STOP: 0x0000001E with Status C000009A (163143)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
This article was previously published under Q163143 SYMPTOMS
When you run some programs, you may receive the following error message:
STOP: 0x0000001E : (0xC000009A, xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx)
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
CAUSE
This behavior can occur when you run a program that puts a high number of
locks on a file. To hold locks, the file system allocates memory from the
NonPagedPool. If the NonPagedPool is exhausted, critical allocations
requested by other system components cannot be satisfied, generating the
STOP error message.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it
becomes available.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S.
Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
MORE INFORMATION
The size of the NonPagedPool is calculated in proportion to the amount of
physical RAM in the computer. The number of possible locks is directly
related to the size of the NonPagedPool. For example, on a computer with
32 MB of RAM, this behavior has been noted after more than 160,000 locks
are set.
To correct this problem, Windows NT now reports an error to the program
that is issuing the locks.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/8/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork KB163143 |
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