memory cannot be read error (0x0.....)

[tessx 0]

Help me! I get these messages with allmost every game I try to play on 2k! And worse, nobody seems to get these messages. ;( I have installed sp3 hoping it would change something and the problem is still here and the sp added 300megs to my hd. I heard that it's drwatson that creates these errors... Please tell me what to do

[shearerc 0]

First things first, dr watson doesn't create these errors, it's just a debugging tool that pops up when your apps crash.

 

Perhaps you should try a clean SP3 integrated install. Then install the latest version of directX (8.1 i think).

Or it could be a hardware problem i dunno, but maybe other experts here can help you out.

[tessx 0]

Thanx but I saw this problem on 3 computers already so I'm not shure about a material problem. Maybe it does it only with Pro ?

[pmistry 0]

I recently installed a copy of Win2k Server and got weird memory error messages with it, however my Win2k Pro install doesn't give me those errors so its just not Pro.

[tessx 0]

I just realized that i've got an oem version installed on the two computers that won't work... Maybe that's the problem !?

[shearerc 0]

My neighbor's Pro is oem and he has no probs.

[tessx 0]

Wow ! And isnt there anyone else who's got this probs ?? This is weird

[erkanea 0]

Hi

 

I can offer you nothing about your operating system but you may test your memory. Your memory may be working wrong. About four years ago we bought a pc to a friend and we had problems with games. When we were playing a game sometimes the game exits without an error message. And windows 98 runs normally just after that. Then we learned that the problem was RAM. After a change in RAM there was no problem 8) You can test your RAM by yourself with "Gold Memory". The adres of the program is: ftp.nvidia.pl /pub/Testery/GoldMemory.zip

 

The program runs at dos environment. I don't know any other information about the program.

 

I wish you don't have RAM fault.

[tessx 0]

I don't think that its a ram prob, altough i can't prove it because the url you gave me is dead. But this problem occurs on two computers so i dont think that it could be a ram fault. Anyway, I tried my version of 2000 on a freinds' computer and i'm getting the same errors... ;( I think it's my cd...(Is it possible because its'a french version?)

[tessx 0]

Or maybe it's that I'm not on ntfs ? Also, driver and rainbow six work fine on Me...

[pmistry 0]

Try the large page minimum patch issued by AMD. Assuming you have an AMD processor.

[DosFreak 2]

Try this: http://www.memtest86.com/

 

Much better than any other memory scanner.

[tessx 0]

sorry, don't have amd, but a p200 & a celeron 366... wish I had an amd

I'm going to check the mem with the app above...

I'll tell you more later

[tessx 0]

to dosfreak:

just one question, is it reliable ? It's just that I don't like the idea of creating a boot floppy and rebooting with it... Exept the games, my sys works fine, and would quite like it to work for some more time

[erkanea 0]

i am sorry about dead url. i am sending you the correct address of gold memory.

 

ftp://ftp.nvidia.pl/pub/Testery/goldmemory.zip

 

there can be found some other useful programs such as pcmark2002, 3dmark 2001.

[Curley_Boy 0]

Finally someone who has the same problems as ME!! (and posted on the same night!!)

 

I have memory read errors in games too, and some games eg SOF II crash to the desktop with no errors.

 

Unfortunatly no software updates I've ever installed (Windows SPs/Fixes, Drivers or Games Patches) have ever solved the problem, and the errors only seem to occur with the Windows 2000 family of OSes and nearly always with games (Lavasoft's Ad-Watch 2.5 is the only app I think of which has similar probs).

 

The odd thing is the system and OS are both rock solid aside these odd errors.

 

Couple of examples:

 

Application popup: Lemmings: [Paul] Watch out, there`s traps about : LEMMINGS.EXE - Application Error : The instruction at "0x002e2099" referenced memory at "0x05be2470". The memory could not be "read".

 

Application popup: Ad-watch.exe - Application Error : The exception unknown software exception (0x0eedfade) occurred in the application at location 0x77e989d1.

 

I think the problems are likley to be RAM related (I have an AMD/VIA based PC with mixed RAM modules ). so I'll get a mem checker from one o the posted linked and post back with the results.

[parrest 0]

Memory exceptions can also come from a bad video card and/or video driver. Makes sense that memory errors would realize themselves mainly when trying to access games which use video memory extensively. Everybody always assumes it's O/S or physical memory. The 4 possiblities, in this order, are:

Video memory

Virtual memory settings

O/S

Physical memory (RAM) (not likely but possible)