Is this an easy fix or complicated one?

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue screen and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help. Thanks!

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue screen and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help. Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe 0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe 0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

This looks like a hardware issue, possibly a problem with the installed
memory on your system. There are some free tools that can check memory:
http://www.memtest86.com/
http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp


--
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol.

Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/


"Lady In Need" wrote in message
news
Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

Have you tried the Dell Recovery disk? What happened?

Not that familiar with Dell - can you do a repair install of XP?

What did Dell say in being no help?


"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...
Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help. Thanks!

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe 0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose your memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are not very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
news
Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have tried to do this memtest86 and
for some reason it won't work. I'm so frustrated I could cry. But
I won't. LOL I downloaded it. When I open it it says 'Enter Target
Diskette Drive' When I put the letter in and click Enter the whole black
box disappears. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. But what?

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose your memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are not very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
news
Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

never mind........ so out of it I'm putting the wrong letter in. It's
working now. I'll post back.

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have tried to do this memtest86 and
for some reason it won't work. I'm so frustrated I could cry. But
I won't. LOL I downloaded it. When I open it it says 'Enter Target
Diskette Drive' When I put the letter in and click Enter the whole black
box disappears. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. But what?

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose your memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are not very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
news
Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

Okay.... I was able to download and install DocMemory. When it came to the
part to pick the BurnInTest or Quick test I moved the mouse to click on the
Quick one and it froze. I rebooted and tried it again and the same thing
happen. So the third time I left the mouse alone and it ran the Burn one on
its own. It made it through 8 loops and I passed them all. During the 9th
loop I accidently bumped the mouse and it froze again. I couldn't even use
Esc to abort. So I had to shut the comp off and turn it back on. That part
took almost 3 hours.
Since I'm heading to bed I'll run it again like before. Hopefully it will
make it through the whole thing. I'll post again tomorrow morning.
Colette

"Lady In Need" wrote:

never mind........ so out of it I'm putting the wrong letter in. It's
working now. I'll post back.

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have tried to do this memtest86 and
for some reason it won't work. I'm so frustrated I could cry. But
I won't. LOL I downloaded it. When I open it it says 'Enter Target
Diskette Drive' When I put the letter in and click Enter the whole black
box disappears. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. But what?

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose your memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are not very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
news Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

Well when I woke up this morning it said it was on Burn In Loop #19. It had
stopped there. It said Passed 18 ... Failed 0 The elapsed time was 6 hrs
40 min. What should I do now?

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Okay.... I was able to download and install DocMemory. When it came to the
part to pick the BurnInTest or Quick test I moved the mouse to click on the
Quick one and it froze. I rebooted and tried it again and the same thing
happen. So the third time I left the mouse alone and it ran the Burn one on
its own. It made it through 8 loops and I passed them all. During the 9th
loop I accidently bumped the mouse and it froze again. I couldn't even use
Esc to abort. So I had to shut the comp off and turn it back on. That part
took almost 3 hours.
Since I'm heading to bed I'll run it again like before. Hopefully it will
make it through the whole thing. I'll post again tomorrow morning.
Colette

"Lady In Need" wrote:

never mind........ so out of it I'm putting the wrong letter in. It's
working now. I'll post back.

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have tried to do this memtest86 and
for some reason it won't work. I'm so frustrated I could cry. But
I won't. LOL I downloaded it. When I open it it says 'Enter Target
Diskette Drive' When I put the letter in and click Enter the whole black
box disappears. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. But what?

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose your memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are not very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
news Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm not on it.

Are you running windows xp? or 2000?
It is likely ban ram, as suggested. But there are a couple of things you
can do first.. I have received false positives regarding bad ram.
First, post back with your os, xp? or 2000?

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...
Well when I woke up this morning it said it was on Burn In Loop #19. It
had
stopped there. It said Passed 18 ... Failed 0 The elapsed time was 6
hrs
40 min. What should I do now?

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Okay.... I was able to download and install DocMemory. When it came to
the
part to pick the BurnInTest or Quick test I moved the mouse to click on
the
Quick one and it froze. I rebooted and tried it again and the same
thing
happen. So the third time I left the mouse alone and it ran the Burn one
on
its own. It made it through 8 loops and I passed them all. During the
9th
loop I accidently bumped the mouse and it froze again. I couldn't even
use
Esc to abort. So I had to shut the comp off and turn it back on. That
part
took almost 3 hours.
Since I'm heading to bed I'll run it again like before. Hopefully it
will
make it through the whole thing. I'll post again tomorrow morning.
Colette

"Lady In Need" wrote:

never mind........ so out of it I'm putting the wrong letter in.
It's
working now. I'll post back.

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have tried to do this
memtest86 and
for some reason it won't work. I'm so frustrated I could
cry. But
I won't. LOL I downloaded it. When I open it it says 'Enter
Target
Diskette Drive' When I put the letter in and click Enter the whole
black
box disappears. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. But what?


"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go
bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose your
memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are not
very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in
message
news Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error
message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have
been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing
that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have
already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in
message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a
blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need
to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO
help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or
downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to
when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm
not on it.

Good morning. I'm running XP- home. So the 'passed' may not be
accurate then?

