Troubleshooting starter
Any help would be much appreciated! Help me get my machine stable
As I was writing this, I got another BSOD - "PFN_LIST_CORRUPT' - STOP: 0X4E" -- luckily I had saved it into notepad as I was predicting that it would happen.
Can post the minidumps if it'll help
Thanks,
Camz
- Overview of the problem
Random BSODs, not sure of the cause.
- Full description of the problem and symptoms
I built this PC about a month ago.
It worked fine from day one, after I had updated the BIOS so it recognized my newish CPU(E8400)
Two weeks later I got a BSOD - "PAGE_IN_NONPAGED_AREA", I couldn't boot after that as it would BSOD when I tried doing anything, Safemode etc, after some googling and reading forums, I thought it might be the RAM, so I pulled one stick, and it worked.
After another 2 weeks or so of smooth running and no problems at all, I got another BSOD out of the blue, from there on I have been having trouble(about 4 days ago now).
On Sunday night, I was playing WoW and got a BSOD, rebooted, logged into windows, was loading desktop up etc got another, has chained from there.
Below is a list of the BSOD errors I have had, since Sunday in the best order I can remember them.
BAD_POOL_HEADER
IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL -- STOP:0X7E -- SPTD.SYS
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL -- STOP 0XD1 -- NDIS.SYS
BAD_POOL_CALLER
STOP 0X24 NTFS.SYS
BAD_POOL_CALER STOP: 0XC2
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP: 0XD1 -- RTL8187.SYS
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL -- OXD1 -- KS.SYS
MULTIPLE_IRL_COMPLETE_REQUESTS -- 0X44
PAGE_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
STOP: 0X7E NTFS.SYS
Above, with a few random STOP:0x7F and 0x8E
In the middle of those BSODs, I formatted and reinstalled Windows, but to no success, I was getting BSODs while running windows updates, and installing my motherboard and video drivers.
Again, I thought it might have been the RAM, so I got my hands on some "Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5D XMS Dominator DDR2-1066" modules, put them in, wouldnt POST, took a stick out and it worked fine.. (faulty stick? wouldn't run in any of the 4 DIMM slots)
Booted up, went about my business for a few hours, SUPRISE! another bsod.. ;( "STOP: 0X7E NTFS.SYS"
Also: When I was trying to repair windows, I got a bsod, which stuffed my installation, so I formatted.
- Did it work normally at one time, or has the problem always existed?
Worked for 2 weeks then got a BSOD chain, pulled a stick of RAM, worked for another 2 weeks fine, which leads me to now.
- Is the problem consistent and repeatable, or entirely random, or semi-random?
Entirely random, although at one point opening Firefox would cause a BSOD.
- I already tried these steps:
Tried different RAM modules, in different slots/combination
Formatted
Repairing windows
Edit: Forgot to mention that I have run memtest86 with no problems
- My software:
- OS: Windows XP Professional Edition with SP2
- No current antivirus (was using avast! free edition before formatting)
- No Firewall
- My hardware
- Asus P5K Premium - Wifi-AP
- E8400, not overclocked
- XFX 8800GT Xtreme Edition
- Crucial(1GBx2) Ballistix Tracer, DDR2 PC2-8500 - at 2.2V
- Thermaltake Toughpower 750W
- 80gig WesternDigital for OS, and a Seagate Barracuda 320gig for Applications etc
- Other information that might be relevant
(any other information that might be related to the problem)
Any help would be much appreciated! Help me get my machine stable
As I was writing this, I got another BSOD - "PFN_LIST_CORRUPT' - STOP: 0X4E" -- luckily I had saved it into notepad as I was predicting that it would happen.
Can post the minidumps if it'll help
Thanks,
Camz
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