Dharam,

This sounds like a classic memory problem.  I would start with swapping RAM
out to see if this fixes it.

It is possible that it is a bad .dll or .exe file, but I would not hold out
for that.  Plus, tracking that sort of thing down is infinitely more
difficult than swapping the RAM and seeing if the problem goes away.  If it
doesn't, your stuck, but given the fact that you have re-started from
scratch, I would bet that it's not software.

One more (but much less likely) possibility is a bad CPU or IDE channel.
Try the memory first and let us know, however.  Like I said, CPU or IDE
channels are much less likely to be the problem.  HTH.

Kyle


From: "Dharam Bhardwaj" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Invalid page fault


> I have a Windows98 system which frequently reports this message. It
> happens on several apps including Windows Explorer. I have reformatted
> the drive, re-installed Win98 and loaded minimal apps, but it still
> happens. I could not get a lot of help at the Microsoft KB since there
> were so many instances.
>
> Should I start to swap out RAM sticks(EDO), or is this strictly a s/w
> issue related to DLLs? The system is P200, IDE, SCSI, CDRom(2), Sound,
> NIC.
> Regards,
> Dharam

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