Stef :-) said:
Hello
Just got a fast Intel 865-based PC with 4 GB RAM and 2x SATA disks. The XP
System runs on a 10GB IDE drive. It is used solely for music production.
All has been well for about a week, but suddenly XP seems to have lost its
paging file. I've seen the recommended fix with Intel's IAA, but this
software does not work with the 865 chipset. I've tried resetting teh page
file size, but every time XP boots the same error message appears - "No
paging file or pagefile too small"
Also, when I try to turn off the computer, I get a blue screen with the
following error message:
DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
and this technical information:
*** STOP: 0x0000009F (0x00000500, 0x00000002, 0x8A21C830, 0x8A1B89E0)
The computer seems to run fine when it's booted, but this is of course very
annoying...
This article explains the probable problem for the 0x9F related BSOD:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmd_stp_ulhr.asp
As you've already surmised, this is probably a driver vs power shutdown
problem. You can try these things:
In Control Panel Power Options, try turning off hibernation. Hibernation
being enabled in non-laptop computers is a problem I've seen over and over
again (and I even see it in laptops from time to time). That will likely
cure your problem (let us know!) Since you have such a lightning fast
computer, there might be a timing problem. Try turning off all power related
options, and make sure they are disabled in BIOS too (you might later want
to re-enable it in BIOS such that a power off actually also turns off the
power supply). You could also try shutting down programs before doing the
power off or reboot, a utility that will do that, named EndItAll2, can be
found (scroll down a ways, you also might find it elsewhere via Google) at:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:...kets.com/gazette/20040729.htm+enditall2&hl=en
That utility itself is configurable for command-line usage. You can further
automate the run of that utility with another utility found at:
http://209.95.106.186/products.htm#LastChance
You might also try flushing your HDD cache at shutdown using that last above
link utility, with another utility found here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#sync
It may be that HDD cache is being written (you have a LOT of memory!) for
too long a time period during shutdown. I assume you've a nice fast HDD and
really don't need HDD caching, so you might be able to turn it off. Go into
Device Manager, Disk Drives, right-click each drive and select Properties
and then Disk Properties and clear the check mark option. On reboot, check
to make sure the setting remains (some drivers will not remember this
setting). Note that an Event Viewer log entry will probably show up at boot
indicating that the cache was disabled (obviously, ignore the message from
now on).
Lastly, set your swapfile (uh, pagefile) manually to be a minimum and a
maximum of 999 (just enter three 9's in each of the 2 boxes) so that you
have 1gig of static pagefile space. That will speed things up since Windows
will not need to dynamically adjust the size of that file. I assume you have
a 100gig HDD, not the 10gig one your post mentioned! You can clear the
pagefile manually from time to time.
If that still doesn't do it then you probably need a better driver for the
chipset you are using on your motherboard, maybe they have one at their
website (the above microsoft article link relates to that).
