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Hi,
Following is the webpage for the HP Pavilion dv6436nr Notebook PC I am currently trying to attempt a clean install of Windows XP Professional SP2 on a brand new hard drive:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...
Past problems with this laptop:
I had a bad habit of leaving the laptop on for extended periods of time (10-12 hours). After a couple months of this the laptop started becoming non-responsive but would always reboot normally after a hard shutdown. Stopped leaving laptop on to avoid hibernation and laptop worked fine, but seemed the OS was much slower. Recently I was doing intense graphics editing @ photobucket running several 'tabs' in IE editing several images this way. System was working overtime and was very slow to respond. Completed the work, closed IE down to one window. Visited a trusted newspaper webpage and all of a sudden window after window bagan opening rapidly all to this website. They were loading faster than I could shut them down. (I'd guess to say up to 30-40 separate windows opened for this website) then the BSOD and immediate shutdown and I was unable to read any data. The laptop became non-responsive and will not boot up. Powers on, display lights on, heatsink/cooling fan operable, all with blank screen and no response to keystrokes or anything. After 20 seconds, laptop shuts down and restarts. Same thing over and over. Hardware I have used on this laptop with no problems: HP psc 1210 series all in one print/copy/fax via USB plug and play, digital camera via USB plug and play. No problems with these ever. No recent hardware or software installs that would point to this problem.
So....
I purchased and installed new HD with new Operating System CD for Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, booted from cd-rom and Windows XP setup recognizes the HDD and starts executing the setup, formats the HD and continues to copying files. This is where the problem occurs everytime. Usually to 14% of copying files, I get an error message. It is NEVER the same and it is most often always a different .dll file that cannot be copied. Windows cannot copy file, press enter to retry or esc to skip. Retry, BSOD with the two following stop errors. Always one or the other randomly.
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA stop 0x00000050
or
IRQL_NOT-LESS-OR_EQUAL stop 0x0000000A (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x80812219)
From what I have researched I am inclined to believe I have bad RAM sticks. Currently on this laptop in question, I have NO OPERATING SYSTEM and cannot perform any operations.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Seems like a ram problem, if it is under warranty you might want to send it back and see if hp will work on it for free. Talk to their tech support, if not then you might want to replace the ram, all evidence points toward hardware failure.
As long as the laptop is properly clear of anything that would prevent air circulation then I do not see any problem leave a laptop on for a period of time.
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Jim R
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Memory test
http://memtest86.com/
There is a version to create a bootable floppy diskette and/or an ISO for creating a CD.
Run it overnight and any failures are unacceptable.Laptop cleaning procedure
http://www.informationweek.com/stor...
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Also there might be a problem with your L2 cache on your processor. If that is it, then you might need to change the processor.
Jim R
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Thanks,
Okay, I ran the Windows SETUP with only one stick of RAM (alternating sticks). On second attempt Windows XP SETUP copied all files and loaded successfully. So, bad RAM stick !!
I noticed in the device manager that there are several drivers that are not installed. Base System Device (x3), Coprocessor, Other PCI Bridge Device, PCI Device, SM Bus Controller, Unknown Device, Video Controller (VGA Compatible). So, I have no sound and no video now, but windows is fully loaded and runs on the one good stick of RAM, it seems.
My next concern is the purchasing of new RAM sticks. Insticnt tells me to purchase a set of compatible RAM sticks instead of just one stick.
I know I need both sticks of RAM. Question is, with the one bad stick of RAM taken out of the laptop, is this the reason for the above drivers not being installed during Windows setup?
If I purchase and install the two new sticks of RAM, will it be necessary to RE-install Windows XP pro or can I just update/install these drivers from the device manager? (The option to reinstall/update is available there).
Thanks to all who replied to my thread.
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Also, forgot to mention the warranty has expired for this laptop. So, it has become a pet project of trial and error. ;)
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The XP Install disk probably doesn't have the drivers you need for the hardware in that machine. You will be able to download the appropriate drivers from HP. Chipset, sound, graphics, network devices etc.
