ok here is my problem I have just gotten a new computer specs are:

 

nForce2 (Gigabyte) Mother board (GA-7N400 Pro2)

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08Ghz processor

512 MB DDR Dual Inline RAM

430wtt power Supply

120 Gig and 20 Gig Hard Drives

2 Burning Roms

Floppy

nVidia GeForce FX 5200 vid card with 128 mb (eVGA)

 

ok i get a blue screen all the time that says:

 

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

 

stop: 0x00000050 (0xB40705B5C, 0x00000000, 0xBF840B45, 0x00000000)

Win32k.sys - address BF840B45 base at BF800000, Date Stamp 3f73195d

 

then it gives me this after the error report:

 

Error Caused by a Device Driver

 

Thank you for submitting an error report. Unfortunately, we cannot provide you with specific information about how to resolve this problem at this time. The information that you and other users submit will be used to investigate this problem.

 

Analysis

 

A device driver installed on your system caused the problem, but we cannot determine the precise cause.

 

Getting Help

 

Depending on which situation is applicable to you, do one of the following:

 

If this problem occurred after you installed a new hardware device on your system, the problem might be caused by the driver for the device. If you know the manufacturer of the device, contact the manufacturer's product support service for assistance.

Some software, such as firewall and anti-virus software, also installs drivers. If this problem occurred after you installed new software, the software might have installed a driver that caused the problem. If you know the manufacturer of the software, contact the manufacturer's product support service for assistance.

If you don't know the driver's manufacturer and need help diagnosing and resolving this problem, contact your computer manufacturer's product support service.

Updated drivers might be available on the Microsoft Windows Update Web site. At Windows Update, you can have your computer scanned and, if there are updated drivers available, Windows Update will offer a selection of drivers that you might be able to use. To learn more about updated drivers that might be available, visit Microsoft Windows Update.

For information about Microsoft support options, visit Microsoft Product Support Services.

You can track this error report by clicking the Track this error report link. If you choose to track your error report, you will be notified of resolutions to this problem as they are identified.

 

Track this error report

 

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Additional Technical Information

 

How to Troubleshoot Hardware and Software Driver Problems in Windows XP (Q322205)

 

I have read this and it doesn't help at all.......................they tested my comp for me at the shop I bought it at and it did fine i got it back and it started all of this again......................what can I do???????

 

thnx in advance :confused:

have you installed all of the windows updates? and also try updateing your video drivers.

 

and when is the blue screen the most common? like during what activities?

have you installed all of the windows updates? and also try updateing your video drivers.

 

and when is the blue screen the most common? like during what activities?

 

Yes I have installed the latest chipset drivers all windows updates all vidcard updates sound card updates ect ect ect. It tends to happen randomly but usualy while on the net or in a high res game vid card is running correctly tried it in 2 other comps one a p3 500 and the other a 1.5gh p4(?3) and it worked fine the soundcard is new as is one of the cdroms and the processor and memory and the motherboard memory and cpu were all installed where i bought the comp and has been brought it to them once due to this cost me 40 bucks..........they ran prime 95 on it for 6 hrs with no prob i can get it to run like 1 min if lucky...............talk about frustrating

you say they tested the system as it is now with prime95 for 6 hrs? have you been able to get prime95 to run for extended periods yourself?

 

seems like it's a video problem, maybe some incompatibility between the video card and motherboard. you may want to try a new bios for the mobo.

 

if prime95 ran for 6 hrs i doubt it's memory related, unless the people lied to you, but that is doubtfull.

 

so i'd say try a newer bios, and/or try a different video driver version, possibly an older one, as not all video drivers tend to work great on all setups, aka newer is not always better.

 

you could possibly even try an older set of motherboard drivers if changing the bios or video drivers does not work.

 

other than that, i'm stumped myself:confused:

have all the updated bios and chipset drivers for MB have tried running just the disk that came with vidcardand that chipset.

 

How would i get an older bios version and would that realy be a good idea????

have all the updated bios and chipset drivers for MB have tried running just the disk that came with vidcardand that chipset.

 

How would i get an older bios version and would that realy be a good idea????

nvidias site i believe has some older driver versions, otherwise try http://www.guru3d.com/

 

btw as long as they're not seriously dated, you'll be fine. just make sure the driver you pick looks to be a popular one, or one that's rated highly.

nvidias site i believe has some older driver versions' date=' otherwise try http://www.guru3d.com/

 

btw as long as they're not seriously dated, you'll be fine. just make sure the driver you pick looks to be a popular one, or one that's rated highly.

 

 

If they ran it for 6 hours with no problem did they play the games or just let it sit...............? Also did you take the whole computer or just the tower? If only the tower then it does narrow it down. Ya think....

by computer i'm almost positive he means the case and it's innards.

 

the monitor and all that stuff shouldn't have any bearing on his particular problem.

 

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

 

stop: 0x00000050 (0xB40705B5C, 0x00000000, 0xBF840B45, 0x00000000)

Win32k.sys - address BF840B45 base at BF800000, Date Stamp 3f73195d

 

 

This is more then likely caused by your video card. I have seen this many times withe XP and nVidia vid cards. I would boot into safe mode, uninstall your current video drivers, remove the video card from device manager and do a refresh(do not let XP reinstall the drivers) then install the latest reference drivers from nVidia, also you may want to disable memory caching in your BIOS as well. I have also seen where anti virus programs cuase this error as well, so as a first step disable you AV progam first and see if the cures the problem, if it does you may need an update to the program or a new one altoghter (I recommend AVG as it is not such a resource hog like Symantec). You also didn't say if your file system was NTFS or FAT32, if NTFS you could have a corrupt file system, in which case you need to boot from the XP cd and select repair from recovery console then at the prompt type Chkdsk /f/r to detect and repair disk errors. Good luck and I hope I have been of some help.

Do you have a Lexar Universal Media Reader that is USB? If yes, see here: http://www.chuzpe.us/archives/000318.php

 

If that is not the case, what kind of power supply do you have and how old is it?

 

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