DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_ EQUAL - question ??

[BamaPanda]

Please bear with me in this. I need some real help. I made this post in the XP Pro forum, but was red flagged.

I done a search here and found some info on the issue below. From what I have read this is not a malware issue.

At bootup with XP Pro, I get a blue screen with the below. It will not finish loading.

DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_ EQUAL (at the top of the page)

Then a lot of jumbo about protecting my PC ..

(then at the bottom)
***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x0000030,0x0000006,0x00000000,0xF82CB9A0
***VIAMRAID.SYS - ADDRESSES F82CB9A0 base at F82C1000, DATESTAMP 4063C304

I have done a Seagate format twice, and reloaded the OS (which works for a season). At present re-format may be my only option, as I cannot access the OS. Even using the XP Pro install disc (to try and do a repair) is a dead end, as it will give the same blue screen - and stop.

If it is a hardware issue, I would think that it would show up with the older Seagate 40 EIDE that I am using right now. So far no blue screen with this. That leads me to think that it may be in the Via raid + the Seagate SATA driver relationship.

Ideas? Comments, please.

 

[Nelviticus]

This should be in the XP Pro forum - I don't know why you would have been red flagged unless you used bad language in your original post or one of your replies.

However - your suspicions are probably correct about the fault lying with the RAID controller because the error message says that it's caused by VIAMRAID.SYS, which sounds from its name like the Via RAID controller driver. It could be a bug in the driver, a hardware fault in the RAID controller or an error in the memory that the driver is accessing.

I don't know much about RAID drivers as I've never used RAID, but I know that you normally have to have the drivers available on a floppy when you install Windows. Not sure how you could update the drivers if you couldn't get into the system. Maybe a BIOS update might help? It's a long shot.

That's the limit of my knowledge - if you need further help you should post a nice polite reply in the XP Pro forum. Good luck!

Nelviticus