Re: Miktex problem with memory stick

Wai Kiu Chan wrote:
> I just opened WinEdt, and used it to open a simple one-line tex file in
> the E drive, pdflatex it and then BSOD occurred again.  This time I
> followed
> David's instruction to stop the auto-rebooting.   Here is the the message
> on the blue screen:
> 
> "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage to your computer.
> 
> CACHE_MANAGER
> 
> If this is the first time you've seen this stop error message, restart
> your computer.  If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
> 
> Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.  If
> this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for
> any Window updates you might need.
> 
> If problem continues, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or
> software.  Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.  If
> you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your
> computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup option, and then select safe
> mode.
> 
> Technical information:
> *** STOP: 0x00000034 (0x00050853, 0x8E790774, 0x8E7900350, 0x82CD7096)
> 
> Collecting data for crash dump...
> Initiating disk for crash dump...
> Beginning dump of physical memory.
> Physical memory dump complete.
> 
> Contact your system admin or technical support group for further
> assistance."

OK, seeing that, it's *extremely* unlikely that this error is anything to do with either WinEdt or MiKTeX. There are several things you can try:

a) Is the USB memory stick formatted with FAT32 (often the default) or NTFS. You could try reformatting (obviously backing up what's on it first!) and see if switching to NTFS helps
b) From task manager, worth checking that you aren't for some reason completely running out of physical memory (shown on the Performance tab of Task manager) - it would be surprising if the Available count is very low (for example, my system: Total = 8073MB, Cached = 1424MB, Available = 1407MB, Free = 29MB). Not likely, but that STOP code is associated with the cache manager running out of physical RAM...
c) I assume you are not using Windows Ready Boost or anything silly like that with another USB stick? Certainly switch that off/remove the USB sticks being used for boost if you are. You can check that in the drive's properties.
d) Are you able to attempt this with a different USB stick? (unlikely given that it works on another machine)
e) Drivers are almost certainly the cause - but if you're getting this far down the list, try temporarily disabling/uninstalling your virus scanner (obviously, if that does fix it, then you'll need to consider what to run instead!)

Hope one of these may assist...


David

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