Please help, BSOD keeps appearing :(

[Guest]

Hi, I've been experiencing difficulties with my computer for the past two
months. Prior to October my computer was working fine, however it began to
restart suddenly while I was using it. I continued to use it even though it
was constantly shutting down on me, and then one time it wouldn't restart at
all, instead the green LED light kept flashing. I sent it to get fixed and
they replaced the motherboard for me, which allowed the computer to start as
normal, however it continued to restart or the BSOD would appear. I sent it
to get fixed again and my computer was rebooted, however it is still
constantly restarting and the BSOD appears, and if I am lucky the computer
will last 30 minutes before doing this. The BSOD changes all the time but it
usually states that the problem is due to a page fault in a non paged area,
and that it is caused by NDIS.sys or Win32k.sys .. I just wanted to know if
there was a problem with my hardware, as it has already been replaced, or is
there something wrong with my Windows, should I uninstall Service Pack 2?
Thanks in advance ..

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi, I've been experiencing difficulties with my computer for the past two
months. Prior to October my computer was working fine, however it began to
restart suddenly while I was using it. I continued to use it even though it
was constantly shutting down on me, and then one time it wouldn't restart at
all, instead the green LED light kept flashing. I sent it to get fixed and
they replaced the motherboard for me, which allowed the computer to start as
normal, however it continued to restart or the BSOD would appear. I sent it
to get fixed again and my computer was rebooted, however it is still
constantly restarting and the BSOD appears, and if I am lucky the computer
will last 30 minutes before doing this. The BSOD changes all the time but it
usually states that the problem is due to a page fault in a non paged area,
and that it is caused by NDIS.sys or Win32k.sys .. I just wanted to know if
there was a problem with my hardware, as it has already been replaced, or is
there something wrong with my Windows, should I uninstall Service Pack 2?
Thanks in advance ..

The most like cause of a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error is
defective RAM. There are other possibilities but that is main one.

Download one of the following free memory testing programs and run it
(overnight is best) to check out the RAM in your computer:
DocMemory http://www.simmtester.com
Windows Memory Diagnostic http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
Memtest86: http://www.memtest86.com

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

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