Goin' Fishin' (Some day)
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"PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
IRQL_NOT-LESS-OR_EQUAL "
You can get both of those errors if you are having problems reading your ram, but contrary to popular belief, bad ram is RARE, unless it has been damaged by some event external to it, such as a power spike or surge, or the user damaging it by installing it with the power to the power supply NOT removed - in the case of a laptop you must unplug the AC adapter AND the main battery when you fiddle with your ram.
The problem is many times more likely to be either you have installed ram that is not 100% compatible with the computer, or the ram has a poor connection in it's slot(s).A common thing that can happen with ram, even ram that worked fine previously, is the ram has, or has developed, a poor connection in it's slot(s).
This usually happens a long time after the ram was installed, but it can happen with new ram, or after moving the computer case from one place to another, and I've had even new modules that needed to have their contacts cleaned.See response 2 in this - try cleaning the contacts on the ram modules, and making sure the modules are properly seated:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...For a laptop, you must remove both its main battery and AC adapter before you do that.
.....Ram that works in another mboard , or any ram you buy or have lying around, may not work properly, or sometimes, not at all - even if it physically fits and is the right overall type (e.g. SDram, DDR, DDR2, etc.; PCxxxx, xxx mhz) for your mboard. In the worst cases of incompatibilty your mboard WILL NOT BOOT with it installed, and the mboard may not even beep - the ram has to be compatible with the mboard and it's chipset.
See response 5 in this for some info about ram compatibilty, and some places where you can find out what will work in your mboard for sure:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...
Correction to that:
Mushkin www.mushkin.comOnce you know which module ID strings work in your mboard, you can get them from anywhere you like that has ram with those ID strings.
If you have brand name ram, it is usually easy to look up whether it's ID string is in a list of compatible modules found by using your mboard or brand name system model number.
If the ram is generic, that may be difficult or impossible.
.......If you do a ram test, do that AFTER having tried cleaning the contacts and making sure the ram is seated properly - otherwise any errors found may be FALSE.
If the ram is incompatible with the chipset, it will likely FAIL a ram test - that is NOT a true indication of the ram being faulty - there is probably nothing wrong with it, and it will pass the test if installed in a mboard it is compatible with.
If a ram test DOES find errors, if you have more than one module installed, try the test with one module at a time - sometimes they won't work properly when more than one is installed, but one will pass when by itself.
If you want to try a memory diagnostic utility that takes a lot less time to run a full pass than memtest86 does, this one is pretty good - Microsoft's
Windows Memory Diagnostic:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag...
It can be toggled to do a standard or a more comprehensive set of tests - use the default 6 test one first - if it passes one pass of that, use the latter one. A few of the tests in the latter set are intentionally slower.
......"I noticed in the device manager that there are several drivers that are not installed. Base System Device (x3), Coprocessor, Other PCI Bridge Device, PCI Device, SM Bus Controller, Unknown Device, Video Controller (VGA Compatible). So, I have no sound and no video now, but windows is fully loaded and runs on the one good stick of RAM, it seems."
Whenever you load Windows from a regular Windows CD (or DVD) from scratch, after Setup is finished you must load the drivers for the mboard, particularly the main chipset drivers, in order for Windows to have the proper drivers for and information about your mboard hardware, including it's AGP or PCI-E, ACPI, and hard drive controller support. If you have a generic system and have the CD that came with the mboard, all the necessary drivers are on it. If you load drivers from the web, brand name system builders and mboard makers often DO NOT have the main chipset drivers listed in the downloads for your model - in that case you must go to the maker of the main chipset's web site, get the drivers, and load them.
Make sure you get the main chipset drivers for a laptop chipset, not a desktop chipset.
You probably also need to go to the website of the system builder and get other drivers for your specific model - for the sound and the video, maybe the network adapter, etc.
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