IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL when using cool'n'quiet in Windows XPPro. SP2

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On 3/22/2007 9:32 PM PT, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Last weekend, I started using Cool'n'Quiet feature in my motherboard
(turned it on BIOS, installed AMD Athlon 64/FX Processor Driver from
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9706,00.html
, and did the extra stuff as shown in
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=81429 since I do
gaming).

However, I have had two blue screens while watching videos (DivX in
Media Player v6.4 and HDTV video [MPEG-2] in DVB Viewer). I never had
this problem in the past. With the first crash, it happened last Sunday
and I thought it was just a random rare hiccup. It happened again
tonight when I was recording and video was showing (I wasn't home at
that time). I got the memory dump (Kernel) and analyzed it via WinDbg:

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.6.0007.5
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [c:\windows\MEMORY.DMP]
Kernel Summary Dump File: Only kernel address space is available

Symbol search path is:
srv*d:\winstuff\symbols\*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86
compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.061219-0311
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055c700
Debug session time: Thu Mar 22 20:46:31.781 2007 (GMT-7)
System Uptime: 1 days 0:37:42.458
Loading Kernel Symbols
.................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................

Loading User Symbols

Loading unloaded module list
.........................................
************************************************** *****************************

* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck A, {1000002, 1c, 0, 8050177b}

Probably caused by : ntkrpamp.exe ( nt!KiTimerListExpire+a7 )

Followup: MachineOwner
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0: kd !analyze -v
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* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
************************************************** *****************************


IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address
at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 01000002, memory referenced
Arg2: 0000001c, IRQL
Arg3: 00000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 8050177b, address which referenced memory

Debugging Details:
------------------


READ_ADDRESS: 01000002

CURRENT_IRQL: 1c

FAULTING_IP:
nt!KiTimerListExpire+a7
8050177b 807f0220 cmp byte ptr [edi+2],20h

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0xA

PROCESS_NAME: Idle

TRAP_FRAME: 80550284 -- (.trap ffffffff80550284)
ErrCode = 00000000
eax=805502e0 ebx=00000000 ecx=805502e0 edx=00000000 esi=885211d8
edi=01000000
eip=8050177b esp=805502f8 ebp=805503fc iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na
pe nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00010206
nt!KiTimerListExpire+0xa7:
8050177b 807f0220 cmp byte ptr [edi+2],20h ds:0023:01000002=??
Resetting default scope

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 8050177b to 80543a70

STACK_TEXT:
80550284 8050177b badb0d00 00000000 805502a8 nt!KiTrap0E+0x238
805503fc 8050193b 8055b0a0 ffdff9c0 ffdff000 nt!KiTimerListExpire+0xa7
80550428 805451ff 8055b4a0 00000000 0056959d nt!KiTimerExpiration+0xb1
80550450 805450e4 00000000 0000000e 00000000 nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x61
80550454 00000000 0000000e 00000000 00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x28


STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt!KiTimerListExpire+a7
8050177b 807f0220 cmp byte ptr [edi+2],20h

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1

SYMBOL_NAME: nt!KiTimerListExpire+a7

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: nt

IMAGE_NAME: ntkrpamp.exe

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 45880f61

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xA_nt!KiTimerListExpire+a7

BUCKET_ID: 0xA_nt!KiTimerListExpire+a7

Followup: MachineOwner
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I also gamed a lot last weekend and didn't have any blue screens from
it. For now, I disabled Cool'n'Quiet due to this annoying instability.
Any ideas why I am having this problem? My detailed computer (primary
one) specifications can be found he
http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm.../computers.txt ...

Thank you in advance.
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