Windows Vista 0x1a Memory Management BSOD

I think you said you updated the drivers, but go back to the Dell website and check for the chipset drivers. From past experience, Dell stop updating drivers after maybe 2 years or so. The motherboard appears to be proprietary, so you won't get chipset drivers anywhere else apart from Dell. See if there is a way to completely uninstall the chipset drivers (look in Programs and Features or check the Dell instructions) and then install the latest ones.

Go to the Kingston website and use their "comparitor" to check if your added memory model is listed for your motherboard. If it is not listed, that could be the cause of the problem. If you purchased the extra RAM yourself, it might not be compatible. It might not be defective, just not compatible with the motherboard.

If you want more input for this thread, find more recent dump files. Look at posting a full debugging, as was suggested.

Matt

 

That website is totally hopeless, as it only lists two modules as actually matching - and neither of those are the same as the originals that came with the machine. I think the virtual memory problem would've been the same with the old RAM modules, but I hadn't run Juiced at that point. Also, I must emphasize that for two years until this reinstall I had had no compatibility issues with the previous RAM modules, and that includes previous reinstalls with those modules in place, so the real problem almost certainly lies within the current Windows install, or something along those lines.

EDIT: I can't find the chipset drivers anywhere, at least not ones that refer to anything dealing with the RAM...

 

They won't refer to memory, they should make your motherboard work correctly. It is a motherboard made specifically for Dell and they don't offer a full set of chipset drivers at their website, so the only place you might get them is from the Dell operating system installation method. You used the Dell installation system, yes?

The errors are referring to memory. Vista uses a combination of physical and virtual memory, apparently to always leave a proportion of physical memory available.

Without reviewing the thread, have you run Error Checking (CHKDSK) on the drive/s?

If I was running a Dell, I would be careful about what RAM I put into it. As you have found, the models don't match up. Kingston will suggest the model that they get reports about that work (they won't go to the time and effort of testing it themselves). Although you have selected a good brand of RAM, it can still conflict and I will leave you to contemplate why.

Your motherboard won't be listed at Asus, it is made especially for Dell.

If you install your own version of Windows, you may not get the proper chipset drivers. If you don't install RAM provided by Dell, it could conflict with the motherboard.

If you want to modify your system, build it yourself. Don't try to modify an OEM computer, it's "their way or the highway ".

Matt

 

I work Dell laptops for karaoke and had success using Crucial Technologies memory. I do not know if you tried this yet. Go to www.crucial.com and use the memory scanning tool. It should give you pretty good idea what memory you should be looking for.

 

There's no issue with the manufacturer of the RAM, as it came with Kingston RAM (hence why we've always stuck in Kingston in both upgrades, and both have worked without issue). The issue now is NOT faulty RAM, there IS no fault or incompatibility, it is that VIRTUAL memory appears to be incorrectly configured for some reason.

All hard-drives were reformatted from scratch, and successfully, so there almost certainly are no errors. Yes, I used the Dell disc, but I must stress yet again that there has been no errors at any point in XP. And there is nothing anywhere listed as chipset drivers, even at the Dell website or on the Dell disc...

 

Well, I've tried manually reconfiguring the virtual memory, which hasn't helped, unfortunately.