On Thursday 03 June 2010 04:11:18 David L Gabler wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bobby Heid" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:15 PM
> Subject: [H] Win XP stop error D1
>
> > Hey,
> >
> >
> >
> > A neighbor's pc (Gateway 500SE) was showing SMART errors so I
> > suggested that
> > we replace the HD with a new one. It turns out they had a 40GB HD
> > in it and
> > I got a 500GB HD to replace it with, I ghosted the old drive and
> > restored the image to the new drive. I then put the new drive in
> > and booted up. I get a blue screen with a D1 error
> > (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
> >
> >
> >
> > In looking around in the BIOS, I saw that the BIOS could only see
> > 137GB max
> > of the HD. SO I made 4 partitions and restored the image to the C:
> > partition and rebooted. Still the same D1 stop error.
> >
> >
> >
> > So I then upgrade the BIOS (this machine is about 8 years old and
> > I'm sure it had the BIOS that shipped with it) to the latest
> > version. The BIOS can now see all 500GB on the HD. But I am still
> > getting the D1 blue screeb.
>
> Well, I had the very same error after cloning to a larger new hard
> drive and when I checked the 7+
>
> year old DFI mainboard I found 8 blown capacitors leaking onto the
> motherboard. I am curently trying to decide wether the thing is even
> worth repairing. My experience over the last 15 years has proven to
> me at least that a blue screen at bootup is an indication of a
> hardware problem of one kind or another.
David,
Yes I agree that it is very likely to be a hardware issue. Bad
capacitors can cause all kinds of problems. Personally I would just
replace the capacitors and carry on. Don't overlook the smaller
capacitors in the memory psu circuits. There is usually two or more.
The problem with those is that they don't often show any sign of
failure, but the ESR goes up and the capacitance drops.
Bobby,
Now that the machine can see the whole HDD, you should reformat it and
then do your restore. If you still get problems, download the
manufacturers HDD tools and check the drive for any problems. It is
possible that the drive could be iffy. Bad caps is very common and
the larger HDD will have increased the load on the PSU, possibly to the
point where errors always occur.
--
Best Regards:
Derrick.
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Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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