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While in the process of formatting my laptop the installation of win xp goes to the blue screen of death with 3 minutes left.
The error reads:
Stop: 0x0000007a (0x0c03ddc2c, 0xc000000e, 0xf770ba43, 0x0d75f860)
NTFS.sys-address f770ba43 base at f76bc000, datestamp 41107eea
beginning dump of physical memory.
Ive tried installing win xp over and over but dont know what to try next. Any help would be appreciated.
The faulty RAM could be located in any of several areas, including the secondary RAM cache, the video RAM, or the computer's main memory. To determine where the faulty RAM is located, use the following steps:
- Disable all caching on your computer, including the CPU cache and L2 cache, in the computer's CMOS settings. For information about how to use your computer's CMOS configuration tool, please refer to your computer's documentation.
If you can successfully install Windows after disabling all caching, try re-enabling each cache, one at a time, to determine the area in which the faulty RAM is located. If you still receive the error message, continue to the next step.
- Temporarily replace your video adapter. If you can install Windows after replacing the video adapter, the video adapter you replaced is faulty.
- Temporarily replace the main memory installed in your computer. If the RAM in your computer consists of multiple SIMM modules, you may be able to swap SIMM modules to determine which has the faulty memory.
For example, if you have four modules of 8 megabytes (MB) each, remove two of the modules and try installing Windows again. If the Setup process still does not succeed, swap one of the SIMMs in the computer with one that you removed and try again. Continue this process to determine which of the SIMM modules contains the faulty memory.
look out for your hard disk check it for bad sectors and recover them. check all I/O connection.change partition of hard drive also try partition magic for it.
Usually when blue screens occured during this part of Microsoft Windows XP installation process are due to several factors:
- Faulty RAM memory module.
- Faulty Microsoft Windows XP installation CD, or Optical media problems.
- Faulty motherboard
Try to replace another RAM memory module. Replacing a new RAM memory module on your system ,will help you to run the Microsoft Windows XP installation very smoothly.
Ok, first thanks for the quick replies!!
Im not computer wiz and bought my laptop off of ebay with no manuals of any sort. How do i get into the CMOS?
What is CMOS?
I know where the main RAM chip is underneath the panel on the bottom and I might try to swap it with the chip from my brothers to see if it helps but first I want to mess with the caches like you say.
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Originally Posted by SalVatore
These controls are located in a part of the system called "BIOS Settings", "BIOS Menu", "CMOS settings", "CMOS setup" or some similar variation.
You usually enter "BIOS Settings" menu by pressing a specific key or keys during the beginning of the boot-up process. The specific key(s) to press are usually mentioned in a corner of the display as the system boots. It is sometimes the "F2" key, or "Del", or a combination like "Ctrl+S" keys.
Once you've entered the menu, you'll see it provides many parameter settings organized in "pages". Basically, walk through the on-screen prompts until you see the settings having to do with caching and shadowing.
Every system and even current BIOS version has a different way to present these data, so we generally can't give you a specific keystroke-by-keystroke set of instructions. Again, your user manual should detail this information.
If you don't have a current user-manual, you should be able to go to the motherboard or system manufacturer's website to download a copy. It will usually be in .pdf format which will (in order to be able to read it) require a free .pdf reading application like Adobe Reader or Foxit.
Also known as a Real Time Clock (RTC), Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM) or CMOS RAM, CMOS is short for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. CMOS is an on-board semiconductor chip powered by a CMOS battery inside computers that stores information such as the system time and system settings for your computer. A CMOS is similar to the Apple Macintosh computer's PRAM. Below is an image of a CMOS battery on a computers motherboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by zacritz929
http://www.magicblogz.com/images/Cmos_Jumper.jpg
The battery shown is the CMOS battery which you will find on your motherboard as well :)