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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:20 pm

When I turn my computer on it will keep restating over and over, and if I try system recovery a blue screen appears and says PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGE_AREA

Please help me out!

p.s im using using computer at work right now....

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:40 pm

I got a virus that did that once. Have you tried booting in safe-mode?

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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:57 pm

Faulty RAM possibly.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:23 pm

Could be any of a zillion things such as faulty ram, HD, power supply, etc.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:25 pm

To find out if it's memory-related you may get MemTest86+. It's a tiny CD-image which you'll use to boot your computer. Preferably let it run over night as some memory-problems will only be discovered after quite some runtime.
On the other hand, your problem, if memory-related, should be found quite fast I guess.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:28 pm

rootuser's post just reminded me of something else. Try to get a copy of BartPE. It creates a virtual operating system directly onto your RAM. That way you'll know for sure whether the issue is software or hardware related.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:31 pm

^^ Any decent Linux Live CD will also do, and probably offers better tools to find out what's going on. And probably even includes MemTest86+ as a boot-option.

Not that there's anything wrong with BartPE in general.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:37 pm

Linux Live? I've never heard of it. Does it run on the sample principle as BartPE?

Forgive my ignorance, I've never seen a Linux system and I am most definitely no specialist when it comes to computers.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:52 pm

^^ Yes, it does. Just that you don't need any living system first in order to build the CD. You simply download the CD, record it to an empty medium and start it.

This also is a good way to get your feet wet with Linux as it can give you a fully usable system without touching any of your files.

And please, never having touched Linux has nothing to do with ignorance.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:54 pm

Intriguing, I'll look into that.

Sorry for temporarily jacking your thread, Jon.

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http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Download, burn the .iso to a CD and boot your computer with it. It has a plethora of diagnostic tools.

Edit: It also has MemTest86+ that rootuser mentioned.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:52 pm

If you are comfortable with going inside the pc, I would suggest taking out your memory, then putting it back in, but only 1 stick (if you have multiple). Test each ram chip like this. I would try this before running memtest only because memtest can take a long time to finish and swapping the ram can be pretty quick.

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:02 pm

I'm just gonna buy a new computer the day after Thanksgiving. i need a new comp any ways Crying or Very sad

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:22 pm

Jon, that is what I did.

Smile

Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:33 pm

Windows has a setting buried inside which basically tells the system to reboot in case of a system error. This can lead to the infinite reboot loops.

Disable the automatic restart on system failure in Windows XP

That said, faulty memory is very likely the source of your problems. Ultimate BootCD is an excellent tool for this purpose.