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  • PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA after memory upgrade

    From =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rnar_Lib=E6k?=@bjoernal@ifi.uio.no to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Monday, July 07, 2003 16:32:43
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    I have a dell optiplex gxa desktop pc with a 82440LX based motherboard.
    After inserting a newly purchased RAM-module, a blue screen with the stop message PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA occures when booting windows 2000.
    The memory module is a Crucial SDRAM 128MB PC133 unbuffered non-ECC CL3 16MegX64
    BIOS reports the correct amount of memory.
    What is the most probable cause of this problem? A faulty module, incompatibility problem with the motherboard, or a software (memory
    management) problem in windows? In case of the latter, are there any knobs
    to twiddle?
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    Bjørnar Libæk
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  • From AFM@afm@tightfit.fsnet.co.uk to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:47:30
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    NO - The MB must support the access speed of the RAM - My understanding
    is you can put 100Mhz ram in a 133 MB but not the other way round. I
    think it is to do with the RAM refresh cycle. The faster ram has 7-8ns
    refresh - the slower >10ns, it IS sometimes settable in the Bios. I
    tried New RAM in an old PC and some of the faster RAM _would_ allow the
    boot sequence to get to various stages - one even to getting the Windows desktop - but as soon as I did anything - bang - blue screen. Other
    sticks of 133 just wouldnt let the system boot....

    :-)

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