[Anomander]

once again I find myself here.
My recently purchased second hand desktop kept restarting, so I decided to reinstall vista home premium.
Now I cant get passed various error messages, which disappear before I can write them down.
One has something to do with memory, one is definitely:irql_not_less_or_equal
There were no issues with booting before this, just with crashing.
Vista is courtesy of the tech guys at pc world, and when I run their diagnostics I get bsod with the error messages.
Now I can't even install vista without doing so on another computer and switching the hard drives.
I have a 1.67gb amd sempron 2400+ with 1.25gb ram installed.

[joeten]

Hi this is some info on your irql error message
0x0000000A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
(Click to consult the online MSDN article.)
Typically due to a bad driver, or faulty or incompatible hardware or software. Use the General Troubleshooting of STOP Messages checklist above. Technically, this error condition means that a kernel-mode process or driver tried to access a memory location to which it did not have permission, or at a kernel Interrupt ReQuest Level (IRQL) that was too high. (A kernel-mode process can access only other processes that have an IRQL lower than, or equal to, its own.)

• Troubleshooting “Stop 0x0A” Messages in Windows {KB 165863} Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP
• Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A Error in Windows XP {KB 314063} Win XP

• Possible Resolutions to STOP 0x0A, 0x01E, and 0x50 Errors {KB 183169} Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP
• During upgrade to Win XP {KB 311564} Win XP
• STOP 0x0000000A Error Message When You Change from AC Power to DC Power {KB 316676} Win XP
• “Stop 0x0000000A” Error Message When You Fast Switch Between Users {KB 310918} Win XP
• While booting NT on same partition as Win 2000 or XP {KB 227301} Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP
• Windows XP Restarts When You Try to Shut Down Your Computer {KB 311806}
• “Fatal System Error” When You Try to Use a Hewlett-Packard 5100C ScanJet {KB 307129} Win XP (with Brother printer)
• Computer May Hang During a Heavy Load with an Ericsson HIS Modem {KB 319810} Win 2000, Win XP
• STOP 0x4E, STOP 0x1A, STOP 0x50, and STOP 0xA Errors Occur When You Try to Start the Computer {KB 271955} Win NT 4.0 (corrupt physical RAM)
• “Stop: 0x0000000A (00000063, 0000001c, 00000000, parameter4)” error message on a Windows 2000-based computer {KB 837384} Win 2000 (program error, hotfix available)
• How to Use Driver Verifier to Troubleshoot Windows Drivers {KB 244617} Win 2000, Win XP, Server 2003
• Error Message When Installing Windows Vista on a Computer With More Than 3 GB of RAM: STOP 0x0000000A {KB 929777} Vista (update patch available)
• Randomly Stop 0xA Errors in Storport.sys When You Start Windows Vista {KB 930261} Vista (hotfix available)
• info found here http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

As to your memory you could try running memetest86+ download it and burn to a disc and test your ram one stick at a time use imgburn to burn
http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http:/...y&ved=0CAoQygQ

http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download it would be a help if you can post the error messages that you have missed try pressing pause and see if you can read them

[Anomander]

finall managed o gain access hrough the f8 key, after trying to repair(which it wouldn't), I clicked on the kernel debugging option.
I now have full access, and fingers crossed, no bsod or crashes yet.
Do you know what the kernel debugger does at all?

[joeten]

Hi not my field i imagine it may have fixed a boot issue

[Anomander]

Thats what I was thinking just wondered waht it did