posted 03-23-2001 07:55 PM               

WINROOMEDIT caused an invalid page fault in
module WINROOMEDIT.EXE at 017f:00445573.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=00445573 EFLGS=00010286
EBX=00000000 SS=0187 ESP=0082fd70 EBP=00400000
ECX=ffffffff DS=0187 ESI=00000006 FS=193f
EDX=00000000 ES=0187 EDI=00a54240 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 10 8d 4c 24 0c 6a 01 51 6a 01 50 ff 52 50 50
Stack dump:
ffffffff 3f800000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00444458 00000000 00000000 0082fe38 00720000 fffffffc ffffffe9 00000404 00000304

Heres what I found:

#1 - I set my Hardware Accel.(File System Read Ahead) to mid range, and my Graphics to mid range as well.

The error left but now Level Editor would freeze up.

#2 - I shut down, unplugged, carefully removed my RAM. Waited for 5-8 min (this clears clogged RAM) and replaced the RAM.

The Editor opened 1 in five tries.

#3 - I repeated #2, but tested my RAM. Turned out a chip was dying.

With all but the dying RAM, it worked 1-3 tries.

#4 - My PC runs PC 100 and PC 133, so running in PC 100 it ran ok. I was running to 64 MB chips. So, sometimes it was good. Replaced it with ONE 128 MB PC 133 RAM and boom! It runs like a champ!

Note that with 2 64 MB chips, you will have more constricted flow than if you go with a single 128 MB chip.