oembios.bin and Page Fault Error

[Jeff]

I have an Intel P4 2.0 ghz machine, with 768MB of ram,
running an ATI 9700 PRO video card, as well as Windows XP
Professional. I recently rebooted this machine, and when
Windows tried to reboot, I got the following error:

Page_Fault_In_NonPaged_Area

I figured I would reboot and try to do a recovery from
safe mode. Not gonna happen, I couldnt even get into
safe mode, I got the same error. So, I decided to format
the machine, and put a fresh copy of XP on it. Well,
after formatting, XP goes into the copying files portion
of the install. My box will get to exactly 44% completed
on the file copying, which happens to be the oembios.bin
file, then it says its unable to copy the file, hit enter
to try again. I hit enter, it trys for a few seconds,
then gives the same error. I tell it to try again, then
I get a blue screen with the oembios.bin error again???

I thought maybe, it was a bad disc. I tried another
brand new Windows XP disc, which had never been taken out
of the package. Same exact outcome. I tried using
different CD Rom Drives. Same exact outcome. Ive even
switched the harddrives in the machine. Same exact
outcome. About the only other thing that I can think of
(which makes absolutely no sense to me) is to remove all
the PCI cards from my system, and try it with just the
video card.

Is this a common error, and if so how can I fix it? What
else can I try to get this fixed? The machine is only 2
years old, and the copy of XP for it is only 6 months
old, should I check with tech support from Microsoft?

Jeff

 

[Frank]

Try replacing the memory. Bad memory can cause this issue
and the page fault error. If you have more than one stick
of memory in remove one and see if it fixes, if not
replace it and remove the other stick.