Stop 0x00000050 with S3 Video

ID: Q166445

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

A system running Windows NT 4.0 may crash with the following stop message:

STOP 0x00000050 (0xfc4fd828, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

This will occur with a S3 video adapter running in VGA 256 color mode.

NOTE: The first parameter will vary.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in Service Pack 3 for Windows NT version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 0x50

Keywords : ntstop kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 ntdriver NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug