I recently built my first computer and have had nothing but problems. I first was getting a black screen telling me to insert system disc. When I did this it would just keep repeating itself over and over. Since then, with the help of you guys, I was able to go into bios and change my boot OPTIONS to boot from cd. I thought that was working but when I am installing xp it gets to about 3 minutes remaining and goes to a blue screen. the error message is different every time I try to reinstall windows and depends upon the time left when the message COMES on. The main one that it keeps telling me is page_fault_in_unpaged_area. I talked with a guy from microsoft for 4 HOURS tring to get this resolved. I have talked with 2 guys I know who, in my opinion are the best there is and no one can help me. Tonight I left the computer with a friend who said he would work on it some more. I am at my witts-end with this thing. One time I actually got it to intall and load windows but it will only load with the cd in. plus it will only load for a bout 10 seconds and then restart AUTOMATICALLY. If anyone could help I would really appreciate. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT TO DO?
here are the specs:
xfx 650i ultra motherboard, g8400 nvidia graphics, 200g hd, intel pentium 3.0gh proc. do you think this could be a hardware problem
PLEASE HELPIf you recently installed some hardware, is there a possible way to remove it?

Have you checked for viruses recently?

What OS are you using to install XP?

Does your computer freeze (hang) before you get the dreaded BSOD?

Yes, I think this is a hardware problem. I received a similar error when I plugged my Yamaha DGX-220 Keyboard into my computer. Normally this happens when a program attempts to write to protected or non-existent memory.

If possible, remove all unnecessary hardware from your computer, unplug every device except the mouse, keyboard and speakers, and try again.You don't say how much RAM you have or how many sticks. If you have more than 1 stick, remove one and try. If it WORKS Ok then you have a bad stick of RAM. If that one doesn't work, then swap it with the other and try it. PC troubleshooting is a process of elimination and experience.

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