STOP 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR

0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0xA

Drivers are using improper memory addresses. Check for buggy device drivers.

Note: Stop 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL messages are very similar to 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL messages and the same troubleshooting principles apply. If you cannot resolve your 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL then try the 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL section.

On a Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based computer, you run a filter driver that calls the CmRegisterCallback routine to register a RegistryCallback routine. In this situation, Windows XP with SP2 may crash. When this problem occurs, you receive a stop error message that resembles the following:

STOP: 0x0000000A (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

When you try to hibernate a Windows XP-based computer, you may receive a "Stop 0xA0" error message on a blue screen.

This article describes how to use a sample debugging session to determine the specific driver that is causing the following error message:

Stop Error IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0xA)

You may receive the following Stop error message during or after the installation of Microsoft Windows XP:

Stop: 0x0000000A (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL*** Address x has base at x - filename

The parameters refer to the specific issues that are involved.

After you use the Fast User Switching feature to change users on a Windows XP-based computer, the computer may restart or you may receive the following error message if the new user attempts to use the special buttons on the keyboard:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Stop 0x0000000a (0x0227001d, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804eba3a)

NOTE: The first and fourth parameters in the error message may be different, depending on the computer.

When you change between AC power and DC power on your laptop computer, you may receive a "STOP 0x0000000A" error message on a blue screen. This is more likely to occur when you unplug or re-plug the power supply into the computer while it is in Standby mode, and then resuming.

When you try to use a Hewlett-Packard (HP) 5100C ScanJet scanner, you may receive the following stop message:

Stop: 0x0000000a (0x8061D594, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x805BFD2B)

When you are upgrading your computer from Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) to Windows XP, you may receive the following error message:

Stop 0x0000000A irql_not_less_or_equal

When you shut down your Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, your computer may restart instead of shutting down, and a Stop error may briefly appear before the computer restarts.

After you upgrade your computer (with Easy CD Creator Platinum 5.02b and the DirectCD component installed) to Windows XP, you may experience one of the following symptoms: Your computer may automatically restart when you try to shut down; When you shut down your computer, you may receive the following error message on a blue screen:

STOP 0x0000000A (0x000002DC, 0X000000FF, 0X00000000, 0X804E9D48)
IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

You may receive an error message on your computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Microsoft Small Business Server 2000, or Microsoft Windows XP. When this issue occurs, your computer may stop responding. (STOP 0x0000007b or STOP 0x0000000a, with Pqv2i.sys driver [V2i Protector 2.0] from Symantec)

You may receive a Stop error message after you insert media into a removable disk device that is connected to a computer that is running one of the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2003; Microsoft Windows XP; Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional. The message may also occur if you start the computer when a removable disk device that contains media is connected to the computer. The Stop error message is similar to one of the following messages:

STOP 0x0000000A (0x00000004, 0x0000001c, 0x00000001, 0x804324ac)

STOP 0x000000D1 (0xffffff20, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xbfe5d810)

STOP 0x000000C4 (0x00000013, 0x00000fb6, 0x88efb2c0, 0x00000000)

STOP 0x00000050 (0xff391000, 0x00000001, 0x804d1017, 0x00000000)

Note The parameters for these Stop error messages may vary.

If you start Microsoft Windows XP by using the /3GB switch, you may receive a "Stop" error message that is similar to one of the following:

Stop 0x50 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

Stop 0x0A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

A computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 crashes. You may receive one of the following Stop error messages:

Error message 1
STOP 0x0000001a: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

Error message 2
STOP 0x0000000a: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

f you connect to the Internet by using an Ericsson HIS modem, your computer may stop responding (hang) during a heavy load. When this occurs, you receive the following Stop code:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL or DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL

When you use an IEEE 1394-based scanner and run a 32-bit scanning program on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you receive an error message on a blue screen that resembles one of the following:

0x0000000A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

0x000000BE: ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY

This problem occurs when the scanning program calls the DeviceIoControl function to send a IOCTL_SCSISCAN_CMD control code to the kernel mode driver.

In Windows Vista, you may not experience the blue screen. When your scanning program calls the DeviceIoControl function to send an IOCTL_SCSISCAN_CMD control code to the kernel mode driver in Windows Vista, this call may not be completed successfully, and your scanning program does not work as expected. The exact symptom that is observed in the user interface depends on how your scanning software works when the DeviceIoControl function fails.

When the operating system sends an interrupt signal on a Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1-based computer, you may receive a Stop error that is similar to the following:

STOP: Ox0000000a in HalpDismissLevel

When you change the IPX frame type for your network connection from Auto Detect to any other IPX frame type, you may receive a "STOP 0x0000001D" or "STOP 0x000000A" Stop error that occurs in Ndis.sys.

This problem may occur if you installed the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport protocol on your computer and you are using the Driver Verifier Manager to troubleshoot your Ndis.sys driver's Special Pool feature.