Frequent Blue Screen

rclagett

I have an Athlon 1.8 gig, with Win XP pro.. all hardware says no conflicts, but I get frequent blue screens (recent full reload of XP, on a clear hard drive, only hardware added after install is 2 512 DRAMS and a USB 2.0 Hub).

Is there a straightforward analysis tool to find where the problem is without going through the hours and hours microsoft recommends?

Thanks,
R. Clagett

profdlp

Tell us what the error on the BSOD says and maybe we can point you in the right direction.

Since you've installed new RAM, a couple of passes of Memtest-86 would be a good idea, too.

Good luck.

zero-counter

How many USB items do you have connected (if any) to the hub? Also, as suggested by profdlp, get the exact error message on the blue screen and we can work from there.

rclagett

I have had PFN_LIST_CORRUPT and an IRQ error (not always the same one)

Memtest 86 needs to be on a boot disk, correct?

rclagett

Only the external hub, no devices at the moment. All USB devices in use (other than the hub card itself) are through the mother boards ports.

zero-counter

One or more of those sticks is bad due to the bad read of page frame numbers. Try one stick at a a time to see if one is bad (cross your fingers). Try using the old stick as a control test subject in your diagnosis.

profdlp

It could be a memory problem, or a faulty driver causing a hardware device to use a portion of memory it shouldn't.

Run Memtest, and you might want to have a look at this, too.

rclagett

Thanks a lot.. good idea..

rclagett

Seems like everything is pointing to my new RAM.. I will pursue. this is great, I could get no logical help anywhere else. Glad I joined. Thanks for all your input.