"Error Message: Memory could not be read"


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sometimes when i'm using Windows 2000 Professional, a popup screen appears randomly:

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The instruction at '<address>' referenced memory at '<address>'. The memory could not be read. Click OK to terminate the program.

and in event viewer:
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Application popup: DVDMF.exe* - Application Error : The instruction at "0x1c446773*" referenced memory at "0x0926a59f*". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program

Click on CANCEL to debug the program

where * varies.

what's causing this? this is extrememly annoying especially when i am burning something. once i get this message, burning freezes and Nero closes.

what's going on? i figured this is something to do with my RAM, so here's a screenshot of my task manager.

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Absolutely not true...

Memtesters do not stress the machines as well as gaming and regular use. To truly test a machine it should be used in an intensive environment, but then you've got too many variables to even know what happened.

I'm pretty certain that if you are getting errors like this, it's memory issues or something is afoul with your HDD... try HDD diagnostics, re-partitioning, etc... you know the drill. Format if needed.

I don't have any problems with such messages

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