Originally posted by Maast:
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To stop getting IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error:
Check connection of IDE drives to the cable - master drive MUST be connected to the end of cable and slave - to the middle connector. If you have DVD writer, it should be at second IDE, and if it's not alone there it should be slave.
If your drives are connected other way - wait for IRQL_NOT...
It's a rule, it'simple, but it works!
... ok, look here, mine is an IBM Intellistation with 2 disks on IDE-0, a CDRW on IDE-1(Master) and removable harddisk tray on IDE-1(Slave).
--> On this same machine Windows 98SE runs fine. so does Redhat 9.1, no problems there.
Win2000 Pro (SP4) was running fine in the past, even after I upgraded the CDROM to a CDRW (LG GCE-8160B) and installed the Genica harddisk tray. One day I boot Win2000 and bang..! 30-60 seconds after it finished booting the screen goes dark and it reboots, sometimes with the blue screen briefly visible. After checking for viruses I began suspecting some MS update (I always update all my systems!).
Time to reinstall Windows 2000..? I did and it solved nothing. Right after the last install step, after cleaning up of temp. folders, on its first restart attempt... it crashes:
Stop 0x0a (0xE26D795B,0x02,0x00,0x80415025) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Address 80415025 base at 80400000, Datestamp 3ad7ad60 - ntoskrnl.exe
- virus is extremly unlikely cause
- passed all IBM-supplied hardware diagnosics tests
- crashes with the most basic setup options and config
- apply all the latest drivers in safe mode, crashes anyway.
- without a tray (removable disk out) the BIOS reports "Disk-3: none", it crashes just the same.
BTW, the boot manager is Systems Commander. I tried installing Win2000 in partition J, booting via C: (Win98SE), as well as a "normal" setup, meaning Win2000 in partition-1 as C: and Win98SE in partition-2 as J: or un-assigned (hidden).
If I rearrange the IDEs like you recommend it creates an operational nightmare with the way Windows assigns drive letters. For instance, this variation:
IDE-0 M disk-1 (leave as is)
IDE-0 S Genica (now on IDE-1 S)
IDE-1 M disk-2 (now on IDE-0 S)
IDE-1 S CDRW (now on IDE-1 M)
Drive D:\ will be the 1st partition of whatever disk is in the Genica tray. If none, D:\ will be the 1st partition of disk-2 and all other partitions, E: F: G; ... slide up / down.
Therefore, how about this?
IDE-0 M disk-1 (leave as is)
IDE-0 S CDRW (now on IDE-1 M)
IDE-1 M disk-2 (now on IDE-0 S)
IDE-1 S Genica (leave as is)
Now, after all my experimenting and reading your advice seems the best but why is only Win2000 Pro (SP2/SP4) having a problem? Thanks in advance to anyone able and willing to help.
