Memory cannot be "written"

Windows 2000. My computer's gone all sorts of crazy.

I keep getting "Memory cannot be 'written'" errors that force programs to close. It usually happens, for instance, when I close out of Firefox. Also, anytime I try to burn a DVD in my writer, I get a blue screen and a physical memory dump, then it reboots. Meanwhile, it keeps slowing down and freezing up every time I turn around.

Usually this has been the sign of a memory problem, but I swapped out memory sticks, but to no avail.

I'm trying to swap out other hardware components one at a time in the meantime, hoping that will unveil a hint, but for now I'm pretty lost.

Can you post the exact message including any codes.

With memory errors the clue to what is going on is always in the code it gives!

This is the code that showed up as "memory could not be written" during my system's shutdown process:

0x00d22940

Have you tried google?

I haven't read this fully but maybe it can contain a solution, this guy has the same problem. http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...php/t-131.html

On this link: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/svcho...en-t67564.html I got this

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I've done a little research on that particular error and found that it seems to occur when two security apps clash together on startup. Although most of the time it relates to Mcafee, which you don't have.

Can you post a new hijackthis log and we'll see if we can figure out what's happening.

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Try reading some of those. If you get a solution out of it, or from any other source, can you tell me how you fixed it, I'm interested in finding out. Thanks. :)

Reload the OS Formatting first (and not the fast format) I have a disk called PC Check that is very usefull for running a hardware diagnostics test. It also could be related to a bad hard drive.

Memory probs tend to be more random IMH experience. Not usually the same thing over and over.
I'd go with Ghost_25inf suggestion of possible HD problems to start with. Get the manufacturer of your HD and download their testing tools. If there is a problem that should spot it. Could just be a bad sector. Time to back up just in case, if you haven't already.

I know this is probably a fairly obivious question but did you update any drivers recently or download any security updates? Do you have any strange messages in your event journal? Also is the code you posted the blue screen or the windows message. I tried to check technet but got no matches.

Could be an application not letting go of memory or trying to write to a memory space that is in use by another app.

I had a problem recently with The APC Powerchute...reboot fixed it. Since I removed the app...it no longer happens

Anything in the Eventviewer???


You can try and disable non essential services to and see if it still happens...

Also with any type of windows memory issues....reboot usually fixes it.... ;)

MLF

Did you recently update to SP4, there have been some issues with the updates compatability with some of the older programs.Windows 2000 SP4 ;)

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Also is the code you posted the blue screen or the windows message.

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Blue screen.

Haven't noticed anything seemingly related in Event Viewer yet, but I'll keep an eye on it.

Currently exploring everyone else's recommendations, will let you know what I find soon...

Just out of interest is your hard drive nearly full, say about 70%?

//Oh and do you use any norton software or adobe photoshop elements (v1?)? Or any photoshop program?

Have your CPU clocked or entered the cpu/memory speeds/multiplier manualy into the BIOS

Well, I ran Windows Memory Diagnostic, no problems found.

Then ran Western Digital's Lifeguard diagnostic program on my HDD...no problems found.

So it looks like those two are ruled out.

I am having fewer problems now. I can burn a DVD without blue screening and a memory dump now, so that's an improvement. I don't get "cannot be written to memory" messages quite so often now either. The last time I got one was once earlier today, shutdown my Firefox and I had to restart the browser.

But so far memory and HDD checks out ok...

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Just out of interest is your hard drive nearly full, say about 70%?

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12.5 GB used, 16.0 GB free.

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Oh and do you use any norton software or adobe photoshop elements (v1?)? Or any photoshop program?

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Nope. No Norton, no Photoshop.

I'll look into the CPU clocking, that's new territory for me...

If you have a memory cant be "read" problem is that kinda the same thing?

Not sure I follow Tex...Same as what?

I think he means is it the Memory cant ve read the same as memory cant be written?

Not really memory cant be read would nearly always be a hardware or configuration fault, memory cant be written could be a multitude of things, software hogging memory that is needed by another app is the usual fault.

AngelicKnight Do you know what was the last thing you installed before this problem started was?

How much space have you allocated to your virtual memory?
Have you tried reinstalling FF since this seems to be giving you problems?

What are your system specs?

Memory cant be read

We used to get this on a NT 4 machine, and Autocad.......
Machine would crash with this error..

Bad mouse driver...believe it or not...3 weeks of update, uninstalling..disabling stuff

reverted back to a previous logitec driver and the memory errors stopped...after replacing memory, removing software, etc

sounds like a software\driver issue more so than hardware to me

what else is happening running when this occurs???


MHO of course ;)

MLF

well I do have a problem with memory not being "read" but i will be a gentleman and start my own thread lol i wont hog this one.

Ah, now I'm getting "The instruction '0x2d82fa63' referenced memory at "0x00000008'. The memory could not be 'read'." I got the message after closing an Adobe Reader document.

So there's a sign of a bad memory stick, right? I tried putting in some other memory sticks yesterday, so it's gotta be one of those two. I'll scope it out.

[edit] Ok, found and removed the stick, now it's passing memory tests again. A shame, that was a 256mb stick too, so that bumped me down quite a bit. So, what do to do? Do I just throw this sad little stick away, or can something else been done with its remains?

AK, i dont think that is a memory stick problem. It seems more like a software problem.
If it is random (e.g. it is ocurring in several programs) i would suspect of :

- video / mouse / driver
- antivirus - ive got this kind of sympton on a buggy norton antivirus (a lot of blue screens during probram close)
- other weird stuff that you are using on your windows, like pdf writers (printers) and so on.

BTW Its easy to check memory stick. Just run memtest for a few hours and you will see.
If is a HW problem, maybe it is not on stick but instead on MoBo. :(

The Common thread here (excuse the wording) seems to be the Adobe/Acrobat program.These guys want $10.00 for the solution http://search.experts-exchange.com/s...=34&Submit.y=7

You could try uninstalling Adobe (along with everything else which comes with it) and reinstall or uninstall and use Foxit instead :p

This may clear up some of what's happening.

If you are not experiencing driver issues, then you may have crapware on the PC and need to scan for the culprits.

Well I've discovered it's not the memory sticks at least. I've tried it with all sorts of sticks now, and I keep getting the same "cannot be written" message. Even during Windows setup!

This is also the same computer that I'm talking about in this thread.

Have you checked the processor fan/heatsink/bonding compound?

I often get memory related errors from processor overheat.

Steve