I am having a problem with a blue s

[joryweber]

I am having a problem with a blue screen message right after windows loads my desktop it goes to blue screen and driver_IRQL_not_less_or_equal BEGINNNING DUMP OF PHYSICAL MEMORY. It happens when I try to start any program. The system runs maybe 1 minute and then goes to blue screen with above message. I re-installed Winfows 2000 Pro and still had error. I can hardly keep it running long enough to check anything out.
What should I do?
I have read heat sink fan - is that possible.
How do you flash the BIOS?

Help!!!

 

[ntwrkadmn]

Did you check driver status in safe mode? Go into device manager and look for a red X through a device, disable it and reboot - you can reinstall the driver later. Should be able to download the latest version of the BOIS off the manufactures website (ie - Dell, IBM, etc.). Usually you download it to desktop, click on the file and it will ask to install on a floppy, the floppy is bootable, put it in the drive, make sure your setup to boot from floppy and the BIOS should update automatically then restart. Have you purchased any new peripherals lately, there new drivers may not be compatible with your OS - if so unhook them and reboot.

 

[joryweber]

I built my own computer. It's an AMD Athlon 1.4 Ghz processor.
I did add an MAUSB -10 carmera card reader just before this happened every time I started up. I did unplug it from the USB connection with no apparent benefit to the system.
Thanks for the help.
Jory

 

[ntwrkadmn]

Did you see if the driver was failing in safe mode? Just unplugging the device the driver can still cause problems. If any drivers had a red X did you disable them then reboot?

 

[joryweber]

I checked all drivers and none had red x's through them. I then removed the reader drivers from the list and rebooted - same thing.

 

[ntwrkadmn]

Do you have data on the drive? If so hook up to second IDE controller on another computer and transfer data to that drive (I realize this takes several computers and time, but if your not running a backup and data is critical there's not too many other options). If there isn't any data your worried about I'd just reinstall the operating system. You have several days trying to figure it out or a couple hours rebuilding? Something else, I'd check the drive (you can download drive tests off the web) and check the drive before reinstalling the OS). Sorry it's not working out for you. In safe mode did the log files tell you anything? Sometimes they indicate a bad sector (possibly the boot sector) and point you in the right direction.

 

[joryweber]

I have already reloaded the OS. I did get a warning that a mass media driver was not supported by Windows. It said I would have to fix it in the nest section and then I never saw where it wanted me to update the driver.
I re-installed without the new picture card reader plugged in.