What does this Error Message Mean...?

[DiR[ëctory]]

I have been having trouble with a system, getting to to boot without freezing up at windows. This is the problem I am having.

After leaving computer sit for an hour or so, I turn it on...it loads ok until it gets to the part where windows explorer would normally load up and the desktop shows up with the icons...then it freezes. I hit the restart button, it runs through scandisk, gets to windows, loads the start bar and freezes. I restart, it runs scandisk, and I have a successful boot.

I have a gigabyte board, amd athlon 1600 xp, lucent modem, 3d labs vid card. Latest drivers.

I have tried removing my modem in safe mode with no luck (problem still persists)

When I hit ctrl alt del after a successful boot, i see:

explorer
soundman (installed with mobo sound drivers)
3dldemon (video card i believe)
systray
agrsmmsg

i have just recently got this error message when booting this last time...

A fatal exception OE has occurred at 0028:C0005257 in VXD VMM(01) + 00004257


Any ideas?

[storm]

try changing your ram. vxd is a virtual device driver and vmm i believe(?) has to do with memory.

[DiR[ëctory]]

that error has only BSOD on me once....still a potential problem??

I guess I will have to pull a stick out of my system to test.

[meatwad]

Running 2k, XP Home, Pro?

[DiR[ëctory]]

sorry 98se

[meatwad]

Boot to SM, run MSCONFIG. Turn off everything at startup. If it still doesn't boot, boot to a C: prompt and run scanreg /restore. Other than that, I agree with storm's idea

[DiR[ëctory]]

Meatwad

I tried your suggestions... still booting freezing, booting freezing then success.

What is with the third try???

I will try switching out ram.

[meatwad]

There's a nifty little program out there called goldmem that checks the RAM in your system. I forget the website, but you could probably find it using google. They have a free version you could try running.

[DiR[ëctory]]

Well, I switched Ram...seems to boot ok and everything. Also, I think I may have had a few of the hdd activity and power and reset etc pins mixed up. Not quite sure how I got it to boot like it was, but it did. Could this have caused a problem once in windows???

Thanks

[Archangel42069]

VxD=Virtual Device Driver
VMM, VMM32=Virtual Memory Manager

I used to have the same problem all the time, but I didn't have to replace my RAM to fix it(fortunately...too poor to fix things by replacing them) All I had to do was wipe and reload.
Not sure what caused it though, but it shouldn't have been your RAM...

[Platypus]

Unfortunately there are two parts of Windows with the acronym VMM, the Virtual Memory Manager and the Virtual Machine Manager. However a Google search indicates this error is most likely attributable to a memory problem. If swapping RAM has cleared it, a DIMM could have faulty memory onboard, or a contact may have tarnished. You could try polishing the edge contacts on the DIMM(s) with a pencil eraser. Also, you could check the memory settings in the CMOS setup to ensure they match the RAM you're using, or even try slower settings - on rare occasions memory drops below spec when it ages a bit.

[DiR[ëctory]]

It is brand new PC133 256 stick.

I switched it out with another and tried a different slot. Not locking up on boot anymore....

that's good right

just got to change the cpu fan, i know the guy won't like the loudness of the thermaltake volcano 7 i put in there... any suggestions?