I changed a setting in the BIOS and now Windows SBS 2003 is seeing the hard
drive. I got partitions set and the C: partition formatted.

The installation begins. It gets to "Installing Windows" and an "Installing
Devices" progress bar gets halfway. Then it crashes to a death screen.

The message on the screen is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.

What now???

Thanks

It could be bad RAM, incorrect HAL, bad or incorrect driver, etc.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244617/en-us

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp





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"BruceInTx" wrote:
>I changed a setting in the BIOS and now Windows SBS 2003 is seeing the hard
> drive. I got partitions set and the C: partition formatted.
>
> The installation begins. It gets to "Installing Windows" and an
> "Installing
> Devices" progress bar gets halfway. Then it crashes to a death screen.
>
> The message on the screen is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
>
> What now???
>
> Thanks

I ran the memory test...no problems there. I'm using one 2G stick.

I found the Verifier.exe file on another computer. But since it's an exe, I
can't boot to it and there's no OS to launch it, so I'm not sure how to make
use of it.

I just tried unplugging the SATA drive and connecting an old IDE drive. But
the BIOS won't see the IDE drive at all. Could I have a bad motherboard here?



"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> It could be bad RAM, incorrect HAL, bad or incorrect driver, etc.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244617/en-us
>
> http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "BruceInTx" wrote:
> >I changed a setting in the BIOS and now Windows SBS 2003 is seeing the hard
> > drive. I got partitions set and the C: partition formatted.
> >
> > The installation begins. It gets to "Installing Windows" and an
> > "Installing
> > Devices" progress bar gets halfway. Then it crashes to a death screen.
> >
> > The message on the screen is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
> >
> > What now???
> >
> > Thanks
>

It's possible you have some bad hardware but I'm guessing incorrect drivers
are to blame. You might try a different operating (Windows XP) system as a
test.



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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"BruceInTx" wrote:
>I ran the memory test...no problems there. I'm using one 2G stick.
>
> I found the Verifier.exe file on another computer. But since it's an exe,
> I
> can't boot to it and there's no OS to launch it, so I'm not sure how to
> make
> use of it.
>
> I just tried unplugging the SATA drive and connecting an old IDE drive.
> But
> the BIOS won't see the IDE drive at all. Could I have a bad motherboard
> here?