"lvee" wrote:

Are you running windows xp? or 2000?
It is likely ban ram, as suggested. But there are a couple of things you
can do first.. I have received false positives regarding bad ram.
First, post back with your os, xp? or 2000?

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...
Well when I woke up this morning it said it was on Burn In Loop #19. It
had
stopped there. It said Passed 18 ... Failed 0 The elapsed time was 6
hrs
40 min. What should I do now?

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Okay.... I was able to download and install DocMemory. When it came to
the
part to pick the BurnInTest or Quick test I moved the mouse to click on
the
Quick one and it froze. I rebooted and tried it again and the same
thing
happen. So the third time I left the mouse alone and it ran the Burn one
on
its own. It made it through 8 loops and I passed them all. During the
9th
loop I accidently bumped the mouse and it froze again. I couldn't even
use
Esc to abort. So I had to shut the comp off and turn it back on. That
part
took almost 3 hours.
Since I'm heading to bed I'll run it again like before. Hopefully it
will
make it through the whole thing. I'll post again tomorrow morning.
Colette

"Lady In Need" wrote:

never mind........ so out of it I'm putting the wrong letter in.
It's
working now. I'll post back.

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have tried to do this
memtest86 and
for some reason it won't work. I'm so frustrated I could
cry. But
I won't. LOL I downloaded it. When I open it it says 'Enter
Target
Diskette Drive' When I put the letter in and click Enter the whole
black
box disappears. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. But what?


"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go
bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose your
memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are not
very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in
message
news Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New error
message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should have
been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for pointing
that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have
already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote in
message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped up a
blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I need
to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO
help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or
downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason to
when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when I'm
not on it.

First, given that you had a problem each time you moved the mouse, the mouse
might be the issue. If you have access to another system, you might try the
mouse and that system for a bit and see if the problem comes up or, if you
have a separate mouse, you might swap it for the one you have and see if you
still have the issue.

If you still have the issue, we're back to testing the ram. The next step,
assuming you have more than one ram stick installed would be to remove one
and see if you still have the issue and then test the other one alone to see
if you have the issue.

--
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol.

Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/


"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...
Good morning. I'm running XP- home. So the 'passed' may not be
accurate then?

"lvee" wrote:

Are you running windows xp? or 2000?
It is likely ban ram, as suggested. But there are a couple of things you
can do first.. I have received false positives regarding bad ram.
First, post back with your os, xp? or 2000?

"Lady In Need" wrote in message
...
Well when I woke up this morning it said it was on Burn In Loop #19.
It
had
stopped there. It said Passed 18 ... Failed 0 The elapsed time was 6
hrs
40 min. What should I do now?

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Okay.... I was able to download and install DocMemory. When it came
to
the
part to pick the BurnInTest or Quick test I moved the mouse to click
on
the
Quick one and it froze. I rebooted and tried it again and the same
thing
happen. So the third time I left the mouse alone and it ran the Burn
one
on
its own. It made it through 8 loops and I passed them all. During
the
9th
loop I accidently bumped the mouse and it froze again. I couldn't
even
use
Esc to abort. So I had to shut the comp off and turn it back on.
That
part
took almost 3 hours.
Since I'm heading to bed I'll run it again like before. Hopefully it
will
make it through the whole thing. I'll post again tomorrow morning.
Colette

"Lady In Need" wrote:

never mind........ so out of it I'm putting the wrong letter in.

It's
working now. I'll post back.

"Lady In Need" wrote:

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have tried to do this
memtest86 and
for some reason it won't work. I'm so frustrated I could
cry. But
I won't. LOL I downloaded it. When I open it it says 'Enter
Target
Diskette Drive' When I put the letter in and click Enter the
whole
black
box disappears. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. But what?


"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

You definitely have a RAM problem. RAM modules can and do go
bad...do a
Google search for memtest86, download it and let it diagnose
your
memory.
If it is the RAM, be prepared for a battle with DELL, they are
not
very
friendly with RAM issues...

Bobby

"Lady In Need" wrote in
message
news Less than a minute after my last post it did it again. New
error
message.

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Stop 0x0000004E
0x00000008F
0x0000E043
0x0000E843
0x00000000

Now what??

"Lady In Need" wrote:

You're right on the error number. My typo lol It should
have
been x
not
c. I'll check out the link you suggested. Thanks for
pointing
that
out.

"lvee" wrote:

are you sure that's the right stop error number/ Is it
maybe
0x0000000A...?

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A error in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063

Scroll down to the section that involves 'after you have
already
installed
windows'

"Lady In Need" wrote
in
message
...


"Lady In Need" wrote:

Several times the past couple weeks my computer popped
up a
blue
screen
and
shut down then restarted. (doing a physical memory
dump)
Error message said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Stop 0C0000000A
0X00000004
0X00000002
0X0000001
0X804DFEB9

Can someone walk me through this to fix it? or will I
need
to take
it in
for repair? I can't afford the latter. Dell was NO
help.
Thanks!

I also wanted to mention that I've not added/changed or
downloaded
anything
prior to this starting. There's also no rhyme or reason
to
when it
happens.
Not doing any 'particular' task. It even happens when
I'm
not on it.