re: BSOD, win32k.sys
Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at 2:17 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Subz
(4 messages posted)
Worked fine with XP Pro (not SP-1)!
Checked the drivers for the Radeon and found it was actually 7.84, not 7.88.
Reinstalled XP Pro (with SP-1) and installed the very latest drivers and so far,
no problems either. Very odd.
I don't think I've seen the last of this error though.
Cheers,
Subz - "It'll never work" - (The Eternal Cynic)
On Monday, June 16, 2003 at 3:40 am, Subz wrote:
>I've just started to get this problem. Five days after installing XP Pro (with SP-1
>built in - grr!) I was happily playing GTA:VC when it hung. I restarted and got
the
>offending PAGE_FAULT bluey.
>
>I tried the chkdsk fix and it didn't. This seems to be slippery problem.
>
>My system is an EPoX 4SD5A+, iP4 2.4B, 512Mb Corsair XMS Platinum, Sapphire Radeon
>9500 Pro, SB Live 5.1., ATA133 Maxtor 8 (40Gb).
>
>Now what got me is that I had been using a friends spare XP Pro (he had upgrade
to
>Server 2003 for some reason) to "preview" it before whacking down £150+ for the
OS.
>His version of XP does not contain SP1. Lo & behold... It worked fine for the 20+
>days I ran it before the activation came up. So "I'll have me some of that." thinks
>I. Buys XP Pro (SP-1) and suffers all these PAGE_FAULT errors.
>
>They occur randomly but most interestingly on Shutdowns! They never mention any
drivers
>either.
>I have ran the memory through a thirty minute hardware test with no problems. I
remove
>the soundcard. I "flattened" the hard drive and tried FAT32 instead of NTFS. The
>problem still occurs.
>
>Tonight I'm going to stick the old copy of XP Pro one and see if it works. (After
>checking my Radeon drivers to see if they are up to date - 7.88)
>
>If this works, I proves what I am supsecting, that SP-1 is once again at fault.
I
>may also try 98SE and ME and see if they work but to be honest, I'm getting pretty
>pee'd off with all of this.
>
>I will report back with my findings. ;o)
>
>Cheers,
>Subz
>
>
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- re: BSOD, win32k.sys (Subz: Monday, June 16, 2003 at 3:40 am)
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