2 blue screens at startup

Ok, I'm running Windows XP and occasionally on startup I get a blue screen saying a problem has been caused by classpnp.sys, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA.

And lately I've been getting one saying NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS

Does anyone know what this is? It's been going on for a few months.

 

Have you recently installed new hardware or drivers?

 

Specifically, new memory? What is your page file?

Hmmm

 

I installed more ram, How do I find out what my page file is?

 

To find page file size:

right-click My Computer
Select Properties
Click-on Advanced tab
Click-on Settings button under Performance
Click-on Advanced tab
Under Virtual Memory look at Total paging file for all drives

Test your RAM using Memtest86+ you may have a bad memory stick.

 

Total paging file size for all drives: 768 MB

I've ran Memtest overnight last week and nothing came up.

 

ok I just noticed memtest86 is different than what I have. I downloaded it but how do I use it? there's no readme file or anything.

 

My computer is a Dell and I got the memory from their website.

 

Unzip the file it contains an ISO. Use favorite CD burning sofware and create an CD from ISO image. Put it in your CD drive, reboot. MAke sure your system is configured tio boot from CD-ROM.

 

ok I ran Memtest86 overnight and while I was at work (19 hrs) and no errors.

 

Make sure your computer is configured to boot from CD-ROM.

1. Use the Windows XP CD-ROM to restart the computer.

2. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press R to repair the Windows XP installation.

3. Press C to repair the Windows XP installation by using the Recovery Console.

4. Type the number that corresponds to the Windows installation that you want to repair, and then press ENTER. For example, type 1, and then press ENTER.

5. Type the Administrator password, and then press ENTER.

6. Type map, and then press ENTER. Note the drive letter that is assigned to the Harddisk Drive.

7. Type the following command, pressing ENTER after you type the command: drive: is the drive letter of the HDD

chkdsk drive: /r​

This will check the file sytem and drives for errors and repair them.

 

I really appreciate your help Shadow_Puter_Dude, but you'll have to bear with me, I'm practically a computer noob.

How do I find out my administrator password? I'm the only one who uses this computer and I don't remember any password.

 

Consult your system documentation, it should tell you what the default administrator password is or it may be blamnk.

 

Well, I think that fixed it. I'm not completely sure, since it happens sporadically, but so far I haven't seen any blue screens.

Thank you Shadow.

 

Did the blue screen of death start appearing after you installed the new memory?

 

I remember seeing it before I got the ram, but recently they started popping up almost every other startup.

 

Well, if after you installed the new ram, and it happens more frequently, then try taking out the old ram, keeping the new ram installed in the computer. See how often the BSOD happens.

This test may take some time, but it is something that may need doing.

One note:

I've ran into an issue exactly like yours. I found out that the bios had issues with the memory I installed. There was a bios update to fix this. Since this is a dell computer, I'll ask what exactly is this dell computer brand. Doubtful that I'll be able to help you when you give us the information.....