Blue screen of death: Windows XP Pro

message from rfdjr1 on 03 Jun 2004
I was told that Windows XP Pro wsas a stable operating system. Also
that they got rid of the "blue screen of death". SO what is this that
I've seen a few times in the past week? A blue screen that starts out
with "A problem has been etected and Windows has been shut down to
prevent damage to your computer..."? After a bunch of other verbiage,
there's a line that says:

Stop: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x805B91F4, 0xEB1DBAFC, 0xEB1DB7FC)

Looks, feels and smells like a "blue screen of death" to me. What
could be causing this problem? The machine is home built, a little
over three months old. Windows XP Pro, Intel P4 3.2 Ghz processor, 1
Gb DDR memory, and a SATA 120 Gb hard drive. No problems prior to
this.

Thanks for any insight.
 
Will Denny replied to rfdjr1 on 3 Jun 2004
Hi

Try the following link to MVP Jim Eshelman's web page

"0x0000007E: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED"
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0x7e
 
Jym replied to rfdjr1 on 3 Jun 2004
Who told you that MS have gotten rid of the "blue screen of death" ? And you
believed it ? Hardware and third party software have to work within XP .
Will MS guarantee that they will work with no problems ( bsod ) , I don't
think so. Be realistic. Jym

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rfdjr1 replied to rfdjr1 on 03 Jun 2004
Thanks. It was a hardware issue, two settings in my BIOS somehow got
changed. No idea how, since I haven't gone near the BIOS settings in
months. All seems fine now.
 
Shenan Stanley replied to rfdjr1 on 3 Jun 2004
Gone through this?:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330182

Sounds like damaged RAM to me.
 

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