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Could I get an explanation of the following error code:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Stop: 0x0000000A(0xFFFFFFE8, ox00000002, 0x00000001, 0x80522985)
My computer (Inspiron 6000 with Windows XP) does not boot in any mode including the SAFE mode. Is this a hardware or software problem?
FPT2007
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Posted July 2nd, 2009 12:00
I just spent a week tracking down the same problem on my Dell C610 with Win XP. A clue that it was a hardware issue was the machine would occasionally boot after it was off for a while. It turned out one of my memory cards (RAM) had gone bad after 5 years. Dell hardware test did not find the problem, but memtest86+, version 2.11 did. I popped out the memory card and the C610 booted up immediately. After another restart to clear out messages from the previous crashes, the C610 is now running perfectly. (Albeit much slower with less RAM.)
Go to http://icrontic.com/articles/diagnose_with_memtest86 for a tutorial on how to load & use and links to it.
As in your case, I could not boot even in safe mode; typically I got either the IRQL_.... or PFN_LIST_CORRUPT Blue Screen Of Death.
Life is good again.
Hope this helps you.
Frank