Get blue screen with "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" on boot-up

[Frustrated in Colorado]

I really hope somebody here can help.

For a few times, we would get a blue screen with the above message that
would randomly show up when the computer was on. It appeared like it might
have something to do with the screen saver. So I tried to disable it to
experiment. But now, we can't disable it to find out because when we tried
to reboot, it now goes to this screen right away when the machine is trying
to boot up.

We tried booting to safe mode and every other mode we can find, but always
get the same blue screen and message.

Is a portion of the bootable hard drive corrupted? Do I need to re-install
Windows on a new drive and then try to salvage the data from the other? Or
is Windows corrupted and I need to find a work-around?

Any ideas? I greatly appreciate it!

 

[devil_himself]

I really hope somebody here can help.

For a few times, we would get a blue screen with the above message that
would randomly show up when the computer was on. It appeared like it might
have something to do with the screen saver. So I tried to disable it to
experiment. But now, we can't disable it to find out because when we tried
to reboot, it now goes to this screen right away when the machine is trying
to boot up.

We tried booting to safe mode and every other mode we can find, but always
get the same blue screen and message.

Is a portion of the bootable hard drive corrupted? Do I need to re-install
Windows on a new drive and then try to salvage the data from the other? Or
is Windows corrupted and I need to find a work-around?

Any ideas? I greatly appreciate it!

Navigate to C:\windows\minidump
Zip some of the recent minidumps and upload them to any free web
hosting and give us the d\l link

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Suggestion :-

1.Run "memtest" to stress the ram. If memtest reports the ram is
faulty, ram is bad. Sometimes some faulty ram can pass memtest .Reset
the memory stick to another slot.If You have More then one Stick of
Ram Take out one memory stick And Run "Memtest" on each separately .
If windows does not crash, the removed memory stick is faulty.

2.Check the temperature of the CPU and make sure that it is not
overheat. Make sure that the CPU fan works properly . Try Changing It

3.Clean the dust inside the computer case

4.Make sure that your PSU have adequate power For all the hardware.

5.Update Video Card Drivers. Also Reset video card. Run 3DMark to test
your video card. Check to default setting if you video card is
"overclocked"

6. Run chkdsk /r at command prompt

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

0x00000050: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Requested data was not in memory. An invalid system memory address was
referenced. Defective memory (including main memory, L2 RAM cache, video
RAM) or incompatible software (including remote control and antivirus
software) [or a hijackware infection] might cause this Stop message, as may
other hardware problems (e.g., incorrect SCSI termination or a flawed PCI
card).
Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

 

[Frustrated in Colorado]

I'm assuming I do those tests through an MS-DOS prompt? What if if I can't
even get it to boot far enough to get to a DOS prompt?

Thanks!

 

[devil_himself]

I'm assuming I do those tests through an MS-DOS prompt? What if if I can't
even get it to boot far enough to get to a DOS prompt?

Thanks!

Tutorial: How to use Memtest
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62524.html

 

[FrankFL]

Then you should hear error beep codes.

I'm assuming I do those tests through an MS-DOS prompt? What if if I can't
even get it to boot far enough to get to a DOS prompt?

Thanks!