Error codes

0x000000F2

HARDWARE_INTERRUPT_STORM

What it means

One device kept raising interrupts so fast that Windows could not do anything else; the message is about the interrupt controller, the cause is the device.

Common causes

• A failing network card, USB controller or add-in card
• A driver that never acknowledges its interrupts
• A badly seated PCIe card or a BIOS setting for interrupt remapping

How to fix it

1. Unplug USB and add-in devices one by one, restarting between steps, to find the one that triggers it.
2. Update the chipset and network drivers, and disable unused devices in Device Manager.
3. In the BIOS turn off interrupt remapping or IOMMU virtualisation for a test, then re-enable it if nothing changes.