Hi all,
having a small problem this evening, and need some help and advice.
I noticed when installing a new Blu Ray drive the other day that one of the power connectors in my old case was rather dodgy, so I went out and bought a new case.
I transferred my system over to the new case, followed all the usual rules for connections etc, and fired it up. Now I'm getting a BSOD on startup, and nothing I've tried has got me any further.
Background: I've been a PC user since 1985, and have built more systems than I care to remember since that time. I always build my own systems, and I upgrade them rather piecemeal. This is usually not a problem.
Recently I was having problems with a drive claiming it was about to fail, so I bought a new one and did a fresh install approx 3 weeks ago. I bought the blu ray drive a week ago and installed it, and it has been working fine.
So tonight I changed cases, connected all the same drives to all the same connectors, and hit the start button. It comes up with the options "Launch Windows Repair" and "Start Windows Normally". No matter which option I choose, I end up at a BSOD, "DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL", almost immediately, and the system immediately reboots. I've tried going in through safe mode, same problem. I've tried booting from the install disk in the dvd drive, same problem.
I've stripped back the system to just the boot drive, same problem. Just the boot drive and DVD, ditto. I've tried the ram chips singly and in each slot. I've disconnected everything except monitor, mouse and keyboard, same problem.
As you can imagine, I'm rather stumped. I can't get far enough into a boot to get a log or memory dump. I tried connecting up the old drive with the previous install of windows, but I have the same problem.
Luckily my wife's computer is still working, and I have my ipad.
Looking for some fresh ideas - at this point I'm almost willing to try anything.
regards,
Azh
