Windows 10: Stop Code Reference By Pointer

I have just had a Bluescreen of Death shutdown with stop code Reference By Pointer.


What is it and how can I fix it?


Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

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Pointers

Points are simply a value (address) that "points" to a value. It has no extra information about what it is pointing to (hence the danger). When using arrays/indexers, the operating system knows this is a collection that is this long and is of this type. Any operation that steps outside of those constraints is caught and handled. On the other hand, if a pointer so much as points to the wrong address, all the values will subsequently be wrong.

Pointers are faster but more risky.

 

AW9D Stops At Post Code 56

Hello

I have AW9D motherboard

Recently my NVIDIA GT8800 GTX video card died so i bought myself a GT220 card, lower spec but similar enough for me to expect it to be ok on this motherboard

Installed the card and the machine cannot pass the POST sequence

It stops on code 56. The AW9D manual has post code 55 and 57, but no 56 listed

I am able to use the GTX 8800 card as an uninstalled VGA card, so i can view the POST sequence when the machine boots with this card in place. I can see the POST sequence 55, 56, 57 and so on, so 56 seems to be a valid code, just not listed

I updated the BIOS (using the Abit Flasmenu utility) with the latest version of BIOS i could find on the ABIT site

What i would really like to do is establish whether or not the problem is on the video card (and then i can return it to vendor) or if i have a problem on my motherboard

If anyone had any pointers that would be great thanks

Best regards

Patrick

 

Mouse Pointer

Hi,

You can customize your mouse in a variety of ways in Windows. To change how your mouse pointer looks, you can follow the steps below:

• Right-click on the Start menu, then click Control Panel.
• Select Mouse, then go to the Pointers tab.
  
• Select the pointer you prefer from the drop-down list, click
  Apply > OK.

If you want to use a pointer that is not on the list, you can download it online. After that, go to Control Panel > Mouse > Pointers tab again, then click
Browse.

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