Not_Less_Or_Equal BSOD in Windows 8

[Mesden]

I seem to be hitting the BSOD every thirty minutes or so caused by Storport.sys. It just says IRQL_DRIVER_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, or something like that, then tells me it's going to restart. Any idea whether or not there is a fix to this for Windows 8?

 

[weaselman]

What it has to do with is a software driver for a device, the driver is requesting what we call and a Irq number that is allocated by windows for a bit of hardware so it can talk to the Cpu. You have two bits of hardware requesting windows for the same Irq number to talk to the Cpu. This is causing a conflict and causing the driver to crash.

 

[weaselman]

What it has to do with is a software driver for a device, the driver is requesting what we call and a Irq number that is allocated by windows for a bit of hardware so it can talk to the Cpu. You have two bits of hardware requesting windows for the same Irq number to talk to the Cpu. This is causing a conflict and causing the driver to crash.

 

[Mesden]

So how do I determine the driver(s) causing the issue and how do I fix it?

 

[weaselman]

You should have an error report in windows log, it will tell you the app name or the driver that failed. and with luck the error. Since I have not used windows 8, I would have a double check to see if you require a new driver to support the bit of hardware, once you find out through the windows error report what it is.

 

[weaselman]

You should have an error report in windows log, it will tell you the app name or the driver that failed. and with luck the error. Since I have not used windows 8, I would have a double check to see if you require a new driver to support the bit of hardware, once you find out through the windows error report what it is.

 

[weaselman]

You should have an error report in windows log, it will tell you the app name or the driver that failed. and with luck the error. Since I have not used windows 8, I would have a double check to see if you require a new driver to support the bit of hardware, once you find out through the windows error report what it is.

 

[gamerk316]

That BSOD is typical of either a bad Driver or a bad stick of RAM.

Download/run memtest86+ and see if you get any failures. If you do, then one of your RAM sticks has gone bad.