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Hello... Heres my situation... I built a new pc and when i try to install windows onto the the new pc.. I get this BSOD saying "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" .... can anyone help me solve thiis problem plz.

Hello Biggy,

Welcome to PCHF.

- Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer and click on the System section.
- Look for event 1001, which should have the following information:

Event ID: 1001
Source: Save Dump
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.The bugcheck was ?
...A dump was saved in:....... Note the path

- This will tell you where the location of the dump file is. Can you attach the dump file back here?

A few of these would be great, but irql_not_less_or_equal normally relates to faulty hardware, most likely memory but this dump should point us in the right direction.

Ok Ok.. this hard drive is formatted... and it has nothing on it... im trying to install windows on it.. and during the "Windows is Copying Files" part of the installation.. the Blue Screen error message will occur...

oh.. and right now im on my dads PC... and the one that recieving this error is mines in me room.

Ok,

- If you have a floppy drive and a spare floppy disk, please download: http://www.memtest86.com/memt32.zip

- If not, please download, unzip and use nero to burn this image: http://www.memtest86.com/memtest86-3.2.iso.zip

Reboot with the CD/Floppy in the drive and start memtest. This will ensure there are no problems in memory.

OK Ok.. for the CD one.. you want me to use Nero and just burn the Img to the disc and run the disc on the pc with the problem..?? ok.

hmm can u give me the steps on doing this please.

- Open up the zip file using WinZip/ZipGenius or whatever zip software you have you your PC, and extract it to a location you'll remember.
- From Nero Start Smart, go to the section Copy and Backup, and then click on Burn Image to Disk.
- From "File of Type" at the bottom of the Open window, select "All Files" or "Image Files", and then open the file you just extracted, should be called "memtest86-3.2.iso".
- Click Next and go through the burn procedure.

From the bad PC:
- Start the PC up with the CD insterted, and you should be able to boot from it, just like you do with the windows installation CD.