windows xp pro problems

Hi all, when trying to boot to safe mode in xp pro, I get errors like aggp440. and others? lol, also getting bsod all the time now showing winsys32 errors, if no fix I can format but every 3 months is getting old, :)

Hi,

Sounds like a chipset drivers problem to me, please go here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324764

I would make sure that your motherboard, video and soundcard drivers are up to date as well.

I haven't actually come across this one in Windows XP so far, but you get it in Windows 2000 as well :(

So, please let me know how you get on................as the XP variant is new to me it is obviously of interest :)

hmmm if you've got something in your agp slot, then maybe unplug it, give the slot a little clean, usually some compressed air should do the trick, then re-insert it and see if that helps.

more specs on your computer would be nice. ;)

nihil, thanks man, i just finally got a chance to check back in, going to check out that link now, dreadin formatting lol thanks

I tryed to boot from cd and run listsvc, it doenst show or do anything for me man, upgradded my video drivers, not sure what else i should try, thinking of manually deleting the aggp dlls but man having enough problems, I need to find an alternative to windows i think, but gaming is a real issue.

Personally....I dont think windows is the problem here.

Sounds like bad driver or video card.

Why not try a repair or a nice clean install....

Of course back up your data first ;)

MLF

Hi all back after a fresh install of xp pro sp2, still getting the bsod's but now Im getting PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA?? did a few searches but haven't narrowed it down yet, will keep you all posted thanks for the help

Hi David,

It sound very much like a video card problem to me. Can you try another card (it doesn't have to be anything fancy, an old PCI one will do) and/or get someone to try your card in another machine? If your card has a heatsink and fan, please clean them and check that the fan is working.

Basically I am trying to figure out if it is a video problem or something else ;)

so good so far, nihil, i read one of your earlier posts to someone about bsod's and about stopping all power saving features, and i did that and so far no bsod's, so thanks and I'll keep ya posted, when i get steam back on tonight to try to max my video card out tonight

Thanks David, that is an interesting one, as your symptoms are at first sight typical of a card/driver problem.

It sounds as if you have some sort of conflict/clash going on. As these are not expected to happen (:D) you rarely get a very meaningful error message.

This sort of thing can also happen with scheduled and background tasks cutting in. They tend to work to start with but as your machine fills up and you have more stuff running, they don't finish when they used to and can conflict with other stuff.

What make of video card do you have? is it a ATi Radeon?

yeah it's a ati radeon 9200 series with cabtv, so i can see tv on it, even though i don't use much my woman says keep it, It also is agp, which if at the time i knew about pci express, I would have got me a better board, I have a chaintech pt-800, two diffrent chips of ram, hopefully no probs there, memtest ran a few passes and reported no problems but who know, at the moment still no issues :)

Hi David, I am afraid that ATi don't have a very good reputation for stable drivers, which is why I asked the question. Clashing with other software and drivers is a known issue in particular situations.

It is a shame really, because they make pretty good hardware:(

This box I built about 4 years ago. It has a Radeon 7500 in it and it gave problems right from the start. I went to the ATi site and got a new driver and it worked fine after that. What annoyed me was it was a brand new card and the driver was only 4 weeks old out of the box!!!

Please let us know if you have any more problems.

happened again, i have two sticks of ram, took one out and ran the pc for awhile and the bsod happened again, switched it with the other stick of ram and noticed nothing has happened so far :) a good sign, while my stick of ram was out of the pc i noticed it looks a little funny on the pins near one of the grooves, it's ocz pc3200 3-3-3-8, it only has one groove and right beside it it looks as if two pieces of the copper pin parts are missing?? think this might be my problem> im going to run it all night to see if it blue screens again or not.

I take this back, the ram ain't missing any pins, maybe my board just doesnt support it. hmmmm

Hi David, and Merry Christmas,

I used to work for Price Waterhouse.............. the company diary had December 25th as a public holiday............. it was the only one.

JupiterMedia don't even give me a diary, so I suppose I have to be on duty today as well :D

RAM problems can be hard to sort out................ I personally believe that you should use identical strips. I would try to go for the same manufacturer, same speed............... and do watch the clock latency (CL).

I have personally got away with blue murder in this respect, but I have always accepted that the status was unstable, to say the least:eek:

If your board didn't support the RAM.............. it would scream blue murder .... believe me ;)

Try one strip at a time?

well nihil, I think it was the video after all, i've been running for around 40 minutes now after installing an old geforce mx i had laying in a box, hmmm...hope this is it, bought the card about a year ago from walmart, just wondering do you thinks it's a bad card or would it be just my system it won't work with, use to get the bluescreens alot but they became more frequent, only thing is I'm going to have to get me another card for gaming but scared to go back with ati, any suggestions

Glad you got it sorted out....

First thing I try with XP is video ;)

Seems lately thats what it is for me......

I have found video cards with the fans melted on them......obviously heat issues.

I am running ATI in my machine....and it has been fine for what I do...there are different graphics technologies...depends on what type of software you are running...and that softwares recommendations

How much ram in the machine??

The more ram in the machine the less it has to use other resources...

I have 1gig in my WS...and 512 in the laptop

I recommend min 1gig......

MLF

lol, ooops guess I spoke to soon, well wasnt the video either i guess, now Im getting an error that says wdm driver error 23b any help with this would be great, thanks for the tips and i have 1.5gb ram

Try going here
http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php

Scroll down to the blue screen message you got (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA) and click on the link that best suits your problem (Read all the options before jumping to a conclusion) and follow the instructions on the link see if that helps.

thanks good site, one i haven't seen yet, not sure what i did, but for 3 days now no blue screens, i did remove the heatsink about 3 to 4 diffrent times maybe sitting a little crooked effects them lol, I have a lcd that shows my temp, not sure if accurate but reports show it is, been running around 8 degrees lower for no apparent reason but must of been heat sink or dust somewhere one, hard to believe but so far so good, I'l keep yah informed thanks again :)

Hi David,

Yes, it could be a temperature problem...............I would normally clean off the "white gunk" and use a silver based compound from Arctic Silver or Antec. They are 20x (yes twenty times) more efficient than the white stuff;)

Please follow the instructions carefully, as you can use too much as well as too little.

This box has a slight problem with the power supply...........I just hit it with a rubber hammer to get the fan going :D

lol at the power supply, thanks man never seen it report temps like this 24.9c :) think i need some thermal paste of some sort but for now Im smoking, thanks for the help