NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS =( =(

[frisbfreek]

Alright... so I got this new computer about a month and a half ago. Specs:

Windows XP
Athlon64 3000+
1 gig Kingston value RAM
Foxconn 755-A01 motherboard
Western Digital 160 GB SATA hard drive
NEC 2510A DVD+/-RW DL
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Antec Sonata (w/ 380 watt PSU)

Everything has been going fine until today. I am playing Simcity 4 as usual and suddenly my computer randomly restarts by itself. It has been getting a "NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS" error ever since when I try to start it in regular XP. I'm running in safe mode w/ networking right now, which seems to work fine. I've tried rolling back to an earlier system restore point but it hasn't worked.

I've looked up this error on the MSDN site and it says this error comes with bad drivers? I actually used Startup Cop to disable some creative drivers (namely CTDVDDET and SBDrvDet), but I don't know if that's the cause of this error. The thing is I also tried undoing the changes I made (reenabled the drivers at startup) but it doesn't change anything. Also, the system restore points should have undone these changes too, right? Heeeeelp!

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: frisbfreek
Alright... so I got this new computer about a month and a half ago. Specs:

Windows XP
Athlon64 3000+
1 gig Kingston value RAM
Foxconn 755-A01 motherboard
Western Digital 160 GB SATA hard drive
NEC 2510A DVD+/-RW DL
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Antec Sonata (w/ 380 watt PSU)

Everything has been going fine until today. I am playing Simcity 4 as usual and suddenly my computer randomly restarts by itself. It has been getting a "NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS" error ever since when I try to start it in regular XP. I'm running in safe mode w/ networking right now, which seems to work fine. I've tried rolling back to an earlier system restore point but it hasn't worked.

I've looked up this error on the MSDN site and it says this error comes with bad drivers? I actually used Startup Cop to disable some creative drivers (namely CTDVDDET and SBDrvDet), but I don't know if that's the cause of this error. The thing is I also tried undoing the changes I made (reenabled the drivers at startup) but it doesn't change anything. Also, the system restore points should have undone these changes too, right? Heeeeelp!

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=32&threadid=1359897&enterthread=y

Follow those steps, and then when done send me the mps reports and the minidump.

 

[frisbfreek]

Alright, will do when I get home from work.
Update from this morning: uninstalling Creative drivers didn't work, and Prime95 ran without error overnight... so I think it's safe to say the CPU and memory is ok.

 

[dclive]

Module[1236] [C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WPFB_ATI2DVAG.DLL]
Company Name: Windows (R) 2000 DDK provider
File Description: Pivot Software Display Driver


Take a look at that and see if you can remove it or uninstall it somehow....on second look, it appears to be part of WinPivot, so remove that, and you'll be all set.

 

[frisbfreek]

Wow... that was EXACTLY the problem. Dclive is an absolute saint! If you had a feedback rating I'd say A++++++++++++++++. =P

 

[Smilin]

A VSat would do