BSOD problems

[espent]

Recently I've had a lot of BSOD with this error message: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x0000000A. The error occurs as far as I can remember only during 3D games, but I'm not 100% sure. The last 2 times the error parameters have been: (0x9D7C2240, 0X00000002, 0x00000000, 0x80847C1C)

My vital specifications: (no overclocking)
520W ASPIRE PSU (+3.3V:28A, +5V:30A, +12V:34A, -5V:0.3A, -12V:0.8A, +5VSB: 2.0A)
Athlon64 (NewCastle DH7-CG) 3000+ 2.0GHz (200MHz*10) 512KB 4*200HTT
Thermalright SLK-948U Heatsink, Papst 3412NG 84m3/h 32dB Fan & Artic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
EPoX 8KDA3J
512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM TwinMos (Winbond CH-5) Tcl2.5, Tras 8, Trcp 3, Trp 3
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10000RPM S-ATA
Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 160GB 7200RPM S-ATA
NEC 2510A 32XCD-R 16XCD-RW 40XCD 8XDVD-R 4XDVD-RW 8XDVD+R 4XDVD+R 2,4XR9 ATA/33
nVidia GeForce 6800 128MB GDDR AGP 8X (MSI)
Creative Audigy 2

Software:
Windows XP Pro Eng SP2
DirectX 9.0c
ForceWare 66.81
nForce Unified Drivers 5.10
Audigy 2 Driver version 5.12.1.444

Temps:
CPU: 30c IDLE & 45c LOAD
GPU: 50c IDLE & 55c LOAD

IRQs:
0 : System timer
3 : COM2
3 : Communications Port (COM2)
4 : COM1
4 : Communications Port (COM1)
8 : System CMOS/real time clock
9 : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
11 : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
13 : Numeric data processor
14 : NVIDIA CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)
16 : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
17 : Creative SB Audigy 2 (WDM)
18 : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
20 : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
21 : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
22 : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
23 : NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
23 : NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator

Memory resources:
00000000 - 0009FFFF : System board
000A0000 - 000BFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
000A0000 - 000BFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
000A0000 - 000BFFFF : PCI bus
000C0000 - 000DFFFF : PCI bus
000D1800 - 000D3FFF : System board
000F0000 - 000F7FFF : System board
000F8000 - 000FBFFF : System board
000FC000 - 000FFFFF : System board
00100000 - 1FEDFFFF : System board
1FEE0000 - 1FEFFFFF : System board
1FEF0000 - FEBFFFFF : PCI bus
D0000000 - D7FFFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
D8000000 - DFFFFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
D8000000 - DFFFFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
E0000000 - E0FFFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
E0000000 - E2FFFFFF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
E1000000 - E1FFFFFF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
E3000000 - E3003FFF : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
E3000000 - E3FFFFFF : PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
E3004000 - E30047FF : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
E4000000 - E4000FFF : NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator
E4002000 - E4002FFF : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
E4003000 - E4003FFF : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
E4004000 - E40040FF : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
FEC00000 - FEC00FFF : System board
FEE00000 - FEEFFFFF : System board
FEFFF000 - FEFFFFFF : System board
FFF80000 - FFF80FFF : System board
FFF90000 - FFFBFFFF : System board
FFFED000 - FFFEFFFF : System board
FFFF0000 - FFFFFFFF : System board

