Blue screen?

[aznl3aka]

I recently built a new system consisting of:
evga 680i
x1300 <-- yea i know not the right board but it was 20$
q6600
crucial ballistix 4gb
and a 500 gb wd hd

and when ever i leave my computer on over night or long periods i would come back and find that my comp is in a blue screen any ideas?

[noob]

what's the output of the screen?

Often the output will lead direclty to the problem

[aznl3aka]

output? sorry im kinda new you mean what does it say on the blue screen?

[Samuknow]

Yep.

It can tell all you need to know.

[aznl3aka]

uhh when the next blue screen happens then ill write it down.

[aznl3aka]

ok it says DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

any suggestions?

[noob]

99% likely there is a driver problem.
Often it has to do with graphics drivers, but it could be any one.

About the middle of the screen it should give you a file name (sometimes it doesn't though), could you also take down the 1st 2 lines of the hex numbers. I should be able to find out what driver it is from there.

Also, if you could provide full system specs, brand and model of what you have (just number and size of HDD's is fine), especially include your PSU.

[aznl3aka]

evga nforce 680i sli 122-CK-NF68
WD 500gb hd
visiontek x1300xge
q6600 kent.g0 stepping with zalman cnp9500 heatsink
4gb ballistix tracers by corsair
ultra 500w psu
creative x-fi plat.
windows xp pro sp2

and sorry ill get the numbers on the next blue screen but ill try different drivers and see if i get the problem b/c i was using the tru warcat drivers.

[noob]

Main thing was the PSU and what the power draw was like.

Seems those are well within specs.

All we need now is that file / hex numbers (0Xxxxxxxxx). It probably is your graphics card though.

Basically you will need to do the following if it is a driver

1. dl drviercleaner (from AOA files), and install.
2. dl the latest driver for the device
3. Uninstall driver
4. reboot to safemode, run drivercleaner to remove last bit of driver
4. reboot to normal mode
5. cancel windows auto install, then install latest driver.

6. wait and see.

[aznl3aka]

ok will do thanks alot.