Comp issues

[nadriel]

Right, I have this lovely new comp. Unfortunately, it keeps crashing on me.

I'm getting a blue screen with DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

It only crops up when I run certain applications, and not with any regularity (but quite a bit of frequency when using said programs).

Given that the programs are: Windows Media Player, Winamp, Intervideo WinDVD and Ventrilo (a voice chat program), I'm working on it being something to do with the sound card.

I've got onboard sound, which I disabled and removed the drivers for to use my better sound card which I've put in.

So, any fellow techies out there who've got suggestions? I've poked around on some tech websites, but they aren't too helpful without me actually going through a lengthy signup process, so I thought I'd ask here first, as I know there are several people reading this journal who are much better at support/hardware than me...

Comments

[seidhepriest.livejournal.com]

In the Device Manager there's an option to sort devices by IRQ ("Sort by resource type").

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Okay- I have the following doubling up- should any of them not be on the same irq, and if so, what range do I have available to change them to?

(All PCI)

16- USB Universal Host Controller
16- PCI Express Root Port
16- Nvidea Geforce 6800 GS
18- USB Universal Host Controller
18- Sounblaster Live! 24-bit
19- USB Universal Host Controller
19- Serial ATA Storage Controller
23- USB Universal Host Controller
23- USB2 Enhanced Host Controller

I also have non-doubled PCI devices on IRQ 10 and 21

For ISA, I have the following doubled:

9- Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
9- VAXSCSI Controller

And other ISA devices on IRQ 0,1,3,4,8,12,13,14 and 15

[seidhepriest.livejournal.com]

For an ACPI system, sharing IRQs is normal. On this box, an SB Live shares an IRQ with 5 other devices. Did you get the Creative driver? The default MS driver was somewhat buggy, and, you could've gotten trouble if the sample rate/"acceleration" in the audio device properties (the ones in the sound/multimedia CP applet) were set too low.

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

I have the latest creative driver I could get. And acceleration and sample rate are both maxed.

[seidhepriest.livejournal.com]

Whee. ICQ/VNC?

[seidhepriest.livejournal.com]

In a couple hours?

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Hold on while I grab a copy of VNC and reinstall icq.

[seidhepriest.livejournal.com]

Quiet Internet Pager - ICQ client;
- Miranda;
Tight VNC - supports a tad cleaner image and better compression than the usual AT&T/Cambridge VNC.

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Cool, they're both installed, and I've left icq running- so, if you're ready in a couple of hours, just drop me a message and we can get this show on the road. Thanks for all the assistance, btw :-)

[seidhepriest.livejournal.com]

ICQ #?

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

In the f-locked post at the top of my journal.

[seidhepriest.livejournal.com]

Not there...

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Ooops! Is there now :-)