I've been dealing with this issue for quite some time. When playing a DVD in PowerDVD, watching TV using MyHD, or watching videos with Windows Media Player, the computer would reboot.
My original setup was as follows:
Asus P4S533
P4 2.0
512meg Generic RAM
MyHD
Aopen GeForce 4 MX440
Sound Blaster Live! with Hoontech Adapter
60gig Maxtor 7200 Drive
80gig Maxtot 7200 Drive
Pioneer Slot Load DVD
WinXP
PowerDVD XP
I would get a blue screen of death, and the error would be, IRQ_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS, and the file associated is portcls.sys.
I thought the case was overheating. I took the case off, and ran several temp utils. Temp is fine even with the case on. Then I suspected RAM after reading a few forums about different errors and such. So I shelled out the money and bough 512meg of Samsung ram that is certified to work with this particular board. Didn't work. Then I read that AOpen's GF4 cards have IRQ issues. I checked and made sure that no cards were shared with the AGP slot, and that none conflicted in WinXP, no good. I then purchased an ATI 9000 PRO. Still didn't work. I sent the motherboard back to the manufacturer, and they sent it back and said nothing is wrong. I finally formatted the drive, did a fresh install of WinXP and Powerstrip ONLY. Opened up a mpg, and 20min later it reboots (no blue screen, just reboot, I think I need to change the setting in XP to see the error). I have replaced damn near everything in the setup. I believe the portcls is an audio associated file. The sound onboard is disabled. Could the SB Live! be the problem? Could someone recommend another card with internal SPDIF input, as well as External SPDIF input and a digital audio output (the square one)?
This is driving me crazy, it's intermitten, and my wife is about to kill me. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Dizzy
My original setup was as follows:
Asus P4S533
P4 2.0
512meg Generic RAM
MyHD
Aopen GeForce 4 MX440
Sound Blaster Live! with Hoontech Adapter
60gig Maxtor 7200 Drive
80gig Maxtot 7200 Drive
Pioneer Slot Load DVD
WinXP
PowerDVD XP
I would get a blue screen of death, and the error would be, IRQ_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS, and the file associated is portcls.sys.
I thought the case was overheating. I took the case off, and ran several temp utils. Temp is fine even with the case on. Then I suspected RAM after reading a few forums about different errors and such. So I shelled out the money and bough 512meg of Samsung ram that is certified to work with this particular board. Didn't work. Then I read that AOpen's GF4 cards have IRQ issues. I checked and made sure that no cards were shared with the AGP slot, and that none conflicted in WinXP, no good. I then purchased an ATI 9000 PRO. Still didn't work. I sent the motherboard back to the manufacturer, and they sent it back and said nothing is wrong. I finally formatted the drive, did a fresh install of WinXP and Powerstrip ONLY. Opened up a mpg, and 20min later it reboots (no blue screen, just reboot, I think I need to change the setting in XP to see the error). I have replaced damn near everything in the setup. I believe the portcls is an audio associated file. The sound onboard is disabled. Could the SB Live! be the problem? Could someone recommend another card with internal SPDIF input, as well as External SPDIF input and a digital audio output (the square one)?
This is driving me crazy, it's intermitten, and my wife is about to kill me. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Dizzy