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hafa

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I have an AthonXP system with the following specs:

Abit NF-7-S Motherboard
AMD 3000XP+ 400MHZ FSB Processor / Thermalright SLK 947U HSF
Corsair Micro 1.024GB CL2 Matched Pair PC3200DDR RAM
Antec 350W PSU
Western Digital 74GB 10000 RPM SATA drive
running @ stock speed

It's been running fine since 5-2004 but just started in wth page_fault_in_unpaged_area BSODs today. This will display in safe mode as well as safe mode with command prompt. When I booted from a pata drive with Windows already installed from another system, everything ran fine, allowing me to backup most of the data from the HDD (some files were corrupted). I'd say that this rules out any hardware failures other than the disk. I ran chkdsk /F/R/X and removed the pagfile.sys so that Windows could rebuild it, but no dice; still BSODs on boot.

Looks like it's time for a clean install unless anyone here has any hints...
 
OK So I ran memtest86 on the modules and EVERY test failed...

OK, you memtest gurus or even wannabes...How can I have a stable windows environment on the PATA drive with the memory failing every single test? sunspots?

I'm going to pop the modules in a different mobo and see what happens...
 
you pushin' your O/C too high?
voltage too high?

my ram implodes if you look at it funny, but thats BT-6 for ya.

Sunspots? Luck? i would buy a lottery ticket today if i were you....
no telling why the drive is still perfect when you got corrupted ram.
 
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