Re: disable a memory block from swapping to hard disk

From:
"Alexander Grigoriev" <alegr@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:04:08 -0700
Message-ID:
<#KLHhAK4IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA bugcheck is triggered by any access violation
that happens in kernel mode. This cannot be fixed by disabling swapping;
these things are unrelated. Try to get the vendor fix the driver. As a
temporary workaround, you can run the OS with MAXCPU=1 boot option.

"behzad" <bn at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u2BMKEC4IHA.4856@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

Thanks for the answer.
Yes, I guess the problem is not in my program, and the problem is is ADC
Card driver that I can not debug. I have to use this ADC card.
the article says "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA" occurs when requested data
is not in memory. I had some search , and it seems hyper threading may
cause some delays in memory requests and I guessed maybe soem
synchronization problem occurs in the driver. So if I force the memory
block that ADC needs to be always in Physical Ram (never permit it to go
to virtual RAM), the problem would be solved.
(When I disabled hyper threading in bios, I did not see BSOD any more, at
least in last few days).
That was the reason I am looking if it is possible to get a memory block
that always be in RAM.

Thanks
 Behzad

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