Howdy,
I’m trying to fix a Dell box for a friend and I am having all sorts of issues tracking down the cause of the BSOD. The error page hits during boot after the green Microsoft slider shows up (indicating that windows is loading). When I choose to start in safe mode it just reboots and the whole process starts over.
Here’s the details from the error page: Page_Fault_In_NonPaged_Area
Stop:
0x00000050 (0x88f40000, 0x00000000, 0x81136A43, 00000000)
And this is the pc in question:
Dell Inspiron 531s
Running (well, not at the moment) Windows Vista Home Basic OEMct
Motherboard is an ASUS M2N61-AX
RAM is 2x hynix 512Mb sticks
Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
1. Tried known good RAM from another pc (same speed but it was a 1Gb stick). = same results
2. Pulled any un-needed hardware (i.e. Fax/Modem Card, etc.) = same results
3. Tried to manually restore to older restore point (thinking it may have been a software or driver compatibility issue = goes to BSOD before I can ever get to do a restore. In this case, I put in the Vista DVD and boot to the DVD. It then loads the files (goes all the way to the end of the load indicator) starts the green slider and dies to the above BSOD.
4. Ordered and installed replacement Motherboard = same results.
I’m totally at a loss here and was hoping someone may have a suggestion on what to try next. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
