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Author What is a P-N list?
Cheifno

2004-02-23, 11:24 am

I have XP Pro and just installed a new stick of ram. After
installation it gave my a few problems but seemed to correct itself
after a couple of reboots. A couple of days go by with no problems.
This morning I get the "bluescreen" and an error that says that the
P-N list is corrupt. Naturally i remove the new ram and all appears to
be well. But my question is what is this P_N list and what could have
caused this error and is there any hope to save my new ram stick?
Kenny Cargill

2004-02-23, 2:24 pm

Found this in an XP group, don't know if it will help or not.

"This was written for Win2000, but the problem and solutions are the same:

How to Troubleshoot a "STOP 0x0000004E PFN_LIST_CORRUPT" Error Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291806

One of the possibilities is bad or failing ram. If you want to check the
memory, there are free programs here:

http://www.simmtester.com/page/prod...oc/download.asp
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

But keep in kind that a thorough test can only be done with test equipment
at a computer shop. Software tests are not perfect in diagnosing these
issues. At the price of memory today, you may find that the test costs more
than a replacement stick.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"Ken Maughan" <kwm1@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:c1a0r8$70t$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> Hi,
> Can anyone help PLEASE?
> My laptop started behaving oddly last night and kept displaying a BSD with
> the phrase"PFN_LIST_CORRUPT" and the Technical Information"STOP:

0x0000004E
> (0x0000008F,0x000053E0,0x00005
3A0,0x00000000)
> I have booted it this morning and tried loading normally, last known good
> configuration,safe mode etc many time but it still baulks at the blue

screen
> prompt.
> I have tried repairing and re-installing windows with the windowsxp cd-rom
> disk but as soon as I click on the button to start whichever process, the
> BSD screen comes up again. I haven't installed any new hardware since new,
> just the odd pogram. It's running a Medion WinXP Home on a Celeron

processor
> with 256 mb ram,40gb hard-drive.
> How can I access my laptop now? It only has a dvd drive but I can burn any
> files onto a CD-R on my main computer if there's a program or a fix I can
> use and don't mind formatting drive and re-starting again.
> Many thanks in anticipation.
> Ken maughan"






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Kenny


"Cheifno" <cheifno@excite.com> wrote in message
news:37fe6f5f.0402230801.42a91784@posting.google.com...
> I have XP Pro and just installed a new stick of ram. After
> installation it gave my a few problems but seemed to correct itself
> after a couple of reboots. A couple of days go by with no problems.
> This morning I get the "bluescreen" and an error that says that the
> P-N list is corrupt. Naturally i remove the new ram and all appears to
> be well. But my question is what is this P_N list and what could have
> caused this error and is there any hope to save my new ram stick?



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