BSOD Again

The Troll

Had my RAM modules replaced by Dell today after memtest86 found lots of corrupt blocks.

BSOD is back with a vengeance though. It's also caused my IE to go haywire. I've attached a screenshot of google and gmail as they're appearing on my screen.

The latest bsod error was a page fault in non paged area error while defragging my C: drive.

I booted using a brand new hardrive with just XP on it and BSOD happened again.

Can anyone understand what's causing this if it isn't the RAM and it isn't the hard disk?

Pa ElGrande

Suspected as much, its unusual for two modules to have the same fault.
I think your actual problem may be cooling, which might account for the errors in the memory modules, (assuming memtest86 is reliable)

Corrupted video display would indicate a display driver problem or bad memory on the graphics card, or overheating GPU.

1. Ensure the system BIOS for your system is up to date if its an integrated video. Also ensure you use the latest display device drivers for your video card available from http://support.dell.com

2. If this is a PCI or AGP card, then remove it and use the onboard video if this is an option. Also if there is a fan on the video card ensure its functioning.
There may be updated drivers available from the original vendor.

3. Clear any dust from the system and ensure its not located in an area that restricts air flow, thus creating a heat pocket.

4. Try Motherboard monitor (it may not work on your system, if not uninstall it) to see if you can monitor temperature/
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7309,00.asp

5. Most STOP 0x00000050 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA, I encounter are hardware related faults, but this is not always true.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmd_stp_ccgm.asp

6. There ought to be a file (probably several) located in c:\windows\Minidump\ along the lines of Mini111705-01.dmp, thats about 64k in size.
Can you upload some of these files to the board, and I'll take a look over the weekend. This might give a hint.


PS - switch to Firefox

leeroybrown

As suggested by "Pa ElGrande", memory problems are not always indicative of faulty memory. Memory problems can also be caused by overheating or faulty chipsets (typically the northbridge) on the motherboard. Given that your PC is a Dell and that Dell's are normally well designed to deal with the heat they produce, unless you have a faulty/stuck fan somewhere overheating is unlikely. Memory errors like these can be a pain to diagnose as you often don't have hardware to hand capable of testing each component.

Have you re-produced the memtest86 errors with the new modules?
Can you test the modules in an alternative machine to completely eliminate them as a possibility?

The Troll

leeroybrown wrote:

As suggested by "Pa ElGrande", memory problems are not always indicative of faulty memory. Memory problems can also be caused by overheating or faulty chipsets (typically the northbridge) on the motherboard. Given that your PC is a Dell and that Dell's are normally well designed to deal with the heat they produce, unless you have a faulty/stuck fan somewhere overheating is unlikely. Memory errors like these can be a pain to diagnose as you often don't have hardware to hand capable of testing each component.

Have you re-produced the memtest86 errors with the new modules?
Can you test the modules in an alternative machine to completely eliminate them as a possibility?

Yeah, tested the new modules and they pass the memtest86 tests.