My computer has started to randomly get the blue screen of death. Sometimes I get it a second after windows loads. Sometimes I get it about 5-10 minutes after windows loads. Sometimes I can run windows for about 1-2 hours before I get it. Also, upon restarting my computer after getting this message, my computer sometimes freezes up after.
I was running service pack 3 with all the updates.
I brought my computer back to factory settings hoping to fix this issue. It worked fine for a day then it started up all over again. (I used F10 and not a restore disk)
Here are the messages I generally get:
Driver IRQL Not Less Or Equal
Page Fault In Non Pages Area
Alternates between these two errors.
I read former posts about these problems on these boards and heard it could be a problem with my RAM?
I downloaded Memory Tests and it didn't say I had any problems.
Also, my computer runs fine on SAFE MODE with networking.
HP Pavilion a640n
Windows XP
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 processor
3400+
2.19 ghz
512 mb ram
160gig ultra dma hard drive Samsung SP1604n
If anyone can help me it would be appreciated =)
UPDATE:
I finally found out what was causing my blue screen of death errors so I will post what my problem was for anyone else that might be experiencing the same errors:
* Right click on my computer
* Click on properties
* Click on hardware
* Click on device manager
Disable all drivers except for the video adapter and network card
Restart computer and see if windows boots normaly
Mine did.
Enable a driver one by one while restarting the computer to find out which driver is giving you the problem.
The driver that was giving me the problem was my processor driver:
AMD Athlon(TM) 64 Processor 3400+
Once I disabled this driver Windows would boot normally without any problems.
So here is my new question:
What are the side affects of having this driver disabled???
I was running service pack 3 with all the updates.
I brought my computer back to factory settings hoping to fix this issue. It worked fine for a day then it started up all over again. (I used F10 and not a restore disk)
Here are the messages I generally get:
Driver IRQL Not Less Or Equal
Page Fault In Non Pages Area
Alternates between these two errors.
I read former posts about these problems on these boards and heard it could be a problem with my RAM?
I downloaded Memory Tests and it didn't say I had any problems.
Also, my computer runs fine on SAFE MODE with networking.
HP Pavilion a640n
Windows XP
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 processor
3400+
2.19 ghz
512 mb ram
160gig ultra dma hard drive Samsung SP1604n
If anyone can help me it would be appreciated =)
UPDATE:
I finally found out what was causing my blue screen of death errors so I will post what my problem was for anyone else that might be experiencing the same errors:
* Right click on my computer
* Click on properties
* Click on hardware
* Click on device manager
Disable all drivers except for the video adapter and network card
Restart computer and see if windows boots normaly
Mine did.
Enable a driver one by one while restarting the computer to find out which driver is giving you the problem.
The driver that was giving me the problem was my processor driver:
AMD Athlon(TM) 64 Processor 3400+
Once I disabled this driver Windows would boot normally without any problems.
So here is my new question:
What are the side affects of having this driver disabled???