SOLVED----PAGE_FAULT_IN_UNPAGED_AREA---I just installed my new mobo and RAM, which is the more likely cause?

zsouthboy

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I'm guessing RAM, however, even when I run the RAM at 100(200DDR), with all settings on slowest, I get this message right after Win XP finishes copying files for setup.

Specs:

GigaByte GA-7VRXP
Mushkin High Performance PC2100 2-2-2 DDR RAM <------culprit?
Radeon 32 meg DDR(original) AGP
[The motherboard has almost everything but the kitchen sink built in, therefore all I have in any expansion slots is the vid card]



Like I said, I just got both the mobo and the RAM in, and I'm trying to do a dirty install of WinXP(I need to be able to get back into windows so I can copy all my needed files to a CD-RW, yes, I know, I should've, all well, I don't have anything important on there anyway)

First, I installed my mobo without re-installing XP..... ran fine, except when i tried to do anything memory intensive(open IE, copy files, etc.) I got a random reboot. Now I'm trying dirty install, and I guess I'm gonna try clean install next.

What would be the proper procedure to test if my stick of ram is bad? I do have this computer I'm typing on, it's got a stick of generic DDR in it. Should I try that next to see if I get the error message during the install, or do you guys already know what the problem is?

zs

(Extended rig info is in sig)

I ran MEMTEST-86 off of Mushkin's site. It confirmed my hunch that the memory was bad. 512 errors in only one pass! each error was wierd too, for example:
each error looked like this:

good________bad
FFFFFFFF_____FFDFFFFF
FFFFFFFF_____FFDFFFFF

and so on. and the errors only started after the first hundred megs.

wierd.

I'm gonna get RMA from mushkin.

zs

 

zsouthboy

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Oh, BTW, the complete error message is:


PAGE_FAULT_IN_UNPAGED_AREA

and then some text about try again, blah blah blah and then:

***STOP: 0x00000050 (0xE185DA32, 0x00000000, 0x8082B267, 0x00000001)

zs
 

BD231

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Page faults are usualy a sign of a bad stick of ram last I heard.
 

zsouthboy

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<< Page faults are usualy a sign of a bad stick of ram last I heard. >>



That's what I thought, but this is Mushkin we're talking about(hell, I thought I paid a little more for peace of mind, but I gues not)

Arrrrrrgghhhh. now I have to ship it back and wait and wait and....... man this is gonna take forever.

I should probably use that program on their site first to see if the stick is bad in this computer(since i have no OS on my other on right now).


zs