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Accidentally posted this to the ie6_outlookexpress group a few days ago...
the OP was as follows:

<quote>
I seem to be getting a bunch of fatal STOP errors recently, and I'm having
trouble figuring out why. I don't know the exact text of the message, but
it refers to SMBios.sys. My error log only shows the following: "The
computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000050
(0xfe560100, 0x00000001, 0xeec471a2, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000
[v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini051004-04.dmp."
There is no common program involved when these errors occur, nor is there
any commonality in the load on the machine; I've had this happen with no
programs open and nothing happening on the machine at all, I've had it
happen when ~15 windows were open, I've done extensive testing on the
memory and it checks out, and I've tried putting the hard drive under
strain - this also did not cause the STOP error. Anyone have any
suggestions on what could be checked to try and track this down?
</quote>

Also, later I posted this...

<quote>
Okay, I decided to write down the exact text of the message, and noticed
(for some reason I'd never read the message before, just cursed and shut
down) that this particular error is a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error.
I'm under the impression that this error is typically associated with a
hardware malfunction of some sort - is this true?
</quote>

Any suggestions on what could be done to try and track down what's causing
the problem?


--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600
 
A search of the Microsoft Knowledge Base yields:

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=810159 "'PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA' Error
Message When You Try to Switch Tasks by Using ALT+TAB"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=811016 "Stop Error Message '0x00000050
Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_Area' When You Use a PC Card"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=833154 "You receive a 'stop 0x00000050 [page
fault in nonpaged area]' error message when you reconnect to a terminal server
that is now using a different color depth"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=171003 "'Stop 0x50' Error Message While
Installing Windows"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=234744 "Problems with Third-Party APM Tools on
a Dual-Boot Computer"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=250975 "STOP Errors When Running MITAC 6133
Laptop on Battery Power"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=252192 "'Stop 0x00000050' in Ntfs.sys Under
Stress Accessing Freed FCB"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=261199 "STOP 0x50 in Usbhub.sys with Surprise
Removal of Plug and Play USB Hub"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=281132 "'Stop 0x50 in Win32k.sys' Error
Message"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=305547 "Support for Booting from a Storage
Area Network [SAN]"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=307030 "Stop 0x00000050 Error Message in the
Wdmaud.sys File in Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=315819 "STOP 0x50 Error Occurs in Mrxsmb.sys
When the Digital Dashboard Is Loaded"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=317153 "Stop 0x0000001e or Stop 0x00000050
Error in Navap.sys When You Use Norton AutoProtect Feature"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=822052 "How to troubleshoot 'Stop 0x0000007B'
error messages in Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=831239 "'STOP 0x00000050 in ppbint.dll' error
message when you open a document"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=835481 "Stop error '0x00000050' after you
enter your Pointsec userID and password in Windows 2000"


Accidentally posted this to the ie6_outlookexpress group a few days ago...
the OP was as follows:

<quote>
I seem to be getting a bunch of fatal STOP errors recently, and I'm having
trouble figuring out why. I don't know the exact text of the message, but
it refers to SMBios.sys. My error log only shows the following: "The
computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000050
(0xfe560100, 0x00000001, 0xeec471a2, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000
[v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini051004-04.dmp."
There is no common program involved when these errors occur, nor is there
any commonality in the load on the machine; I've had this happen with no
programs open and nothing happening on the machine at all, I've had it
happen when ~15 windows were open, I've done extensive testing on the
memory and it checks out, and I've tried putting the hard drive under
strain - this also did not cause the STOP error. Anyone have any
suggestions on what could be checked to try and track this down?
</quote>

Also, later I posted this...

<quote>
Okay, I decided to write down the exact text of the message, and noticed
(for some reason I'd never read the message before, just cursed and shut
down) that this particular error is a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error.
I'm under the impression that this error is typically associated with a
hardware malfunction of some sort - is this true?
</quote>

Any suggestions on what could be done to try and track down what's causing
the problem?
Click to expand...


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
Yup, already checked that whole Page_fault page on the MS KB, as well as a
link to some site www.aumha.org or something. I was not able to find
anything about my specific problem.

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600


Jerold Schulman said:
A search of the Microsoft Knowledge Base yields:

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=810159 "'PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA' Error
Message When You Try to Switch Tasks by Using ALT+TAB"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=811016 "Stop Error Message '0x00000050
Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_Area' When You Use a PC Card"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=833154 "You receive a 'stop 0x00000050 [page
fault in nonpaged area]' error message when you reconnect to a terminal server
that is now using a different color depth"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=171003 "'Stop 0x50' Error Message While
Installing Windows"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=234744 "Problems with Third-Party APM Tools on
a Dual-Boot Computer"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=250975 "STOP Errors When Running MITAC 6133
Laptop on Battery Power"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=252192 "'Stop 0x00000050' in Ntfs.sys Under
Stress Accessing Freed FCB"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=261199 "STOP 0x50 in Usbhub.sys with Surprise
Removal of Plug and Play USB Hub"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=281132 "'Stop 0x50 in Win32k.sys' Error
Message"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=305547 "Support for Booting from a Storage
Area Network [SAN]"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=307030 "Stop 0x00000050 Error Message in the
Wdmaud.sys File in Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=315819 "STOP 0x50 Error Occurs in Mrxsmb.sys
When the Digital Dashboard Is Loaded"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=317153 "Stop 0x0000001e or Stop 0x00000050
Error in Navap.sys When You Use Norton AutoProtect Feature"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=822052 "How to troubleshoot 'Stop 0x0000007B'
error messages in Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=831239 "'STOP 0x00000050 in ppbint.dll' error
message when you open a document"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=835481 "Stop error '0x00000050' after you
enter your Pointsec userID and password in Windows 2000"


