PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA 🪟 Windows

Blue screen: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (0x00000050)

The kernel or a driver accessed memory that wasn’t there — faulty drivers, antivirus, RAM or disk issues.

Seen on: Windows

Meaning

Stop 0x50 usually names the faulting driver in the minidump (e.g. ntfs.sys, a GPU driver, an antivirus .sys). Recent driver updates, overclocking or failing RAM are common.

Common causes

  • Faulty or incompatible driver (often recently updated)
  • Antivirus/filter drivers
  • Defective RAM or unstable overclock
  • Disk/file system corruption

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Boot to Safe Mode and roll back the recent driver
  2. Analyse the minidump with WinDbg (!analyze -v)
  3. Run Memory Diagnostic and chkdsk

Detailed fix by platform

Windows

  1. powershell
    # minidumps: C:\Windows\Minidump
mdsched.exe
chkdsk C: /scan

How to diagnose

  1. Dump — Faulting module in the dump
  2. Changes — New drivers/software?
  3. Hardware — RAM test, XMP/overclock off

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