Windows 10: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD's

Discus and support IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD's in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello, I am not the best with troubleshooting but I have tried almost everything I can find with no solution to my problem.I am getting BSOD's and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by KameronCombs2, Jun 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM.

  1. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD's


    Hello, I am not the best with troubleshooting but I have tried almost everything I can find with no solution to my problem.I am getting BSOD's and frequent game crashes. If I get a BSOD, it is due to IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. The games I most commonly play is League of Legends and OSRS, but any game I have really tried to play lately will crash without error, or give me something along the lines of: GPU error: Windows has restarted your GPU driver due to a problem, driver upgrade or physical removal. League of Legends will terminate.I have updated Windows 11, up

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    KameronCombs2, Jun 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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  2. Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal NETIO.sys & irql_not_less_or_equal ntoskrnl.exe BSOD

    I'm completely lost on what to do.

    I took my PC to a repair shop and they were able to get it to boot but now I'm getting BSOD's

    As mentioned in the question title the stop codes I keep receiving are Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal NETIO.sys & irql_not_less_or_equal ntoskrnl.exe along with the occasional kernel security check failure with no "what failed" being listed.

    The entire reason I wasn't able to boot before was because I went into safe mode and continuously crashed until at one point where it just showed a black screen and I little pop up which I forget what it said but I remember if you closed it, it would just pop back up again. I don't know if this is a different issue but for that reason I would like to avoid going into safe mode.

    Also if it helps the PC repair shop mentioned something about corrupt files in my documents folder but at the time of writing this there are 0 files in there.

    Here is a collection of minidmps: BSOD Minidmps
     
  3. Athamas Win User
    BSOD: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    I have been getting random BSOD (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - Source: nwifi.sys) in the last 3 days. They seem to only appear when playing videos on YouYube, but it might be a coincidence.

    What has changed in the last 3 days?

    Nothing on the laptop itself. I plugged in a new keyboard and mouse (both USB), and a USB hub (USB-C).
    I also installed new drivers for the Intel Graphics and "Intel(R) Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Manager" as suggested by Dell Driver Updater, but this was an attempt to fix the BSOD, which already happened before updating these drivers.

    What are the laptop info and specs?

    • Text version: MEGA
    • Speccy version (can be imported into Speccy): MEGA
    • MsInfo32 Output: MEGA

    Most recent dump files?

    This is the content of C:\Windows\Minidump: (all 3 are the most recent BSOD dumps and match with the date and time of the BSODs)

    MEGA
    MEGA
    MEGA

    What have you tried?

    I have checked with the Dell System Detect utility to see if all the drivers were up to date; 2 weren't and I updated them (as written above) but that didn't solve the issue.

    I have cleaned the system Registry with the CCleaner utility, but that didn't solve the issue.

    What can I do?

    EDIT:

    Upon suggestion, I updated the killer drivers.
    All seemes fine of a while, then, after the laptop went to suspended state, I noticed the external mouse stopped working, while the touchpad worked.
    After plugging and unplugging, I rebooted.
    Laptop stuck to reboot for 6 min (usually takes 6 seconds) then BSOD: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE.

    Log:

    MEGA
     
  4. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD's

    BSOD problems IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL + MEMORY_MANAGEMENT + PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

    Some days when I turn off my PC it happens sequentially these 3 BSOD (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL + MEMORY_MANAGEMENT + PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA). Not necessarily in this order. But the errors are basically one of these.

    • I've already done memtest86 and got no errors
    • SFC /scannow with no errors too
    • checkdisk with no errors
    I've checked the error with BlueScreenView and the problem is with the driver ntoskrnl.exe.

    Any suggestion of whats going on?
     
    LeonardoRocha9, Jun 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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