Re: Blue Screen - "page_falt_in_nonpaged_area"

Interesting...........

As a computer hobbyist I get asked to "repair" systems from time to time and
currently I have an XP Pro system that the owner had the blue screen of
death "page-fault etc" and I was asked to check it out. However, running it
in my workshop the computer works perfectly well for hours on end! Boots ok,
doesn't do any restarts on its own accord and whilst using at least three
applications (Photoshop & MS Word) at a time, handles them all well.
However, after returning it to the owner the system soon starts playing up
again, "page_fault", and rebooting of its own accord! Would I be correct in
assuming this could be a hardware issue (her printer or video cam or maybe
even her household power supply? I checked the voltages on the computer
power supply and also via the boot menu and all are within normal
tolerances. Computer power supply is ok. Removed and re-seated the RAM. I
would appreciate any ideas on this please.


"EvilNem" <evilnem1979@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Page fault in non-paged area usually means that its either System RAM, or
Video RAM that's dodgy
Which... would make it hardware?

"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Fran" <spamsucks@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks much for this info. Can you point me to a newsgroup that
specializes
in hardware for my XP Home system?


Look in the Newsgroups: line in this header? <w>

In OE to see it press Ctrl-w and type: c.w sx ha
(Note the spaces.)


Good luck

Robert
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