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Ok...everything was running fine until about a week ago (just after Christmas). My computer would not let me in (kept giving me BSOD right upon initial load). After coming back from New Year's party, I decided to format and re-install XP. Now comes the hard part. Every time I try to install XP, it just gives me BSOD (usually IRQL_BLAH_BLAH). Kept having that problem for about 3 days when trying to install so decided I'd try to install Win98se. I'd get an error message when trying to install that, too (only after it got into running Windows itself...setting time zone, etc.). I've tried everything (unplugging everything except video, changing memory sticks, updating BIOS, etc.). Here's my system specs:

FIC SD11 Slot A MB (yeah I know)

750 MHz AMD Thunderbird (slot)

128MB PC100 (even tried 64MB-256MB)

Giga-byte GA-622 nVidia TNT2 32MB AGP

Creative Labs SBLive!

Compaq Netflex 16/P LAN card

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I dunno if this will helpu or not..but I recently had the same trouble..and the irony was that I thought there was something wrong with my CD or something..

In the end, it turned out to be a faulty memory stick..though it registers correctly in the Bios Memory Count..

Beware..maybe u would want to try replacing all the sticks altogether to give it a try..

Good Luck anyways...

Eric..:D

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Thanks for the insight. I'd been trying different memory modules, too. I'll see about pulling some memory out of a working computer to see if I can get it to run in the other computer. Is there any way to check the memory?

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It might help if you listed the entire BSOD.

STOP 0x0000000A(0xWWWWWWWW, 0xXXXXXXXX, 0xYYYYYYYY, 0xZZZZZZZZ)

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

** Address 0xZZZZZZZZ has base at

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Ok...here's the actual error message (after trying memory that worked in another computer that is actually running):

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

blah

Technical Information:

*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xFD5A6EDD, 0x00000000, 0xFD5A6EDD, 0x00000000)

Any additional help would be VERY appreciated.

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Well..like I said..it will most probably be faulty RAM sticks..I'd recommend replacing all of them at one go..just to be sure :devious:

It would not register anywhere in the BIOS or else that there is something wrong with it..

Hope this helps..:D

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Ok...so if I were to take out all of the memory that was on the computer and put in memory from a machine that is running XP without any problems and install, that should work, right? I replaced all of the memory with some from a computer that has run XP without any problems since it was installed (I also put the memory from my computer into that one and it ran) and I got the same error messages. Could it be the motherboard that is bad (bad mem. slots?)? Still checking to see if it could be the cache or the vid. card....didn't know that it could be any memory, thought everyone was talking system mem.

Thanks for all of the help.

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I thought it was the video card on my computer because I have a Voodoo 5 and their aren't any drivers for it other than the ones from Microsoft. I could leave the Windows XP 3D screen saver running while you I went to work. When I came home I would have a BSOD IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL blah blah blah which suggested bad memory or bad video card. In my case it was the memory.

Since your memory kept you from installing XP on one computer it will probably be the cause of BSODs on the other. I haven't had a BSOD in three months since I swapped out my memory.

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Ok...things have changed a little bit. Don't know if this is going to change anything, but here ya go.

Installing XP with new memory, cache turned off, and new video card and now get the following error:

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

Blah

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xE3210972, 0x00000000, 0xFAB1664F, 0x00000002)

*** setupdd.sys - Address FAB1664F base at FAAC8000, DateStamp 3b7d8507

Anything else I should try?

Thanks for all the help so far (new ideas I wouldn't have thought of).

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You have both the CPU cache and L2 cache disabled ? If so I have no idea what the problem is.

The only other thing I can think of is to swap out components and see which ones work and which don't.

Sounds like your motherboard has problems, possibly the cpu.

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There are lost of results for a Stop 0x50 BSOD. Faulty hardware is one possible cause. The knowledge base still suggests bad RAM.

To help you better I need to know what you are doing when the BSOD happens. I also need to know if you are running any anti-virus software.

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Ok this might sound strange. I had a problem installing XP a week ago and I found out that my cpu heatsink was not lined up right casing my cpu to get to hot and windows not liking that. I also had a bad copy of XP. I misplace my orignal and burnt an iso i had. I did not have any CDR so I used a CDRW. Anyway I got a stop code as well. if this help any.

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I don't know if this has anything to do with anything but...

Just to see if I'd be able to get the computer up and running, I tried to install Windows 98SE. It goes all the way until it gets to Running Windows 98 For the First Time, and then when I try to enter anything for the name and company (or just let it sit there) it gives me a Windows Protection Error and tells me that it has to shut down.

Is that still a memory issue or have we moved into the motherboard / CPU arena yet?

Thanks for all of the help.

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