- May 29, 2003
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I have a Dell SC420 with the latest BIOS.
I install SP2 today and afterwards it just goes into an eternal reboot, it'll get to windows loading progress bar and then reboot.
I hit F8 and tried "disable automatic restart on system failure" and that gets me far enough to see a BSOD that reads verbatim...
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x025AAC20, 0xD0000009, 0x0000000000, 0xF8231AFF)
*** SCSIPORT.SYS - Address F8231AFF base at F8230000, DateStamp 45d6a099
I've tried Safe Mode and can't get it to load, the only thing that comes up that I can hit escape on to stop from loading is sptd.sys and it doesn't do anything by letting it load or disabling it. The last item I can see it load is "acpitabl.dat" and then it reboots.
I've set my BIOS to defaults to make sure no odd settings were causing an issue and as I said before, it's the most up to date version also.
I have an onboard SATA RAID, a PCI IDE Controller card and a PCI SATA Controller card.
Any suggestions that don't involve me reinstalling the whole OS?
:beer:
I install SP2 today and afterwards it just goes into an eternal reboot, it'll get to windows loading progress bar and then reboot.
I hit F8 and tried "disable automatic restart on system failure" and that gets me far enough to see a BSOD that reads verbatim...
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x025AAC20, 0xD0000009, 0x0000000000, 0xF8231AFF)
*** SCSIPORT.SYS - Address F8231AFF base at F8230000, DateStamp 45d6a099
I've tried Safe Mode and can't get it to load, the only thing that comes up that I can hit escape on to stop from loading is sptd.sys and it doesn't do anything by letting it load or disabling it. The last item I can see it load is "acpitabl.dat" and then it reboots.
I've set my BIOS to defaults to make sure no odd settings were causing an issue and as I said before, it's the most up to date version also.
I have an onboard SATA RAID, a PCI IDE Controller card and a PCI SATA Controller card.
Any suggestions that don't involve me reinstalling the whole OS?
:beer: