Help! Win2k SP2 Blue Screens on Boot!

[EvlG]

I am having trouble with installating software on Win2k SP2.

The problem is, I can install it fine, but next time I reboot, I get a STOP error (blue screen) that says PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA. It doesn't reference any specific DLL, just some memory ranges. If I reboot in Safe Mode, I can the app I just put on, and then when I reboot it will usually come back ok. However, the last time I did this, it still blue screened.

I am experiencing this problem with DirectCD, Norton Systemworks 2001, and the latest is Raxco PerfectDisk 2000 4.0.10. When I rebooted to safe mode and uninstalled perfectdisk, it still bluescreens on regular startup. What can be the cause of this?

My current system configuration is listed in the link in my sig. I did install the Via 3-in-1 drivers that came with the A7M266, as well as the AMD AGP miniport, and the Athlong AGP Registry Fix (I think that is what it was called). I have heard that the VIA drivers are very bad, and could be the problem. How would I be able to tell?

Is there anything else that can cause this problem? Since 3 different apps are doing it, I tend to think it is not a problem with the software I am trying to install Especially because I have installed Systemworks, Direct CD, and Perfectdisk on Win2k machines before without a problem. Any help is much appreciated!

 

[Barefoot]

I think it could be one of two things:

1) Your Via drivers. You don't have a Via board. You have an AMD761 board. I'm assuming your CD is a wide distro CD that has all of Asus' motherboard drivers on it, so install the drivers for the AMD761 chipset. (most likely)

2) Memory fault. You may have bad memory in your machine, but that's not nearly as likely as #1.

 

[EvlG]

<< I think it could be one of two things:

1) Your Via drivers. You don't have a Via board. You have an AMD761 board. I'm assuming your CD is a wide distro CD that has all of Asus' motherboard drivers on it, so install the drivers for the AMD761 chipset. (most likely)

2) Memory fault. You may have bad memory in your machine, but that's not nearly as likely as #1. >>



1) The a7M266 has the Via Southbridge. I think that is what the Via 3 in 1 drivers are for?

2) When I first built the machine, I ran Sandra'a burn-in wizard for around 18 hours doing disk, memory, and cpu tests. None of them came back with an error, and the system never crashed or anything. That leads me to believe that the ram is probably not an issue; is that a correct assessment?