Kernel32 error

Vulcan · Registered User Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 2773

I get this error in HL when I am running my RAM at PC100 speed. It seems to be happening at random during the game.

HL caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 017f:bffd2cea.
Registers:
EAX=b484bf68 CS=017f EIP=bffd2cea EFLGS=00010282
EBX=bff7c8bd SS=0187 ESP=098fff64 EBP=098fffcc
ECX=c17685e0 DS=0187 ESI=ffffffff FS=35c7
EDX=bffc9490 ES=0187 EDI=c174aa50 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
00 00 70 00 03 80 70 00 03 80 d4 bf 00 00 fa 00
Stack dump:
bff92c37 bff7c7ac bff7c8cc 000000cc 00000005 00000000 211015d8 000000cc 00000005 8182d52c 00000008 81848c9c 000000cc 000000c0 bff88f20 00000000
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<TVB>IdiotSavant · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:17 pm Post subject:

Need a little more information.

OS? CPU Speed and make? MoBo Manufacturer? Vid Card?

All the info about your system you can give will help.

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Vulcan · Registered User Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 2773

Violent Pacifist · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:25 pm Post subject:

I may be wrong, but if i remember right then Kernel32 is the name of some sort of virus.
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<TVB>IdiotSavant · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:28 pm Post subject:

How many memory chips?
Are they all SDRam?
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<TVB>IdiotSavant · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:31 pm Post subject:

Just looked up your motherboard. It is PC66 only.
Since your motherboard doesn't support PC100 you will get errors like that.

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<TVB>IdiotSavant · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:37 pm Post subject:

The Motherboard is compatible with it. It just won't run it at 100mhz.
Set it to 66MHZ and leave it or you will always have problems like that.

Believe me. That motherboard is only set up for PC66 Speeds.
I don't care what rubbish they try to tell you. Any motherboard with EDO/SDRam is going to be set up to run PC66 memory. If you overclock to PC100 you take a big chance.

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<TVB>IdiotSavant · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:45 pm Post subject:

I understand it is in the DIMM sockets. But the fact that the mobo has EDO/DIMM slots as well as EDO/FPM slots means that the mobo was built to run at 66mhz. I don't care what you set the FSB to. I have a 400MHZ FSB on my mobo but my memory is PC133. That doesn't mean I can't run it at PC100 speeds. But if I put PC100 in mine it will not run PC133 speeds.

The clock for the Memory is set for 66mhz operation. This is a limitation of the motherboard. If you run it faster you are in essence overclocking it. That is why you are getting errors. Set it to 66mhz and play with it that way. As long as you do not get errors, you will be able to play. =)

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DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

IF you buy pc 133 ram and the mb only supports 100 or 66 clocks speed the ram will clock down to that speed...otherwise the sys most likely would not boot or not recoginize the ram.

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YourPowersAreWeakOldMan · Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:06 pm Post subject:

It could be your power draw, the motherboard looks like it should be able to run it at PC100, but it may be trying to suck too much from the power supply which can't put out enough to run it it continuously without spikes and blackouts. Combined with what may be an instability with your motherboard not really wanting to run it in PC100 could cause the low power fluctuations to cause an error...

Whenever I had RAM problems I would get constant Kernal error problems and fixed it when I got rid of the bad ram.

Also the motherboard may claim PC100 compatability, but what manufacturers always claim doesn't always turn out to be true. Alot of companies put out flawed hardware from time to time. They won't admit it always either because it usually gets them into legal trouble with big buyers and admitting their product is flawed would cause them to lose their court battle and have to lose lots of $$

IBM is a good example of this..they made these DeskStar series hardrives, almost all of them fucked up. I had 2 and both went bad about the same time....Return Merchandise people and other computer parts gurus call them IBM's DeathStars.
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