Minidump is <100kb, whilst a kernel dump is 150MB+ I would prefer you to email me a 80-100kb file in the first instance if that is enough to solve the problem :-) Cheers Ken
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Matheesha Weerasinghe Sent: Thu 11/01/2007 12:49 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Vista BSOD with more than 2GB of RAM I didnt configure the memory dumps for this machine. I assume a kernel dump is preferred over minidump? Either way I will check and let you know. Thanks for the reply. On 1/11/07, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes - I have a Dell Precision that has 4GB RAM, and which has had both Vista > x86 and x64 on it and it doesn't BSOD. > > The issue in the KB seems to be with devices that use DMA and you have more > than 4GB of RAM. That used to cause issues on XP as well (which is why I > believe SP2 for XP limited the amount of RAM that could be utilised to 4GB > for 32bit editions). > > STOP 0x00000000A is pretty common. If you want a detailed explanation of > what's going on, then check out Part 1 here: > http://www.adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/archive/tags/Debugging/default.aspx > > Do you have minidump files handy? I'm happy to have a look if you want. > > Cheers > Ken > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Matheesha Weerasinghe > Sent: Thu 11/01/2007 12:22 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Vista BSOD with more than 2GB of RAM > > > > Sorry! I meant to ask is there anyone with a Vista RTM X86 PC with > more than 2GB of RAM. > > Thanks > M@ > > On 1/11/07, Matheesha Weerasinghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All > > > > Sorry for the OT topic. I have a PC I use as my lab with VMs. It has > > Vista Ultimate and only has 2GB of RAM and was working fine. However I > > tried to upgrade the memory by using a 512MB module and the PC wont > > boot now. It blue screens with a message similar to KB 929777. > > > > I tried getting the hotfix from technet+ with no luck. Its stage is > > "private" and wont be released until the 30th Jan. My Premier > > connection doesn't seem to allow download of the hotfix either. > > > > I would like to know before I try and escalate this whether there is > > anyone out there with a Vista RTM PC with more than 4GB of RAM. I have > > run memtest86 on my PC and it reports everything is working. However > > I'd appreciate if I can get some confirmation that there are others > > who either have the issue or dont. > > > > Cheers > > > > M@ > > > Sorry! I meant to ask is there anyone with a Vista RTM X86 PC with > more than 2GB of RAM. > > Thanks > M@ > > On 1/11/07, Matheesha Weerasinghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All > > > > Sorry for the OT topic. I have a PC I use as my lab with VMs. It has > > Vista Ultimate and only has 2GB of RAM and was working fine. However I > > tried to upgrade the memory by using a 512MB module and the PC wont > > boot now. It blue screens with a message similar to KB 929777. > > > > I tried getting the hotfix from technet+ with no luck. Its stage is > > "private" and wont be released until the 30th Jan. My Premier > > connection doesn't seem to allow download of the hotfix either. > > > > I would like to know before I try and escalate this whether there is > > anyone out there with a Vista RTM PC with more than 4GB of RAM. I have > > run memtest86 on my PC and it reports everything is working. However > > I'd appreciate if I can get some confirmation that there are others > > who either have the issue or dont. > > > > Cheers > > > > M@
