SMSEXEC Crashing

[Beerice]

Here is one for everybody. One my SMS Site server, which is a Dell PowerEdge 2450 Dual Proc PIII With about 768 Meg Of RAM, Running on Win2k, SMS is SP4. Machine serves as the SQL Database for the Site & Software metering, and Site server. The server has plenty of resources available. The following message continues to pop up stating the following:


smsexec.exe - Application Error : The instruction at "0x77fcb836" referenced memory at "0xfffffff8". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program

Any ideas???

 

[ceigl]

did you already check your memory-modules ?

 

[Beerice]

I had thought possibly about the mem modules, but nothing else is affected, the sql services stay running, etc... Just the one SMS Service.. I will look into the mem just to be sure...

 

[Altaris]

If you don't have some extra new RAM to test to see if the memory error go away then try reseting the site. Hope that helps.

PeterN

 

[sambusa]

pls,
how can i reset the sit ?
is it by using the cd or the sms setup ?

thanks in advanced

 

[RodTrent]

Here's the steps for a site reset:

http://www.myitforum.com/articles/1/view.asp?id=1436

Rod Trent
Microsoft.MVP.SMS
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Main site:

http://www.myITforum.com

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[Beerice]

Here is what wound up fixing the problem. Had nothing to do with the Site Server. The Software Metering box was NT4.0 so I nuked the OS partition and put Win 2k Server on it, had the site server re-establish it as a metering server and Poof all the problems went away and all is working nicely. Thanks for the input but it was not a memory issue, which I figured it wasn't, as the Dell boxes are great about reporting memory problems via their own system monitoring software.

 

[edsev]

I get a similar error.

The instruction at "0x14541c5a" referenced memory at "0x00000008". The memory could not be "read".

I am not running Software Metering. I tried resetting the site (twice). Is there anything else it could be or should I assume bad memory modules?

Will this error cause software distribution to halt? I am not getting any status on any recent advertisements I create.