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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteelDraco" data-source="post: 3037550" data-attributes="member: 359">I've been having some computer issues lately, and was wondering if anybody here can think of any possible solutions to it.The problem occurs primarily when I'm playing World of Warcraft, but occasionally when I'm doing other load-intensive things. I'm running Windows XP, and it will crash to a Blue Screen, with the following message: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, and then some other hexadecimal stuff. Unfortunately, the error message doesn't stick around long enough to get those numbers, or any additional diagnostic information out of it (the system immediately reboots, and won't stop when I hit the Pause/Break key). My initial thought was a driver conflict, so I did a clean install of XP and downloaded all the current drivers for everything - really, just my graphics card and motherboard chipset. That didn't help - same problem still occurs.I checked for a heat issue, and it is running a little hot - about 120-130 degrees processor temp. That's with a box fan blowing into an open case, mind, so there's not much else I can do there short of setting up a water cooling system or something along those lines. And, honestly, the computer's not worth putting together a fancy water cooling system.I ran several suites of hardware diagnostic software, though only freeware and trialware, and without searching exhaustively for a recommended product. Therefore, I don't know how much I should trust the results. However, according to that, it's not a component issue - everything checked out all right there.I'm currently starting to wonder if I've got a component going bad. I've had a few thoughts, though, and wanted to run them by people to see what they think.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I might need a new power supply - the one I'm using is fairly old, and isn't putting out that much power. Only 350W just isn't that much, and power supplies are often to blame for stability problems, in my experience. Built this a couple of years ago, though, and didn't really think of that at the time. This is my best bet as to the cause now.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I might need to reseat my processor on the motherboard, with new coolant gel between the processor and the board. That would probably help some of the heat issues, if that's indeed the root cause. I'm very surprised at the high temps I'm getting - is this a common problem with the Athlon XP 2000s?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">And, of course, I might have some components going bad. If I don't have replacement parts to switch out to test what might be going wrong, is there any way I can isolate what might need replacing? That's not a problem I've dealt with on my own before, so I'm not sure how to go about it.</li> </ul>The computer specs are...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gigabyte GA7N400L motherboard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Athlon XP 2000 processor (1.67 GHz)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GeForce FX 5200 video card</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1 512 MB DDRAM chip</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">350W power supply</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">30 GB Western Digital HD</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">8 GB hard drive I took out of an old XBox</li> </ul>I know it's old, but I don't really play anything other than WoW any more, so as long as I can play that, it's not a significant issue for me. And, when I'm not having crash problems, that runs just fine.</blockquote>

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