IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD On System Boot

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Trickyguy

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Hello Computer Wizards of Tom's Hardware,

Situation:
My system has been relatively trustworthy for the last two years, seldom experiencing any problems. However today upon watching a YouTube video my computer crashed and spit out a variety of BSODs (See Below) I've tried a variety of other solutions, however most of what I have seen involve going into Windows which I am unable to do. I am unable to start Windows from my SSD or from a CD as each time it starts as soon as the Windows logo appears it crashes. I'm also unable to launch in safe mode or startup manager for the same reason.

Computer Specifications:
Motherboard: Asus M4A87TD Evo
Processor: AMD Quad-Core Black Edition
Ram: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
SSD: Intel 180GB SSD (Primary Drive)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200 (500GB)

Other Information:
It is worth noting that the Intel SSD was nearing full capacity and may have filled up, I'm unsure if this would be the cause of the BSOD, but it may have been a contributing factor.

BSOD:
https://imageshack.com/i/eyppYQORj
https://imageshack.com/i/pa3t7HpQj
https://imageshack.com/i/ipv8WsLij

I apologize for the sloppy grammar and garbage formatting (I'm forced to type on an iPad) Any help at all would be greatly appreciated as I'm running out of options. Let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks In Advance,
Taylor
 
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Most likely indicates that your drive is corrupted. (access violation attempting to read a driver)
you will need to boot off a separate windows image on its own storage media. USB thumb drive and repair your other drive. if you can not boot any other drive then you want to check your BIOS settings and make sure they are not corrupted or incorrect. (for example, if the BIOS is set to us a special raid controller but windows does not have the device driver on the boot image you will bugcheck)

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johnbl

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if you can not boot a windows CD image, can you boot into BIOS and reset the BIOS to defaults and reconfigure?
you might want to pay particular attention to the setting for the SATA mode that you have set.
Check the setting before you restore defaults. (generally you might have it for IDE or AHDI or even raid)
 
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Trickyguy

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Tried resetting to defaults. Still no luck, for the record it was on IDE. Here's the BSOD https://imageshack.com/i/iqjuPwMSj
 
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I think your next step is to pull the HD and see if you can boot from the Windows CD into Windows setup. If so, I'd suspect the Hard Drive might be the problem. If not, I'd suspect Memory or Motherboard.
 
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Most likely indicates that your drive is corrupted. (access violation attempting to read a driver)
you will need to boot off a separate windows image on its own storage media. USB thumb drive and repair your other drive. if you can not boot any other drive then you want to check your BIOS settings and make sure they are not corrupted or incorrect. (for example, if the BIOS is set to us a special raid controller but windows does not have the device driver on the boot image you will bugcheck)



 
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That's the BSOD when booting from the Windows CD with no HD installed? If so, I'd try removing RAM sticks next. Swap them out one at a time.

 
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Trickyguy

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I couldn't get the Windows Tool to recognize the Windows 7 ISO so I'm going to try plugging it to my buddies computer and deleting files that way. Fingers crossed it works.
 
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