Windows 10: BSOD Caused by hal.dll, IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Hey everyone,

So, I have recently purchased a Custom built gaming PC locally and everything has been fine, except for the consistent BSODs. I've fixed some of the major ones that I have always encountered; (Bad Object Header, Faulty Hardware Page, Kernel Security Check Failure), but now, no matter what I do, I almost always encounter this IRQL Not Less Or Equal BSOD, typically when attempting to play games, or while trying to Livestream said games.

Using WhoCrashed, I found that apparently, hal,dll, and ntoskrnl.exe are the typical culprits.

Things I've done include, "sfc/scannow", extensive memtests, and "chkdsk", and all of them came back with no issues.

Recently, I used Driver Booster and found 8 or 9 very outdated drivers, including my GPU driver, so I went ahead and updated all of them. Everything seemed fine for a few hours. Played some games for a few hours with no issues.

Today, I was attempting to LiveStream, and almost immediately after launching the game, I received another IRQL BSOD. I'm at wits end, with no real solutions. The person I bought the PC from says he wants to replace the RAM and HDD, but I don't feel like those are the issues at all.

Please, I am all out of ideas and I would really like to use my Custom Gaming PC for it's intended purpose.

Attached is the Win10Forums zip file from the tool.

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I've been having BSOD errors with my Lenovo Yoga 2 13 over the past few weeks, BSOD IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.

* Original Title: BSOD IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

I've been having BSOD errors with my Lenovo Yoga 2 13 over the past few weeks with some freezing happening the other day (unresponsive to mouse and keyboard, hard shutdown required). Most of the BSODs have displayed a IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error with the
bugcheck code 0x0000000a. Just trying to get some ideas here on whether it may be a faulty driver or hardware. I did a complete reset and fresh install of Windows 10 yesterday and it had been working fine until today when the same BSOD came up. After the reset,
I updated the following drivers: Intel HD Graphics version 20.19.15.4331, Lenovo ACPI-Compliant Virtual Power Controller version 13.52.34.549, BIOS build 96CN31WW(V1.17)

System Specs:

Lenovo Yoga 2 13"

Windows 10 Home

OS build 10586.218

Intel Core i5 4210U CPU

8 GB RAM

Here is the most recent BSOD dump file (Created from BlueScreenView)

Bug check string: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

BCC: 0x0000000a

Parameter 1: 00000000`00000008

Parameter 2: 00000000`00000002

Parameter 3: 00000000`00000000

Parameter 4: fffff803`2e9e9675

Caused by driver: hal.dll

Caused by address: hal.dll+1b675

Crash address: ntoskrnl.exe+142760

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

BSOD Win 10 KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE

I suddenly got this BSOD for the first time on my brand new Asus notebook. What could the problem be?

Here: Error you can find driver info, speccy info, minidump, etc.

Please help.

Kind regards

p.s. I now figured out it only happens when I open Photoshop.

edit: When I hold shift while opening, the KERNEL BSOD doesnt appear...however after a few seconds the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD appears. Minidump has been added to the dropbox folder.

edit: Bluescreenview tells me hal.dll and ntoskrnl.exe are causing the BSOD's.

 

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