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Solve : STOP 0x0000007B message in Windows XP install? |
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Answer» I'll start with a bit of background, so please bear with me... Cause of STOP 0x0000007B Errors It certainly looks like there is something wrong with your DVD drive/CD Drive/Motherboard IDE Controller.Thanks for taking the time to have a look. I've already looked at the site that you gave me a link to and reading through it, it looks like he's saying that it is probably a Driver issue (the second parameter of the STOP message being 0xC0000034), but like I say, documentation says I shouldn't need a third party driver. Is there anything else I can try regarding Drivers? If it is hardware, I don't think it's the CD/DVD Drives because they work fine outside of Windows (i.e when the PC's booting up). Likewise the Hard Drive is read and written to OK by GPARTED, so I think that's OK. So does that just leave the IDE Controller onthe Motherboard. Any suggestion how I could test that out without replacing the Motherboard first?Make sure your CD and DVD drives are jumpered properly-one should be Master and the other should be Slave. You can test with an addon PCI/PCI-E IDE controller card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=PCI+IDE+card&x=0&y=0Many thanks again - I appreciate your time. As far as CD/DVD goes, they were working fine for a few years and I've not had them out to change the jumpers, so it can't be that. However, before I buy a PCI card, would you be able to explain how GPARTED is able to access the Hard Drive - I know it's Linux based rather than Windows but I guess it's still got to use the Motherboard's Controller. I just can't get my head round the fact that everything seems to be OK before Windows tries to start. I think I've detailed all the relevant events but I hope I'm not missing something important that I should have told you.Quote from: budsdad on December 15, 2011, 02:35:01 AM However, before I buy a PCI card, would you be able to explain how GPARTED is able to access the Hard Drive - I know it's Linux based rather than Windows but I guess it's still got to use the Motherboard's Controller.No you are not missing anything you need to tell us. The answer is simple. Your hard drive uses a SATA connector and therefore SATA motherboard controller, which is separate from the IDE controller, which we presume is malfunctioning.OK - I think I was mis-understanding - I had it in my head that it was the Hard Drive and the problem with the CDs was a symptom BUT I guess it makes more sense for it to be the IDE Controller that's the problem. However, I suppose the same QUESTION still applies - how come I can get so far reading from the CD - Gparted happily runs from the DVD Drive as does the Windows Set Up CD, which loads up all the required files and doesn't STOP until it tries to Start Windows. I presume that both of these things need to use the IDE Controller on the Motherboard to make the DVD Drive work. Sorry if I'm being a bit dense but I'd really like to understand the problem rather than just resolve it (although that would be nice). Before going to the expense of buying a new PCI IDE Card - I tried loading an old copy of Windows 98, which worked - up to a point. I didn't have all the required drivers BUT then I tried removing the Firewire Card and Hey Presto Windows XP installed without a problem. So I'm guessing that there is a problem with the Firewire Card. Now waiting for a replacement Firewire Card but in the meantime everything else seems to be working OK. Many thanks to Transfusion for taking the time to try and help me.No problem In the meantime, try resetting your BIOS settings to default: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdp_L5IxaNI |
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