Failures & no end in sight

[Chris Lanier]

Solution: You have bad RAM! i can bet you thats the
problem. Buy a new stick of RAM to put in the machine,
and make sure you only have one stick of RAM in when
trying to install Windows.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>I recently installed win XP (incl SP1) on my desktop
(PIII850, 256 MB RAM,
>ASUS CUSL2-C motherboard, lots of disk space). All
critical updates done,
>too.
>
>The first install, upgrading from W98SE, was not very
stable. Second install
>(fresh) was even worse. Third install (fresh, after HDD
reformatting) works
>more or less, but frequently, e.g. on software install
(involving HDD and CD
>ROM activity), printing, etc I get random reboots, or
blue screens with any
>of the following :
>
>- IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL
>- PAGED FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA
>- PFN LIST CORRUPT
>- MEMORY MANAGEMENT ERROR (or sth similar)
>
>Since during Win XP installs (but not the last one) I
repeatedly had random
>unaccessible files on the Win XP CD, I suspected that the
DMA and PIO modes
>were unadequate, as the knowledge base suggests. So I
disabled all DMA
>access and set all PIO modes to 2 on all disks (3) and on
the DVD ROM.
>
>Even that did not help.
>
>Any clue ? thanks in advance...
>
>Airy
>
>
>.
>

[Airy Magnien]

Strange, the RAM used to be good until I installed XP.
Let's assume you're right : is there any way to check the RAM ? during boot
process, no warning occurs.

Regards

Airy

"Chris Lanier" > a écrit dans le message de
...
> Solution: You have bad RAM! i can bet you thats the
> problem. Buy a new stick of RAM to put in the machine,
> and make sure you only have one stick of RAM in when
> trying to install Windows.
>

[Airy Magnien]

BTW, why "make sure you have only *one* stick of RAM" ?

TIA

[Chris Lanier]

Both questions answered here.

the one stick of RAM amkes one since but it works. i have=20
had more than 15 e-mails from ppl who this help install=20
XP. After the install you can insert another DIMM and not=20
have any problems.

Memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/ can test your memory=20
for you. although i had a stick that was bad and memtest=20
did not say anythign bad about it.

>-----Original Message-----
>Strange, the RAM used to be good until I installed XP.
>Let's assume you're right : is there any way to check the=20
RAM ? during boot
>process, no warning occurs.
>
>Regards
>
>Airy
>
>"Chris Lanier" > a =E9crit dans=20
le message de
...
>> Solution: You have bad RAM! i can bet you thats the
>> problem. Buy a new stick of RAM to put in the machine,
>> and make sure you only have one stick of RAM in when
>> trying to install Windows.
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Airy Magnien]

Thanks for the additional info. I was confident enough in what you suggested
to go out and buy a replacement DIMM before I got you response, anyway. I'll
leave the RAM replacement for tomorrow (must have rebooted 100 tines
today -got tired) but I'll let you know if it did the trick.

Airy

"Chris Lanier" > a écrit dans le message de
...
Both questions answered here.

the one stick of RAM amkes one since but it works. i have
had more than 15 e-mails from ppl who this help install
XP. After the install you can insert another DIMM and not
have any problems.

Memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/ can test your memory
for you. although i had a stick that was bad and memtest
did not say anythign bad about it.

>-----Original Message-----
>Strange, the RAM used to be good until I installed XP.
>Let's assume you're right : is there any way to check the
RAM ? during boot
>process, no warning occurs.
>
>Regards
>
>Airy
>
>"Chris Lanier" > a écrit dans
le message de
...
>> Solution: You have bad RAM! i can bet you thats the
>> problem. Buy a new stick of RAM to put in the machine,
>> and make sure you only have one stick of RAM in when
>> trying to install Windows.
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Chris Lanier]

Hope it works out for you. :)
>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for the additional info. I was confident enough in=20
what you suggested
>to go out and buy a replacement DIMM before I got you=20
response, anyway. I'll
>leave the RAM replacement for tomorrow (must have=20
rebooted 100 tines
>today -got tired) but I'll let you know if it did the=20
trick.
>
>Airy
>
>"Chris Lanier" > a =E9crit dans=20
le message de
...
>Both questions answered here.
>
>the one stick of RAM amkes one since but it works. i have
>had more than 15 e-mails from ppl who this help install
>XP. After the install you can insert another DIMM and not
>have any problems.
>
>Memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/ can test your memory
>for you. although i had a stick that was bad and memtest
>did not say anythign bad about it.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Strange, the RAM used to be good until I installed XP.
>>Let's assume you're right : is there any way to check the
>RAM ? during boot
>>process, no warning occurs.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Airy
>>
>>"Chris Lanier" > a =E9crit dans
>le message de
...
>>> Solution: You have bad RAM! i can bet you thats the
>>> problem. Buy a new stick of RAM to put in the machine,
>>> and make sure you only have one stick of RAM in when
>>> trying to install Windows.
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Airy Magnien]

Congratulations, you guessed it right. Memory at fault. MemTest86 confirmed
the verdict.

Thanks again

Airy

[Chris Lanier]

np

>-----Original Message-----
>Congratulations, you guessed it right. Memory at fault.
MemTest86 confirmed
>the verdict.
>
>Thanks again
>
>Airy
>
>
>.
>

[Airy Magnien]

If you live in my neighborhood (Lille, northern France), I'd like to treat
you a beer. That's the least you deserve.

[John Liebson]

On 5/8/2003 13:36, Airy Magnien wrote:

> If you live in my neighborhood (Lille, northern France), I'd like to treat
> you a beer. That's the least you deserve.
>
>
Envoyez-moi une biere, s'il vous plait, aux Etats Unis.

Merci