IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Ouch! That is a real unreal exception!

 

okay have to chime in here.. i had a serious problem with ess and thus the reason i am not using it right now. i have a toshiba laptop and saw the exact same message you are seeing on it over and over again. i tried everything i could think of.. did a FRESH INSTALL with a full FORMAT many times.. installing ess immediatly after installing vista and the laptops driver disk, there was nothing else on the system at all and remember it had a fresh format and vista install. nothing fixed it even uninstalling ess then trying avira and others i still saw it. i then once again formatted the drive this time NEVER installing ess. same procedure as before. fresh vista then drivers. this time i went straight to avira suite and i have never seen this message again.. i know for a fact it was caused by something to do with ess. whether it was simply a conflict caused with the system by ess or visa versa there was nothing i could do to fix it. have not installed ess since and never saw the message again since then. i HIGHLY doubt it is your ram.

i am not trying to knock ess but i can say ive had my share of issues with it. i am trying kaspersky even right now and i am still cringing thinking about the chkdsk issues, but it runs fine and i have had no conflicts yet.. my fav still is avira but they want a fortune for it