Did some upgrades, now BSOD!!

[misle]

I'm running WinXP and this system has been extremely stable for the last 6-8 months. I've never had a problem before.

Old setup:
2000+ AthlonXP
Epox EP-8DRA
512 MB Crucial PC-3200
eVGA GeForce4 Ti4200
TDK CD-Burner
Pioneer DVD-ROM

Today I upgraded to:
2800+ Athlon XP
Added 512 MB Corsair PC-3200
Ditched the Pioneer and added a NEC 2500A DVD+-R

Ever since the upgrade, my computer crashes. Especially when actually used, Like running audio editing programs, which is what this computer is mainly used for.

I already pulled the new RAM out, but I'm still getting BSOD.

Any ideas?

-oh, I also went ahead and updated to the latest BIOS after the first BSOD.

 

[johnjkr1]

Are the processor and memory set to the right bus speed? Also, what voltage do you have on the cpu?

 

[misle]

I'll check that on next reboot

Info from last BSOD:
The problem seems to be caused by the following file: win32k.sys
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

STOP: 0x00000050 (0xBC00FCF4, 0X00000000, 0XBF848851, 0X00000001)

win32k.sys - address...

then it reboot.

 

[misle]

"Real Clock 2083 MHz"
FSB = 166 MHz
166 x 12.5

I forgot to get voltage, but I remember seeing 1.65V or 1.68V

 

[misle]

Voltage is at 1.65V

Anyone have any ideas? Will reinstalling WinXP help?
Is this a known problem with my motherboard?
Is it bad to mix Crucial and Corsair memory (yet this seem not to matter b/c it crashed with just the crucial)?
Did the Pioneer DVD-ROM drive curse my computer?

 

[EeyoreX]

Pull the old RAM. Random BSODs are often caused by bad RAM. Also, try different memory slots on the motherboard.

\Dan

 

[misle]

I'll give it a try.

 

[AIWGuru]

That error message would tend to indicate ram. Try pulling it or running memtest.

 

[misle]

memtest?

Where can I find a memory test?

 

[misle]

Originally posted by: EeyoreX
Pull the old RAM. Random BSODs are often caused by bad RAM. Also, try different memory slots on the motherboard.

\Dan

Well, I pulled the Crucial memory out and left the Corsair and it seems to be working again. I'm going to run a stress test over night to make sure. Could the Crucial memory have been damaged when I added the Corsair?

I was wrong earlier, the Crucial is 333 MHz memory, while the Corsair is 400 MHz memory. Yet, I only ran it at FSB=166 -> 333 MHz.

I have emailed Crucial asking how I should go about getting my RAM replaced.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: misle
memtest?

Where can I find a memory test?

MemTest86 is your best bet. I don't know if I can do seperate tests, so you might have to just boot up with the Crucial in.

http://www.memtest86.com/

I had those BSODs before, but I cannot remember why I was getting it, but I know it wasn't RAM. It might have been driver problems.

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: misle
memtest?

Where can I find a memory test?

It looks like you've already found your answer but here is the link you requested anyway.
edit: someone beat me to it while I was typing. Each time I have heard of that particular BSOD, it's been the ram. A page fault is the inability to read data in a paged block. An unpaged area is physical memory (not paged to pagefile) so that error message means that the system couldn't read back what was written to memory.

 

[Viper96720]

Try setting the ram timings manually instead of using spd. Try
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