Hi David,
Could be so.....but had two systems in last week and was surprised to find
that following the process I recently noted, worked!
)
Help says it can be caused by Lexar Media USB Universal Reader (type the
error in help while online)
Also generally (Win 2000 Resource Kit Reference) (a fault means in the
context below that it needs to read from the page file - it doesn't mean
faulty - faults are normal and happen many times a minute - the processor
tries to read the memory, can't find it, generates a processor fault,
windows memory manager takes over, loads the memory from page file, and
everything goes on happily - usually)
Explanation:
This Stop message occurs when requested data is not found in memory. The
system generates a fault, which normally indicates that the system looks for
data in the paging file. In this circumstance, however, the missing data is
identified as being located within an area of memory that cannot be paged
out to disk. The system faults, but cannot find, the data and is unable to
recover. Faulty hardware, a buggy system service, antivirus software, and a
corrupted NTFS volume can all generate this type of error.
User Action:
This Stop message usually occurs after the installation of faulty hardware
or in the event of failure of installed hardware (usually related to
defective RAM, either main memory, L2 RAM cache, or video RAM). If hardware
has been added to the system recently, remove it to see if the error recurs.
If existing hardware has failed, remove or replace the faulty component. Run
hardware diagnostics supplied by the system manufacturer. For details on
these procedures, see the owner's manual for your computer. Another cause of
this Stop message is the installation of a buggy system service. Disable the
service and determine if this resolves the error. If so, contact the
manufacturer of the system service about a possible update. If the error
occurs during system startup, restart your computer, and press F8 at the
character-mode menu that displays the operating system choices. At the
resulting Windows 2000 Advanced Options menu, choose the Last Known Good
Configuration option. This option is most effective when only one driver or
service is added at a time. Antivirus software can also trigger this Stop
message. Disable the program and determine if this resolves the error. If it
does, contact the manufacturer of the program about a possible update. A
corrupted NTFS volume can also generate this Stop message. Run Chkdsk /f /r
to detect and repair disk errors. Restart the system before the disk scan
begins on a system partition. If the hard disk is SCSI, check for problems
between the SCSI controller and the disk. Finally, check the System Log in
Event Viewer for additional error messages that might help pinpoint the
device or driver causing the error. Disabling memory caching of the BIOS
might also resolve it. For more troubleshooting information about this Stop
message, refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
http://support.microsoft.com/support.
