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Cliff wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         I am the owner of a P166, 32mb , SB32, 8x Creative Drive,
> 2.5Gb Quantum, Et4000/W32P.     I have had the system for a little
> while now and have been having problems since I have had it. These
> problems aren't always consitent so I haven't been able to
> demonstrate these errors to the shop where I purchased the machine.
> 
>         I am recieving errors that indicate page faults, I have
> recieved similar messages from
> 
>         OS/2 Warp Connect
>         Windows 95
>         Windows For Workgroups 3.11
>         Linux
>         Quake(shareware)
>         Duke Nukem 3D(full version)
>         Mechwarrior2(full version)
>         Command & Conquer(full version)
> 
>         My problem is I have no idea what a "page fault" is, for
> those of you who have used linux I am also getting page faults
> and sig11 errors while compiling the new linux 2.0 kernel.
> 
>         OS/2 Warp crashes during install everytime
> 
>         Windows 95 has lots of errors sometimes I can't even load
>         apps or explorer windows without getting the message
>         "This application has performed an illegal instruction"
> 
>         Linux runs fine, just gets errors when compiling the kernel.
> 
>         Quake just dies and goes back to dos after putting the
>         screen into 40 column mode reporting a page fault.
> 
>         Duke does the samething, I assume its actually DOS4GW
>         reporting the error.
> 
>         Likewise mechwarrior and c&c also crash and report page
>         faults displaying the contents of the register to my screen.
> 
>         I am at a loss of what to do, I am currently running a
> comprehensive memory test with norton diags v7.0 for dos.   I have
> run full tests with nortons and a copy of pc doctor.    Nothing
> shows up as being wrong.     I have no memory to put in and try
> instead of my current 2x16mb 72 simms.
> 
>         Is there anything I can check in order to track down
> what is wrong?
> 
>         Is there any diagnostic software that will completely
> interogate my machine including such things as cd-roms and
> cache's( i have 256k pipeline burst).
> 
>         Please offer me suggestions of any kind i'm getting
> desperate, i paid a lot for this machine and it never
> seems to go wrong when i need it to(ie: at the shop)
> 
>         Thanks for any help
> 
> -- Cliff
> ___________________________________________________________
> Cliff Wakefield, 3rd Year Computer Science, Duty Programmer
> Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Bundoora Campus
> clif@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au                  GSM 0411469175
> http:////yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~clif
> P166, 32Mb, 2.5Gb, 8xCD-Rom, SB32, 17" KTX
>                   Sidewinder Pro 3D, HP 5L

A Page fault is related to Virtual Memory. Basically, the operating 
system uses part of your Hard Disk to Swap Least used RAM in and out. 

A page fault per see is not a problem. However, if the OS can't find the 
pages it swapped out, then this is a problem. 

I would looking at the Hard Disk and Controller. What are they ?

If it is a cached, controller, try disabling the cache.
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