Memory Dump

[Ron Gaynor]

My computer goes blue screen frequently. The message starts out:

"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer"

The nest lines say:

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

The machine then does a memory dump, whatever that is, and after a minute or
so, restarts.

Any ideas what the problem is; hardware or software?

I run XP Pro on a 4 year old homemade (Tiger Direct Components) machine

Thanks,
Ron Gaynor

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try the following link to MVP Jim Eshelman's web page:

0x00000050: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0x50

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| My computer goes blue screen frequently. The message starts out:
|
| "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
| damage to your computer"
|
| The nest lines say:
|
| PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
|
| The machine then does a memory dump, whatever that is, and after a minute
or
| so, restarts.
|
| Any ideas what the problem is; hardware or software?
|
| I run XP Pro on a 4 year old homemade (Tiger Direct Components) machine
|
| Thanks,
| Ron Gaynor
|
|

 

[Dusko Savatovic]

From my experience, I'd say it is hardware fault. Most likely, faulty memory
module (SIMM, DIMM).

Dusko Savatovic

 

[Alex Nichol]

"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer"

The nest lines say:

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

The machine then does a memory dump, whatever that is, and after a minute or
so, restarts.

Any ideas what the problem is; hardware or software?

*Probably* Hardware - specifically RAM. The non-paged area is used for
central and critical parts of the system that must *never* be paged out
to the page file. Such things are unlikely to have errors that would
generate this message. Some third party utility items - notably Norton
- put some of their components in there, so if you have anything of that
sort try disabling it so it does not load. And then a good Memory
tester, eg memtest from www.memtest86.com - make its boot floppy then
boot it to run tests overnight