Vista - Blue screen?

My OS is Vista home premium and if I shut my PC off (not restart) for longer
than a few minutes I get a blue screen for msahci.sys when I start back up.
Something about corrupted page file in non-paged area or some such (should
have it memorized I see it almost daily).

What exactly is this file and what does it do? Can't be all that important
of a file since things seem to run okay even though it's corrupted, I still
would like to know what it is and why I need it though.

Thank you for any and all help.

You probably have already done this but check windows update and download
and install any updates,
and also check your manufacturer's website for Vista updated drivers.

I was getting blue screens on my restarts until I updated all my drivers,
then
everything smoothed out and I haven't had a blue screen since.

Good Luck, Frank



"Steve" <saw1959@mchsi.remove.com> wrote in message
news:1D391AA5-7848-456F-B8EA-D69542EC038E@microsoft.com...
> My OS is Vista home premium and if I shut my PC off (not restart) for
> longer than a few minutes I get a blue screen for msahci.sys when I start
> back up. Something about corrupted page file in non-paged area or some
> such (should have it memorized I see it almost daily).
>
> What exactly is this file and what does it do? Can't be all that
> important of a file since things seem to run okay even though it's
> corrupted, I still would like to know what it is and why I need it though.
>
> Thank you for any and all help.

See

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929909/en-us
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928253/en-us

I suspect the first.

Joe

"Steve" <saw1959@mchsi.remove.com> wrote in message
news:1D391AA5-7848-456F-B8EA-D69542EC038E@microsoft.com...
> My OS is Vista home premium and if I shut my PC off (not restart) for
> longer than a few minutes I get a blue screen for msahci.sys when I start
> back up. Something about corrupted page file in non-paged area or some
> such (should have it memorized I see it almost daily).
>
> What exactly is this file and what does it do? Can't be all that
> important of a file since things seem to run okay even though it's
> corrupted, I still would like to know what it is and why I need it though.
>
> Thank you for any and all help.

Thank you for the links. Gonna just cool my heels until the fix is widely
released since neither of those issues is exactly like what I have. I do
believe the root trouble for those and mine all is the same to a large
degree.



"Joe Guidera" <jguidera@remove.msn.com> wrote in message
news:54AA79D1-697D-4201-9330-4FD5B0E65CA3@microsoft.com...
> See
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929909/en-us
> and
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928253/en-us
>
> I suspect the first.
>
> Joe
>
> "Steve" <saw1959@mchsi.remove.com> wrote in message
> news:1D391AA5-7848-456F-B8EA-D69542EC038E@microsoft.com...
>> My OS is Vista home premium and if I shut my PC off (not restart) for
>> longer than a few minutes I get a blue screen for msahci.sys when I start
>> back up. Something about corrupted page file in non-paged area or some
>> such (should have it memorized I see it almost daily).
>>
>> What exactly is this file and what does it do? Can't be all that
>> important of a file since things seem to run okay even though it's
>> corrupted, I still would like to know what it is and why I need it
>> though.
>>
>> Thank you for any and all help.
>