Re: Driver problems on new system.
From: Rich Barry (rbarry_at_NOTsocal.rr.com)
Date: 08/06/04
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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:55:10 -0700
Forgot to post this
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard of people having problems with Serial ATA
> drives, but I haven't looked too deeply into it myself (I
> don't own one).
>
> Have you checked for an updated BIOS at Asus's website?
> The Athlon 64 is a somewhat new beast, so they might be
> still working out the kinks in it (which means posting new
> BIOS and drivers on their websites). Asus would post GART
> drivers on their site too (if needed).
>
> If you're feeling especially brave, read what chipset the
> motherboard has and go to the manufacturer's website.
> Probably Nvidia, VIA, or SiS. Then look for any driver on
> their website that has a newer release date or version
> number than the one released at Asus.
>
> I'd also suggest testing the RAM. I've had odd crashes
> like that happen with bad RAM. I used the free program
> available at "http://www.memtest86.com/". You make a boot
> floppy and start the machine with it inserted (assuming
> your BIOS is set to boot from Floppy A: before it's hard
> drive). It'll take a while with 1GB of RAM...so maybe let
> it run over night (it'll just loop and retest the RAM when
> it gets done).
>
> And in case you're interested "page fault" means something
> isn't in memory that was needed, "in non-page area" means
> the area of memory that is not supposed to be stored out
> to disk ever (often if something isn't used for a while
> then it'll be temporarily moved to your hard disk to free
> up RAM for other stuff). Not sure about "bad pool caller"
> but pool is often used to indicate a block of memory (like
> non-page pool) and caller refers to the person that asked
> for something (the caller versus callee).
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I posted to the New Users forum, but I'm posting here as
> >well in case people check this group more often than that
> >one...
> >
> >I recently purchased components to build myself a
> >computer. I got an ASUS K8NE Deluxe MB, an Athlon 64
> >3000+ processor, 1 MB Kingston DDR400 RAM, a Seagate
> >Barracuda 160 GB SATA hard drive, and an ATI 9600 All-In-
> >Wonder video card. I installed XP Pro, however rather
> >frequently the "blue screen of death" appears and shuts
> >everything down. I keep
> >getting "page_fault_in_nonpage_area"
> and "bad_pool_caller"
> >faults. Most often the faults appear while I am trying
> to
> >install software, whether it be SP1 or something else.
> >Certain software programs won't install at all, as I get
> >fatal errors. I tried to do a reinstall (I chose the
> >upgrade option, so I wouldn't lose any of the programs I
> >had gotten to install), which took about 5 tries before
> it
> >completed successfully. And the problems still exist.
> >I'm cool with doing a total new install, but how can I
> >avoid the same problems all over again? I believe that
> >the problem area may be the video card, since there is a
> >note from ATI that non-Intel chips need a GART installed
> >first. But I'm just guessing, because when I look at the
> >device manager all of the drivers appear to be fine. Is
> >there any way to clean up the cabinet files without doing
> >a total new install?
> >
> >Any help is much appreciated.
> >
> >.
> >
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