IRQL not less or equal crash(RESOLVED)

[Butt Stalion]

I bought the game tonight and after installing rimworld twice I keep getting the error code irql not less or equal and it hard crashes my laptop. Any help would be kindly appreciated

[StinkyMonkey]

Do you have a gamepad plugged in? IRQ iirc are usually to do with multiple devices trying to use the same channel. It used to happen a lot back in Win95 days.

If not a gamepad, unplug and replug in everything that is a device. If not, post on Ludeon forums, this is somewhat unusual i think, though i might be wrong.

EDIT: Read below, my IRQ knowledge was a bit out of date for win10.

"This error is caused by bad, outdated or corrupt drivers that cause this conflict. In gaming this is usually caused by the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) drivers, and even your mouse, keyboard, gaming pad or any game controller drivers. Some software e.g. antivirus like AVG, IObit, Avast, McAfee, and Norton usually install drivers to control your firewall and online activities among other things. These drivers can deny activity to another driver or try to modify inputs of other drivers hence this error. If you are playing an online game, then this error could be attributed to faulty Ethernet or WLAN drivers. This BSOD error is also common in overclocked and overvolted PCs. Programs like MSI Afterburner can be used to do this, hence causing an unstable voltage and RAM frequency. The error could also be caused by a faulty RAM which will necessitate a replacement."

My guess now is MSI Afterburner or similar needs updating.

[Butt Stalion]

Thank you for your response, I ended up having to uninstall the drivers for my graphics card and re-installing them. Using the AMD cleaner if anyone else runs into the same problem. It was quite odd and more than likely not the games fault because it runs fine now.

[StinkyMonkey]

Nice, glad you got it sorted. Can't have a chap go without Rimworld.