I/O settings:
00000000 - 0000000F : Direct memory access controller
00000000 - 00000CF7 : PCI bus
00000010 - 0000001F : Motherboard resources
00000020 - 00000021 : Programmable interrupt controller
00000022 - 0000003F : Motherboard resources
00000040 - 00000043 : System timer
00000044 - 0000005F : Motherboard resources
00000061 - 00000061 : System speaker
00000062 - 00000063 : Motherboard resources
00000065 - 0000006F : Motherboard resources
00000070 - 00000073 : System CMOS/real time clock
00000074 - 0000007F : Motherboard resources
00000080 - 00000090 : Direct memory access controller
00000091 - 00000093 : Motherboard resources
00000094 - 0000009F : Direct memory access controller
000000A0 - 000000A1 : Programmable interrupt controller
000000A2 - 000000BF : Motherboard resources
000000C0 - 000000DF : Direct memory access controller
000000E0 - 000000EF : Motherboard resources
000000F0 - 000000FF : Numeric data processor
000001F0 - 000001F7 : NVIDIA CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)
00000274 - 00000277 : ISAPNP Read Data Port
00000279 - 00000279 : ISAPNP Read Data Port
00000294 - 00000297 : Motherboard resources
000002F8 - 000002FE : COM2
000002F8 - 000002FF : Communications Port (COM2)
00000378 - 0000037F : Printer Port (LPT1)
000003B0 - 000003BB : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
000003B0 - 000003BB : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
000003C0 - 000003DF : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
000003C0 - 000003DF : NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
000003F6 - 000003F6 : NVIDIA CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)
000003F8 - 000003FE : COM1
000003F8 - 000003FF : Communications Port (COM1)
000004D0 - 000004D1 : Motherboard resources
000004E0 - 000004E7 : Motherboard resources
00000778 - 0000077B : Printer Port (LPT1)
00000970 - 00000977 : NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
000009F0 - 000009F7 : NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
00000A79 - 00000A79 : ISAPNP Read Data Port
00000B70 - 00000B73 : NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
00000BF0 - 00000BF3 : NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
00000D00 - 0000FFFF : PCI bus
00004000 - 0000407F : Motherboard resources
00004080 - 000040FF : Motherboard resources
00004400 - 0000447F : Motherboard resources
00004480 - 000044FF : Motherboard resources
00004800 - 0000487F : Motherboard resources
00004880 - 000048FF : Motherboard resources
00004C00 - 00004C3F : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
00004C40 - 00004C7F : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
00009000 - 0000903F : Creative SB Audigy 2 (WDM)
00009000 - 00009FFF : PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
00009400 - 00009407 : Creative Game Port
0000A800 - 0000A807 : NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator
0000C400 - 0000C40F : NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
0000C800 - 0000C87F : NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
0000CC00 - 0000CC1F : NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
0000F000 - 0000F00F : NVIDIA CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)


What I've done so far:
-Tried different driver versions
-I've run Prime95 24h: No errors & memtest86+ 1.20 24h: No errors
-Disabled DEP
-Defraged, scanned disks, used spybot, ad-aware & driver cleaner

Does anybody know what could be the source of my problems? Thanks in advance for any help!!!

(PS! sorry for the long post, hope it's ok)

[jeepman]

Have you tried just the built in drivers for the IDE? I had serious issues with the Nvidia IDE drivers when using a DVD burner, and would get similar BSOD's.

I use W2K/SP4, so it may not help, but it may not hurt to try. The uninstall will let you remove just the IDE drivers.

[espent]

I uninstalled NVIDIA's IDE driver and I didn't have a BSOD for a couple of days, but it didn't last long. I got a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error with reference to a file called PCIIDEX.SYS. In the properties of this file I find this info: "PCI IDE Bus Driver Extension". I also got a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error with reference to a file called ATAPI.SYS. I've had these errors 9 or 10 times this week. I can reproduce these errors when streaming video from Gamespot.com, it may crash after 1min or it may take more than 10mins.

[jeepman]

Originally Posted by espent

I uninstalled NVIDIA's IDE driver and I didn't have a BSOD for a couple of days, but it didn't last long. I got a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error with reference to a file called PCIIDEX.SYS. In the properties of this file I find this info: "PCI IDE Bus Driver Extension". I also got a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error with reference to a file called ATAPI.SYS. I've had these errors 9 or 10 times this week. I can reproduce these errors when streaming video from Gamespot.com, it may crash after 1min or it may take more than 10mins.

The only other time I get this is when I am using ATI's Multimedia Center video application, and I close it out. I don't get it everytime, but I got it enough to pinpoint it was during video playback. I would say again, we must have similar systems. I have not fixed it, but haven't had it for about a week.

[Gizmo]

You are definitely having problems with your IDE bus drivers, however it MIGHT be something with your optical drive wigging the drivers out. Can you unplug the drive (CD or DVD) and see if it makes the system any more stable?

[espent]

I'll try that later. I've set the HTT to 1X just for fun, and the machine has been stable the last 24h. Will lower HTT put less stress on the chipset or the cpu? I suspect that the chipset may get to hot with the small heatsink (and no fan).