BSOD (page fault in nonpaged area) after motherboard replacement

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Hey guys,
I am stumped...
I just replaced the motherboard in my toshiba a505-s6980 laptop with the same motherboard, brand new, same model number and all, and I cannot boot all the way to windows. As soon as it boots and gets past BIOS and the initial Windows loading screen... Boom, BSOD pops up saying (Page fault in unpaged area).

I have tried quite a few things from other posts I have seen, but nothing seems to work. I can't boot in safe mode or even reinstall windows 7.

The only thing I haven't tried yet is different RAM. I have 4gb of 1066mhz in the Toshiba and I have 4gb of 400mhz in an old dell laptop. Can I try the 400mhz RAM in the Toshiba to rule out the RAM as the culprit here?

What do you guys think I should do? Thanks in advance!!
 
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Usually this issue is regarding RAM; one or both of your RAM modules could be faulty or not correctly seated in the slot, I'd first try reinserting the RAM. In addition unfortunately you cannot insert the 400MHz RAM from your Dell laptop into your Toshiba laptop; 400MHz indicates that it's DDR1 whereas your existing 1066MHz could be either DDR2 or DDR3. DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 RAM are not interchangeable, the cut-outs are in different locations hence won't physically fit.

Apart from your RAM, you could try booting into your BIOS and perhaps change the "SATA Controller Mode" (or similar title) on your disc-drives (HDD/SSD/ODD). If the SATA controller is set to IDE, change it to AHCI or vice versa; exit your BIOS saving changes and try...
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Usually this issue is regarding RAM; one or both of your RAM modules could be faulty or not correctly seated in the slot, I'd first try reinserting the RAM. In addition unfortunately you cannot insert the 400MHz RAM from your Dell laptop into your Toshiba laptop; 400MHz indicates that it's DDR1 whereas your existing 1066MHz could be either DDR2 or DDR3. DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 RAM are not interchangeable, the cut-outs are in different locations hence won't physically fit.

Apart from your RAM, you could try booting into your BIOS and perhaps change the "SATA Controller Mode" (or similar title) on your disc-drives (HDD/SSD/ODD). If the SATA controller is set to IDE, change it to AHCI or vice versa; exit your BIOS saving changes and try rebooting.

Hopefully changing the SATA controller could solve some issues, regardless I believe unfortunately it may be a RAM issue.

All the best. :)
 
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klarivie

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Thanks for the advice! I will try to your suggestions and let you know how it goes! I think a friend of mine has some of the same ddr3 RAM, so if reseat mine doesn't help, I will try his RAM and see what happens.

Finger crossed! :)


Update: Reseating the RAM didn't work and changing to AHCI didn't help either. The only options in BIOS are AHCI and Compatibility Mode.

I'll see about getting new RAM to solve the problem and update again.
 
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klarivie

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OK, so I have ruled out RAM and I think the motherboard is running into a software issue (I hope).

I reinstalled the old motherboard and reinstalled windows. I was easily able to boot to window, no issues there. I reinstalled the new motherboard and was back to the same BSOD.

My question now is, can I wipe the hard drive entirely and try to reinstall windows fresh with the new motherboard? Will this likely fix my problem if there is some driver causing the hang up?

Thanks again for your help guys!
 
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The Windows 7 "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" blue screen can also be the result of using an unsigned driver. To check if this is the problem boot holding the F8 key down and choose "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement" option, then <enter>.

 
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