Accidentally posted this to the ie6_outlookexpress group a few days ago...
the OP was as follows:

<quote>
I seem to be getting a bunch of fatal STOP errors recently, and I'm having
trouble figuring out why. I don't know the exact text of the message, but
it refers to SMBios.sys. My error log only shows the following: "The
computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000050
(0xfe560100, 0x00000001, 0xeec471a2, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000
[v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini051004-04.dmp."
There is no common program involved when these errors occur, nor is there
any commonality in the load on the machine; I've had this happen with no
programs open and nothing happening on the machine at all, I've had it
happen when ~15 windows were open, I've done extensive testing on the
memory and it checks out, and I've tried putting the hard drive under
strain - this also did not cause the STOP error. Anyone have any
suggestions on what could be checked to try and track this down?
</quote>

Also, later I posted this...

<quote>
Okay, I decided to write down the exact text of the message, and noticed
(for some reason I'd never read the message before, just cursed and shut
down) that this particular error is a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error.
I'm under the impression that this error is typically associated with a
hardware malfunction of some sort - is this true?
</quote>

Any suggestions on what could be done to try and track down what's causing
the problem?
Click to expand...


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
Click to expand...
 
I don't know the exact text of the message, but it refers to SMBios.sys.
....
The bugcheck was: 0x00000050 (0xfe560100, 0x00000001, 0xeec471a2, 0x00000000).
Click to expand...

Do a pstat -s | find /i "smbios"
and see if that third address is lies within its boundaries.

Hmm... I see that we don't really get to see the end point of the module.
Maybe you could get an upper bound on that by sorting the module list
on the Load Addr column and then verifying that there is no other loaded
module there. Unfortunately the Address is hex so what you really need
is a function which sorts hex addresses.


Another thing which might help is to use dumpchk with your mini dump
and see what pops up. Doing that might get you a better list of modules
than pstat -s too.

<title>KB254649 - Overview of memory dump file options for Windows 2000, for Windows XP, and for Windows Server 2003</title>


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---


Tony Talmage said:
Accidentally posted this to the ie6_outlookexpress group a few days ago...
the OP was as follows:

<quote>
I seem to be getting a bunch of fatal STOP errors recently, and I'm having
trouble figuring out why. I don't know the exact text of the message, but
it refers to SMBios.sys. My error log only shows the following: "The
computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000050
(0xfe560100, 0x00000001, 0xeec471a2, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000
[v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini051004-04.dmp."
There is no common program involved when these errors occur, nor is there
any commonality in the load on the machine; I've had this happen with no
programs open and nothing happening on the machine at all, I've had it
happen when ~15 windows were open, I've done extensive testing on the
memory and it checks out, and I've tried putting the hard drive under
strain - this also did not cause the STOP error. Anyone have any
suggestions on what could be checked to try and track this down?
</quote>

Also, later I posted this...

<quote>
Okay, I decided to write down the exact text of the message, and noticed
(for some reason I'd never read the message before, just cursed and shut
down) that this particular error is a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error.
I'm under the impression that this error is typically associated with a
hardware malfunction of some sort - is this true?
</quote>

Any suggestions on what could be done to try and track down what's causing
the problem?


--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600
Click to expand...
 
I don't know the exact text of the message, but it refers to SMBios.sys.
....
The bugcheck was: 0x00000050 (0xfe560100, 0x00000001, 0xeec471a2, 0x00000000).
Click to expand...

Do a pstat -s | find /i "smbios"
and see if that third address is lies within its boundaries.

Hmm... I see that we don't really get to see the end point of the module.
Maybe you could get an upper bound on that by sorting the module list
on the Load Addr column and then verifying that there is no other loaded
module there. Unfortunately the Address is hex so what you really need
is a function which sorts hex addresses.


Another thing which might help is to use dumpchk with your mini dump
and see what pops up. Doing that might get you a better list of modules
than pstat -s too.

<title>KB254649 - Overview of memory dump file options for Windows 2000, for Windows XP, and for Windows Server 2003</title>


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---


Tony Talmage said:
Accidentally posted this to the ie6_outlookexpress group a few days ago...
the OP was as follows:

<quote>
I seem to be getting a bunch of fatal STOP errors recently, and I'm having
trouble figuring out why. I don't know the exact text of the message, but
it refers to SMBios.sys. My error log only shows the following: "The
computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000050
(0xfe560100, 0x00000001, 0xeec471a2, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000
[v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini051004-04.dmp."
There is no common program involved when these errors occur, nor is there
any commonality in the load on the machine; I've had this happen with no
programs open and nothing happening on the machine at all, I've had it
happen when ~15 windows were open, I've done extensive testing on the
memory and it checks out, and I've tried putting the hard drive under
strain - this also did not cause the STOP error. Anyone have any
suggestions on what could be checked to try and track this down?
</quote>

Also, later I posted this...

<quote>
Okay, I decided to write down the exact text of the message, and noticed
(for some reason I'd never read the message before, just cursed and shut
down) that this particular error is a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error.
I'm under the impression that this error is typically associated with a
hardware malfunction of some sort - is this true?
</quote>

Any suggestions on what could be done to try and track down what's causing
the problem?


--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600
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