Major rebooting/crashing problems... please help!

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Daniel Tonks

For the past week I've been experiencing severe problems with my computer
constantly rebooting. The system will either freeze, crash to a blue screen
or spontanously reboot.

My system (was):

ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
Intel Pentium-4 3.2GHZ
2 x 512mb Kingston PC3500
Antec Tru430 Power Supply
2 x Seagate 160GB SATA
ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro
ATI TV Wonder Pro
Creative Labs Audigy 2
TDK IDE DVD-RW
Tekram SCSI card
Pioneer SCSI DVD-ROM
Sony SCSI CD-RW
Maxtor external 120gb USB
Canon 8000F Scanner
Epson Stylus Photo 1280
Logitech MX-510 Mouse
Microsoft Windows XP Pro (up to date except for SP2).

The system has generally worked fine for over a year. When this problem
started last week I updated all drivers (especially video and chipset),
upgraded BIOSes, etc. I then tried using just 1 stick of memory, swapping
video cards, moving PCI cards, turning off all turbo options in the BIOS,
etc., to no avail.

After getting numerous BSOD messages such as "IRQL less or not equal" and
"Page fault in nonpaged area", I figured that the problem might be related
to the power supply, memory or motherboard failing. So I bought all new
ones.

Didn't help.

I then installed XP Pro from scratch on a new hard drive. Seemed OK, but
then I started installing apps and suddenly the problem cropped up again.
Removed all non-essential hardware. Still continued. So I installed the O/S
from scratch again.

Right now, my system is as follows:

Intel D875PBZ Motherboard (NEW)
Intel Pentium-4 3.2GHZ
2 x 512mb Corsair PC4400 TwinX Memory (NEW)
Ultra 500w Power Supply (NEW)
1 x Seagate 160GB SATA drive (NEW)
ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 128mb (OLD, but known good)
TDK IDE DVD-RW
Logitech MX-510 Mouse

And that's it. I've removed the USB scanner, printer and external drive,
removed the SCSI card, removed the Audigy card, removed the TV Wonder, left
this different video card with XP default drivers, have NO applications
installed on my PC, have installed Intel chipset drivers and updated XP, and
I'm still getting the blasted reboot problems.

Voltages on the power supply seem stable. Temperatures in the PC are good,
with the CPU hovering around 32-35 degrees C.

The event viewer has recorded several save dumps in the past couple of
hours:

0x1000007f (0x00000008, 0xf7afbd70, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0x804f5660, 0xb2d50c04, 0x00000000)
0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0x860d7da9, 0xb29fcb6c, 0x00000000)
0x0000000a (0x00000004, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x80516134)
0x0000000a (0xf6e60a74, 0x00000001, 0x00000000, 0x804ff00c)
0x000000d1 (0x00000000, 0x00000007, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
0x000000d4 (0xb2a277bc, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x806bb920)

As well as a warning once:

The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Fips
Processor

I am utterly stumped at this point. The best I can come up with after so
much work is that the CPU is going bad. Problem is I can't replace it on a
holiday Monday... grrr.

Any thoughts on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

- Daniel Tonks
 
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Guest

Did you fix it? I have the same problem, and have had for weeks. Every time I
rebuild my PC, it starts rebooting after SP2 or DirectX 9c is installed.
I've trimmed the PC back to just the essentials (CPU, PSU, Mobo, RAM, HDD
and video), and it still happens.
 
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Guest

Hi
I have been having exactly the same two messages come up on my monitor
"IRQL less or not equal"
"Page fault in nonpaged area"

Its been going on for a year now and in that time I have upgraded nearly
everything.
The only two bits existing are the keyboard and the monitor. EVERYTHING else
has been changed two or three times. It was hapening when I was on dial-up
and now on broadband. Ive used a gigabyte and two abit motherboards, swapped
boards around. You name it ,Ive done it. The only time my pc is stable is
when I use linux.
Soon im going to buy myself a router which supports linux and say goodbye to
micro$oft.
 
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Guest

I reinstalled WinXP Pro on my daughters PC ... I gave her a larger hard
drive. When using Windows Update to get XP up to the latest version,
hotfixes and rev, Microsoft installs KB842773 (BITS and WinHTTP 5.1).
Shortly after that her PC started locking up with the NIC (network card) icon
showing full transfer in both directions. It took me several times
installing WinXP from CD to determine this is where the problem starts. I
disabled the wireless NIC and PC stopped crashing. I removed the KB842773
hotfix using the Knowledge Base article on how to do that, re-enabled the NIC
and no more crashing. Am currently searching Knowledge Base and Technet for
known issues with Windows Update, BITS and WinHTTP but so far I haven't
located any articles. Based on your problem description in the front of this
thread, I'd bet you have the same problem. Use my fix described above and
I'll bet your PC stops crashing. The problem with this is that now you can't
use Windows Update service ... when I locate an article describing a "real"
fix to this, I'll try to get back here to update everyone on what that fix is.
 
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Guest

i'm having the same problem!! FYI
Understanding Data Execution PreventionData Execution Prevention (DEP) helps
prevent damage from viruses and other security threats that attack by running
(executing) malicious code from memory locations that only Windows and other
programs should use. This type of threat causes damage by taking over one or
more memory locations in use by a program. Then it spreads and harms other
programs, files, and even your e-mail contacts.

Unlike a firewall or antivirus program, DEP does not help prevent harmful
programs from being installed on your computer. Instead, it monitors your
programs to determine if they use system memory safely. To do this, DEP
software works alone or with compatible microprocessors to mark some memory
locations as "non-executable". If a program tries to run code—malicious or
not—from a protected location, DEP closes the program and notifies you.

DEP can take advantage of software and hardware support. To use DEP, your
computer must be running Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later,
or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later. DEP software alone helps
protect against certain types of malicious code attacks but to take full
advantage of the protection that DEP can offer, your processor must support
"execution protection". This is a hardware-based technology designed to mark
memory locations as non-executable. If your processor does not support
hardware-based DEP, it's a good idea to upgrade to a processor that offers
execution protection features.

Is it safe to run a program again if DEP has closed it?

Yes, but only if you leave DEP turned on for that program. Windows can
continue to detect attempts to execute code from protected memory locations
and help prevent attacks. In cases where a program does not run correctly
with DEP turned on, you can reduce security risks by getting a DEP-compatible
version of the program from the software publisher. For more information
about what to do after DEP closes a program, click Related Topics.

How can I tell if DEP is available on my computer?

To open System Properties, click Start, click Control Panel, and then
double-click System.
Click the Advanced tab and, under Performance, click Settings.
Click the Data Execution Prevention tab.
Note

By default, DEP is only turned on for essential Windows operating system
programs and services. To help protect more programs with DEP, select Turn on
DEP for all programs and services except those I select.
Related Topics
 
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Guest

I found my problem!! maybe it can help you

Windows XP: Kernel Improvements Create a More Robust, Powerful, and ...
.... has been lifted in Windows XP (and also in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2);
now the ... was defined earlier) does it collect page fault ... number of
enhancements in the area of file systems: Windows XP now ...

msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/12/XPKernel/default.aspx
 

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