Debugging Tools for Windows

Bug Check 0xFD: DIRTY_NOWRITE_PAGES_CONGESTION

The DIRTY_NOWRITE_PAGES_CONGESTION bug check has a value of 0x000000FD. This indicates that there are no free pages available to continue basic system operations.

Parameters

The following parameters are displayed on the blue screen.

Parameter Description
1 Total number of dirty pages
2 Number of non-writeable dirty pages
3 Reserved
4 Most recently modified write-error status

Cause

This bug check usually occurs because the component that owns the modified non-writeable pages failed to write out these pages after marking the relevant files as "do not write" to memory management. This indicates a driver bug.

Resolving the Problem

For more information about which driver is causing the problem, use the !vm 3 extension, followed by !memusage 1 .

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