For 8 days now, I have read an extensive amount of posts(over 200) off the internet, some clear back in 02/10/2002 trying to find a common denominator(of sorts). Of the few things each user had in common in W2k or XP are the following:
These situations stick out like sore thumbs:
1. with the NDIS.SYS included in the error it had something to do with the Linksys LNE100TX,and/or Eudora , ie:
A. I got this error in win2k for a while about a year and a half ago, then it disappeared until now. It only occurs in Eudora while sending a reply to certain emails: as close as I can figure it, it happens when I send important attachments or reply to several recipients. I can get around it often by resending the email as a new email rather than a reply... I'll probably end up replacing my ethernet card just on the chances it'll help. BTW I'm using the linksys LNE100tx ethernet card.
B. also get this DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUA with the sisnic.sys, and windows 2000, with an all in one SIS motherboard, My machine seems to reboot every 30 minutes, so I am following some of these advises,
1st, I am disabling the onboard Network, and pluging in a Linkpro Network card.
If I dont return, it means it was fixed.
C. I am getting the same problem with psched.sys
I am using D-Link 614+ Router.
The problem started only after I started to use
L2TP vpn cable connection.
I am using Eudora.
However I get it when Eudore is closed and opening IE6.
D. This possible solution relates directly to BSOD stop error and NDIS.SYS. I have Linksys LNE100TX v4 NICs on two computers. Both boxes were getting this stop error after I started running a new anti-virus app.
I configured the a/v app NOT to scan the NDIS.SYS file, specifically. Since then I have not had a single BSOD on either box.
E. I figured it out! For the last two weeks Eudora would cause my windows 2000 crash when i would click the "send" button. I would get a BSOD saying DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. The error reports as happening in the file NDIS.SYS. The error also reports that the machine is BEGINNING DUMP OF PHYSICAL MEMORY.
Also, about two weeks ago i installed the latest drivers for my Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4) network card. This was the problem. Apparently, ndis.sys doesn't always play well with others. So i reinstalled the original drivers that came with my card, once again regaining my email proficiency. 02/18/2002 UPDATE
I jinxed myself. Shortly after writing this entry my computer crashed again after a 2 week hiatus.
So i removed the Linksys network card and put in a cheap one. Haven't had any problems since.
I wonder if people who aren't using a Linksys network card have this problem?
09/08/2002 Update
Eudora and my network card are still humming the same tune.
F. I had the exact same problem with Eudora, with the exact same network card. Nothing I did fixed the problem until I replaced the card. I assumed it was either a hardware problem or buggy drivers.
I actually considered changing mail clients to fix this problem (honest!) because Eudora was the only program that had the problem. But, I couldn't find any, so I finally switched network cards.
This was 1.5 years ago, and my new card (Intel Pro100) works fine although I've now abandoned Eudora. I have no idea why the combination causes a problem but I can at least confirm it.
-Dan
Posted by: Dan on September 2, 2003 10:01 PM
G.I have had the same problem with XP and the LNE100tx,
I had the built in driver installed and everytime I used tightVNC, which is quite stable now, I got the blue screen.
Then it would not let me update to the latest driver which is v 2.17 for XP. I tried everything!!!
SO what I Had to do is go into the registry and delete the lne100tx folder in the pathname
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services"
then unistalled it, then reinstalled it (without restarting) with the new driver.
Go to computer managemment (on xp, control panal on 98)
click the plus sign on your Univeral Serial Bus controllers
Right click Intel USB Universal Host... or whatever has intel in front of it on your USB
Go to properties>>> the advanced tab, and down at the bottom Check where it says "Don't tell me about USB errors" and walla
While this doesn't fix the problem, it stops the BSOD
Posted by: Jenny on June 10, 2003 04:40 PM
That was the device manager in the computer management or control panal that you need to do that in. Since I have done this I have not gotten a BSOD in months.
NOTE:ADMtek AN983 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter" it will work for the linksys lne100tx version 5...usin it now and it works great just like before.
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2. with the uhcd.sys in the error had an HP printer of some sort.ie:
A. thank's a lot to the information provided in this thread; we had this problem on one computer (a7vx with amd 2000with w2k, sp3) for 6 months, coming and going, sometimes only once during daily boot-up;
in the last days, the BSOD kept us from working on this machine, and any attempts of re-installation of service packs or drivers were completely mislead, yet: impossible (we never watched w2k longer than 20 secs.
we actually had a hp officejet v40 plugged to this computer, and this was the source of all our problems.
B. I'm relatively sure at this point that the root cause was in fact *not* the driver. Rather, it was the new USB hub that I installed as I installed the HP printer.
The "uhcd.sys" file, or univeral hardward controller device system file, is something that is needed for USB devices to function, along side another file called usbsys.sys or something i forget exactly. The reason it tells me that driver is at fault is because it is at odds with the USB hub.
Apparently, my computer doesn't like the hub for some reason. I talked to Belkin, the maker of the hub, and they said that even though my hub is a "powered" hub, meaning it has a cord that goes to an outlet, there is still so much back-and-forth between the HP all-in-one printer/scanner/fax/copier that it causes the computer to malfunction when it's run through the hub.
Their advice was to connect the HP into one USB port in the back of the computer, the hub into the other port, and all other USB devices into the hub.
Until I see that this has stabilized for a few weeks without going down, I'm going to refrain from using the hub at all (after all, that's why they call it plug and play, right?
Then I'll take their advice and see how that goes.
Posted :June 6, 2003 03:57 PM
You are onto something. I am getting the same error. I have XP pro and an HP 4-in-1.
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3. Kazaa and/or AIM and/or running Sygate Personal Firewall Pro and/or Linksys
4. updating the video adapters for GeForce 4 MX440 w/DDR and/or GeForce 3 ti200.
5. Overheating.
Most of them swore by :
I am NOT saying that any of this is what is happening with YOUR paricular situation, and I am NOT saying that doing any of what these users have done is going to remedy YOUR particular situation, just saying worth a read, thats all!
