bad driver???

[Soap]

i have been getting bsod which seems to be happening every 3 days. the message i get is below with what http://www.adare.ca/stop.htm says causes it to happen.


0x0000000A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - Usually cause by bad driver or incompatible hardware/software.


my question is if this is a correct cause how can i find out which driver is causing it? is there a program or something which does this???

thank you for any help.

 

[poertner_1274]

Try checking your event viewer. It should tell you what is causing those stop messages.

 

[Rick]

Bad memory or hard disk can also cause this error... As well as bad CPU and a host of other things.

But yes, drivers are very likely. My next guess would be memory or hard disk.

What I might do is attempt to update my drivers for video, sound, IDE / chipset, modem, netcard etc... Just the basic components.

I don't think there's any real way (at least practical anyway) to determine what the exact cause is.

You may also want to perform a memory test and disk test. www.memtest86.com and your hard drive can be tested by a manufacturer's diagnostic. Check out the storage forum for a drive utility.

 

[Soap]

thank you for the help ill try it out. i have a program called tufftest would that be good enough to test the hard drive and memory with???

 

[poertner_1274]

Might work, but I would recommend trying one of these. Find your specific manufacturer and use their program.