I have a windows 2003 server which restarted suddenlty. The reason given is:
System Failure: Stop error
Reason Code: 0x805000f
Bug ID: :-(
Bugcheck String: 0x000000d1 (0x00000000, 0xd0000002, 0x00000000, 0xf35e8140)
Comment: 0x000000d1 (0x00000000, 0xd0000002, 0x00000000, 0xf35e8140)
Where can I find out what that means?
Best Answer
That's an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. We'd need more information to tell you where it's happening in the code. 9 times out of 10, in my life, that's been a cruddy driver.
If you're able to reproduce it every boot, try booting in Safe Mode (which loads a restricted set of services and drivers) and see how the machine acts. If you can't reproduce it in Safe Mode, start disabling devices and booting into normal mode. (Or, alternatively, learn how to pull apart the memory dump and analyze it. "Monte Carlo" driver disabling might be faster, though...)