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Getting a STOP error on Vista boot (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA)

Getting a STOP error on Vista boot (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA)

I'm trying to boot into a Vista 64 bit machine and during startup, right after the progress bar starts scrolling back and forth, it BSOD's with a STOP error 0x00000050 (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA). I have tried the following with no success:

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Guest [Entry]

"Excellent troubleshooting work.

In particular, if you've run the memory test diagnostic and it is passing, then I can't think of any other resolution than reinstalling the OS.

(and even then, I'd be wary of bad hardware based on everything else you've ruled out -- a clean OS install is a good smoke test, because if you can't finish a clean OS install, you almost definitely have bad hardware at that point)"