2 questions :pagefile.sys and bsod

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ubamous3

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1/ my computer now has 3 diff. internal HD altogether; i dedicated 1 separate partition on a secondary hd (the one that doesnt have the OS) for the pagefile.sys (the partition size is about 1 gig and i set the pagefile to be about 900 MB). I never noticed any problems before, but recently when i bought a new HD and make that new HD the primary HD with the OS, i notice that in the event viewer, it kept giving me warning message saying that the disk with the pagefile is at or near capacity and that i need to delete some files; now that message never came up before when i had just 2 HD in the computer; should i be concerned?

2/ ever since i added the new HD and make it the primary HD, i have had BSOD's left and right; prob. 5 times since yesterday. I didnt know what info to write down so here are some rough info that i hvae gathered; please help me
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1/ address A00C3772 base at (i cant read the handwritigng); datestamp: 3cdb4146 win32k.sys

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2/ kmode exception not handled
address A0013A21 base at A0000000 Datestamp: 00000000 - win32k.sys

if ....first time see error, restart; if it happens again, follow this direction:
a/ check if there is adequate disk space; if a driver is identified in the stop msg, disable it or check with manufacturer for updates; try changing video adapter.

b/ checkwith hardware vendor for any BIOS update. Disable BIOS memory option such as caching or shadowing. If need to do it in safe mode, then do it in safe mode.

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3/ address 80430C03 base at 80400000 Datestamp 3d366b8b ntoskrnl.exe

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4/ address BFDAC236 base at BFD4D000 Datestamp 3dc24536 cmmda.sys
Driver irql not less or equal

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5/ 0x0000001E (01C0000005, 0x804254C6, 0x00000000,0x6DD2000C)
address: 804254C6 base at 80400000 datestamp 3d366b8b - ntoskrnl.exe
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whew; i hope that makes any sense to any of you wizards 'cause it means didly squat to me; i am trying to search on google as well but I appreciate any help you guys can give me
 
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scarecrow

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Driver irql not less or equal at module cmmda.sys means most probably that there is a problem with your modem driver, or an IRQ conflict (is the message about cmmda.sys or cmmda32.sys?- the latter sounds more likely). Check at device manager if you have any IRQ conflicts now that you have added the new HD.
 
Duracell

Duracell

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ubamous3 said:
it kept giving me warning message saying that the disk with the pagefile is at or near capacity and that i need to delete some files;
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if you have set the pagefile to the fixed size of 900 MB, then you can easy ignore the warning;

about the BSODs:
How did you get your OS to the new hardrive, completely new setup, copying or mirroring?

Did you install the latest chipset drivers (VIA Hyperion drivers) for your KT333?
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300


Greetings from
Duracell
 
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ubamous3

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thanks a lot guys for responding!

scarecrow: it's cmmda.sys i believe;i'll check the device manager again but i dont remember seeing any warnings about conflict before but it sure acts like there's some kinda conflict.

duracell:

ok, about the pagefile warning, it's good that i dont have to worry about it, but it's weird the fact that it never gave me that message before when i had 2 hd and slated a separate partitoin on the second hd.

when i had this new hd installed, installed windows 2000 fresh from the CD, didnt transfer it or anyything like that; i know better to not mess with those things

i havent installed the chipset thingy even tho i went to that website b/c i dont know what to install; the names dont look quite exactly the same as what sisandra tells me about my mobo's stats

System Mainboard
Manufacturer : Jetway
MP Support : No
Model : KM266-8235
BIOS ID : 04/18/2003-KM266-8235-6A6LVJ19C-00
System Chipset : VIA KT266/A,KT333 Chipset

System Memory Controller
Location : Mainboard
Error Correction Capability : None
Number of Memory Slots : 4
Maximum Installable Memory : 1024MB
Bank0/1 - A0 : Empty

System Chipset
Model : VIA Technologies Inc VT8375 ProSavageDDR PM266/KM266 CPU to PCI Bridge
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI USB SMBus/i2c
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 134MHz (268MHz data rate)

Logical/Chipset Memory Banks
Power Down Mode : No
Fixed Hole Present : No

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module 3 : 256MB 16x(16Mx8) SDRAM PC100-222-622 (CL2 upto 100MHz)
Memory Module 4 : 256MB 16x(16Mx8) SDRAM PC133U-333-542 (CL3 upto 133MHz) (CL2 upto 100MHz)

Environment Monitor 1
Model : ITE IT8705/12 ISA
Mainboard Specific Support : No

Temperature Sensor(s)
Board Temperature : 52.0°C / 125.6°F
CPU Temperature : 36.0°C / 96.8°F
Power / Aux Temperature : 29.0°C / 84.2°F

Cooling Device(s)
Auto Fan Speed Control : No
CPU Fan Speed : 4116rpm

PS: also, i was told that u can look at the memory dump file .dmp to analyze the problem, but what program can view .dmp files?

i went to event viewer and under systems, here's the error message that seems to popup everytime i have the bsod
Type Event Source
Error 7024 Service Control Manager

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7024
Date: 6/8/2003
Time: 1:05:17 AM
Description:
The Messenger service terminated with service-specific error 2119.
 
