by connection ( I think?).
    Anyway from there expand the IRQ selection and you'll probably find that you have alot of devices on IRQ 7 or 11. Mostly likely your sound card, video card and modem and god knows how manyother things you have installed.
    This is the cause of your problem. However in XP/2k you can't manually assign IRQs anymore, as its supposed to sort itself out. However it does a **** poor job of it sometimes.

    The best way to resolve it is to (If you have a pci sound or video card or a pci modem) uninstall one of the devices then place it in a different slot and reinstall it there. This usually make the OS put it on a different IRQ and solve the problem.
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  • ScinetScinet Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12489Members, Constellation
    Faulty memory might also be the cause of this error. Find a memory testing program and use it to see if all your memory modules are still functioning normally.
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Scinet is correct - this error typically refers to memory issues. It's rather misleading to read, but whatever. Go <a href='http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810093&Product=winxp' target='_blank'>here</a> for some basical troubleshooting info.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--Scinet+Dec 16 2003, 05:03 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scinet @ Dec 16 2003, 05:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Faulty memory might also be the cause of this error. Find a memory testing program and use it to see if all your memory modules are still functioning normally. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Can't believe I forgot this one, as its the one I had problems with the most when I had this problem.

    Yeah, if you get it like all the freakin time its probably a bad stick of ram. If you have 2 or more sticks, try running them one at a time. The corrupt one won't even boot, so it'll be easy to narrow down...
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  • taboofirestaboofires Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9853Members
    Bad video card drivers are usually the culprit if you hardware is all okay. If your hardware is on the fritz, well, good luck!
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    If you can reproduce the error doing the same thing, its unlikely to be memory and more likely to be software/drivers. If its seemingly random, then its more likely hardware. Given that its happening at the same time when you're joining a game, then I would say its software - specifically: drivers.
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