Hey guys I would apreciate the help I get a blue screen in winxp every once in a while saying irq_not_less_or_equal, below is a table of my irq's, on 9 it looks like there are too many things, how can i fix this IRQ 0 System timer OK IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2) OK IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK IRQ 5 D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev.A) OK IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK IRQ 9 ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller OK IRQ 9 ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller OK IRQ 9 D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev.A) #3 OK IRQ 10 Creative SB Live! Value (WDM) OK IRQ 11 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200 OK IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK this is my system info OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name M System Manufacturer System Manufacturer System Model System Name System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1208 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7A266 ACPI BIOS Revision 1009, 10/19/2001 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)" User Name M\marcin Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB Available Physical Memory 42.68 MB Total Virtual Memory 874.24 MB Available Virtual Memory 484.89 MB Page File Space 618.77 MB Page File C:\pagefile.sys thanks a great deal if you can help.

M - Did you install any new hardware or software prior to this problem appearing?

Xp does share alot of the irqs and that does cause problems. Your network card u could put in a diffrent pci slot and it should come up as a diffrent IRQ. If its in an even slot put it in an odd slot or visa versa so for example your netowrk card is in slot 2 put it in slot 3. One other thing i would do is go back into your device manager and uninstall your pci-usb card. I dont know why it shows up twice in there but just in case uninstall both and then do a hardware scan and XP will find it and reinstall the drivers automatically. I just noticed that your pci-usb card is on the same irq as your network card. That is not good. I just figured mine out like 2 weeks ago. I had a pci-usb card and a network card on the same IRQ and I kept getting lockups like crazy. Switched around the usb and network card and finally got the network card away from the pci-usb card. Only took 20 mins and now i have no lockups. That is basically what your gonna have to do. Its not hard. I did ask if there was a way to switch the irq manually but u have to do something before u install xp or while your installing or something like that. But anyway switch your pci cards around and try to get the network card away from the pci-usb. Good luck

You can also disable one or both serial (com 1 and 2) ports (when you don't use them). Disable them in your bios, an xp have 2 more IRQ's to give away. Greetz

SUPERB, thank you guys i will try all these solutions and hopefully it will work, thanks a great deal, hang ten