Duracell

Duracell

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ubamous3 said:
i havent installed the chipset thingy even tho i went to that website b/c i dont know what to install; the names dont look quite exactly the same as what sisandra tells me about my mobo's stats

System Mainboard
Model : KM266-8235
System Chipset : VIA KT266/A,KT333 Chipset
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OK it's not a KT333 but it's a KT266 model;
does not matter, simply install the VIA Hyperion drivers (formerly known as VIA 4in1)
homepage: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
ReadMe: http://downloads.viaarena.com/installguides/HyperionDriverInstallationGuide.htm
download: ftp://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/4in1/VIAHyperion4in1447v.exe

at last don't forget the USB filter drivers (download depends on USB v.1 or v.2):
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=298



PS: also, i was told that u can look at the memory dump file .dmp to analyze the problem, but what program can view .dmp files?
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just attach the 64k DMP file here; scarecrow is able to estimate it; i don't know how he doing that;
 
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ubamous3

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ok, i'll dl that 4 in 1 driver and then update the usb thingy;since the mobo is brand new, i'll use usb 2.

and here's the rarred file ofthe minidump so that u can see what it means


thanks again u guys in advance
 

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scarecrow

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The last call before the dreaded ATAPI dump call is from module wmilib.sys which seems to have been triggered by a USB modem (with Danish locales set on it, or so I read from the dump). Since no curious drivers have been loaded before that I may suggest "almost"safely that you need to update your USB/ 4in1 driver. Use the last 100% MS certified one.
By the way does your mainboard have an active onboard soundchip?
Please do me a favour: Put your Windows installation Cd in your CD-ROM, and then open a console shell (or DOS box, call it whichever way you like it...) and type in:
sfc /scannow
Then pass here the created log file- so we can see if some drivers fail to load properly at startup.
If in any difficulty to create the log, check this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q222471
 
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ubamous3

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Duracell said:
OK it's not a KT333 but it's a KT266 model;
does not matter, simply install the VIA Hyperion drivers (formerly known as VIA 4in1)
homepage: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
ReadMe: http://downloads.viaarena.com/installguides/HyperionDriverInstallationGuide.htm
download: ftp://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/4in1/VIAHyperion4in1447v.exe

at last don't forget the USB filter drivers (download depends on USB v.1 or v.2):
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=298
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OK duracell, i dl the viahyperion4in1447v.exe and put it in c:\temp and tried to install it but i still get that error; the error says that it cant' run 16bit window program; is that possibly b/c i formatted the main partition to be ntfs and it can't recognize 16 bit?

also, i tried to go to your link to dl the usb filter driver, but it's kinda tough for me to be certain i pick the right one, so i dl the file
8738_wme.zip; can u please double check that page to see if i dl the right one before i install it? i have windows 2000 and all the info about my mobo and soundcard are listed in my first post.


Thank u soooo much!!!
btw, it bsod on me 3 more times today, and i wasn't even here at the computer; as u can imagine, i m not a happy camper
 
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scarecrow

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You should be able to run both 16- and 32-bit applications, no matter if your filesystem is NTFS or not. Being unable to run them clearly indicates that some system files have failed to load properly.
Do what I have suggested above and pass here the log- it will show up whichever module has failed to load.
Oh, I hope you have not used over your installation any crap like TweakXP or such, right? Else you may start reformatting right now...
 
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ubamous3

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scarecrow, i did the sfc /scannow but where is the log located?

and no i dont have tweakxp installed; i 'm on windows 2000
 
Duracell

Duracell

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about USB drivers
Do not install those downloaded USB drivers! they are made for WinME;
about Win2000 i found this hint: "Due to licensing agreements, USB 2.0 drivers are not available for download. USB 2.0 drivers are available through Windows Update." maybe they are already included in SP3;

about VIA Hyperion
1. try to extract the hyperion manually first: right click on VIAHyperion4in1447v.exe > extract (with WinZip or WinRAR) to C:\temp
2. clear both of your Windows temp folders
3. then run setup.exe

but certainly scarecrow is right about an not running and needed system process;
and sorry, i don't know where the "sfc /scannow" logfile is located;
 
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ubamous3

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thanks duracell, yeah, i did extract that file VIAHyperion4in1447v.exe into its own folder; within its outermost directory, there r 2 .exe files (Via4in1.exe, and setup.exe); the weird thing is that when i double click setup.exe, it must have done something but then the file (setup.exe) just vanished!
then i double click on via4in1.exe, it seems to do something in the background but i cant't tell what it was doing or installing.

About the log from sfc /scannow, i figured it out; it's in event viewer under systems, and here r 3 logs it created


Event Type: Information
Event Source: Windows File Protection
Event Category: None
Event ID: 64020
Date: 6/9/2003
Time: 4:04:32 AM
User: N/A
Computer: PAUL
Description:
Windows File Protection scan found that the system file c:\winnt\system32\msvcrt.dll has a bad signature. This file was restored to the original version to maintain system stability. The file version of the system file is 6.1.9359.0.
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Windows File Protection
Event Category: None
Event ID: 64017
Date: 6/9/2003
Time: 4:06:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer: PAUL
Description:
Windows File Protection file scan completed successfully.
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Windows File Protection
Event Category: None
Event ID: 64016
Date: 6/9/2003
Time: 4:01:20 AM
User: N/A
Computer: PAUL
Description:
Windows File Protection file scan was started.
 
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scarecrow

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So- some "program" :rolleyes: seems to have modified/replaced your MS Visual C runtime libraries with a corrupt relase... and since most Windows apps are built around C and clones, the rest are self-explicable...
PLZ report any possible problems you may have from now on.
 
Duracell

Duracell

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ubamous3

so the file protection scan has replaced the faulty system file, now try again to install VIA Hyperion;
 
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