[Wayne]

1 Ghz machine AMD, 500+ mb RAM, 80 GB Disk
XP Home - just reinstalled (due to "flakiness")

Every so often, during cold and warm boots, machine reverts to a Restart
mode displaying a BLUE screen with msg:

PFN-LIST_Corrupt.

This is followed by a help msg, noting for those seeing this for the first
time, etc.

Nothing NEW has been added (ref help msg noted above), no new hardware or
software.

There is a STOP address. Also RAM is dumped to a location on disk.

Machine restarts . . . PFN-LIS-Corrupt may appear a second time, sometimes
not, i.e. XP Home loads properly.

Pls, What is this PFN-LIST-CORRUPT msg telling me?

Best Regards,
Wayne

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site - left hand
column(4E)

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups


"Wayne" <wgd@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:uK2me.5112$m%3.282@trnddc02...
>1 Ghz machine AMD, 500+ mb RAM, 80 GB Disk
> XP Home - just reinstalled (due to "flakiness")
>
> Every so often, during cold and warm boots, machine reverts to a Restart
> mode displaying a BLUE screen with msg:
>
> PFN-LIST_Corrupt.
>
> This is followed by a help msg, noting for those seeing this for the first
> time, etc.
>
> Nothing NEW has been added (ref help msg noted above), no new hardware or
> software.
>
> There is a STOP address. Also RAM is dumped to a location on disk.
>
> Machine restarts . . . PFN-LIS-Corrupt may appear a second time, sometimes
> not, i.e. XP Home loads properly.
>
> Pls, What is this PFN-LIST-CORRUPT msg telling me?
>
> Best Regards,
> Wayne
>
>
>
>

[Byte]

The Basics: Bugchecks Explained: PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?article=334
--
Some days you're the windshield,
some days you're the bug.


"Wayne" wrote:

> 1 Ghz machine AMD, 500+ mb RAM, 80 GB Disk
> XP Home - just reinstalled (due to "flakiness")
>
> Every so often, during cold and warm boots, machine reverts to a Restart
> mode displaying a BLUE screen with msg:
>
> PFN-LIST_Corrupt.
>
> This is followed by a help msg, noting for those seeing this for the first
> time, etc.
>
> Nothing NEW has been added (ref help msg noted above), no new hardware or
> software.
>
> There is a STOP address. Also RAM is dumped to a location on disk.
>
> Machine restarts . . . PFN-LIS-Corrupt may appear a second time, sometimes
> not, i.e. XP Home loads properly.
>
> Pls, What is this PFN-LIST-CORRUPT msg telling me?
>
> Best Regards,
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
>

[Wayne]

Thanks for the feedback! Machine has worked w/current set of drivers for
a few years which leads me to think the RAM may be the culprit.

(BTW, link to osronline.com did not work.)

An enjoyable and safe weekend to you!

Wayne





"Wayne" <wgd@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:uK2me.5112$m%3.282@trnddc02...
> 1 Ghz machine AMD, 500+ mb RAM, 80 GB Disk
> XP Home - just reinstalled (due to "flakiness")
>
> Every so often, during cold and warm boots, machine reverts to a Restart
> mode displaying a BLUE screen with msg:
>
> PFN-LIST_Corrupt.
>
> This is followed by a help msg, noting for those seeing this for the first
> time, etc.
>
> Nothing NEW has been added (ref help msg noted above), no new hardware or
> software.
>
> There is a STOP address. Also RAM is dumped to a location on disk.
>
> Machine restarts . . . PFN-LIS-Corrupt may appear a second time, sometimes
> not, i.e. XP Home loads properly.
>
> Pls, What is this PFN-LIST-CORRUPT msg telling me?
>
> Best Regards,
> Wayne
>
>
>
>

[Wayne]

Pulled RAM and ran an eraser down the connector(s). Considerable very fine
dust/soot at the connector - maybe at high freq, losses across the pins
(??). No blue screens (just yet). Machine "seems" to be running a bit
faster. Is this possible? Dirty mem caused multiple RAM read/writes to get
the job done??

All much better. Thank You

BTW, where might I find a mem R/W diagnostic? Worthwhile "exercising" RAM
every so often??
Also, XP has a PC-Health folder. How is this used?

Wayne




"Wayne" <wgd@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:KHime.9188$qJ3.8509@trnddc05...
> Thanks for the feedback! Machine has worked w/current set of drivers
for
> a few years which leads me to think the RAM may be the culprit.
>
> (BTW, link to osronline.com did not work.)
>
> An enjoyable and safe weekend to you!
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wayne" <wgd@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:uK2me.5112$m%3.282@trnddc02...
> > 1 Ghz machine AMD, 500+ mb RAM, 80 GB Disk
> > XP Home - just reinstalled (due to "flakiness")
> >
> > Every so often, during cold and warm boots, machine reverts to a Restart
> > mode displaying a BLUE screen with msg:
> >
> > PFN-LIST_Corrupt.
> >
> > This is followed by a help msg, noting for those seeing this for the
first
> > time, etc.
> >
> > Nothing NEW has been added (ref help msg noted above), no new hardware
or
> > software.
> >
> > There is a STOP address. Also RAM is dumped to a location on disk.
> >
> > Machine restarts . . . PFN-LIS-Corrupt may appear a second time,
sometimes
> > not, i.e. XP Home loads properly.
> >
> > Pls, What is this PFN-LIST-CORRUPT msg telling me?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>