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 wrong forum. Forgive me.

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.

 

[garebo]

It sure seems to be, noting the VIAMRAID.SYS error notice.
Seems to me i just read another post regarding raid\and\or sata and he went into bios and re-set a bios setting, not sure though.


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[garebo]

I found the other one, here it is:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1117792

May or may not help of course. Just showing you that there may possibly be a bios fix.
Good luck

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