Setup crashes before drive selection

[Guest]

I have recently built a new computer with an asus P5WD2 Premium motherboard.
I have installed 2 512mb ram chips that are ddr2 800 (ddr2 is native on this
board).

I have attemtped using both an SP1 XP pro disk, and an SP2 xp pro disk, and
I get the same results.

I press a key as directed to begin booting setup from the cd. Setup loads
its necessary files, the last thing being NTFS, and then it says 'setup is
starting windows'.
At this time, the screen goes blank for about 3 seconds, and a blue screen
comes up with a stop message:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xf7c7a524, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

I am uncertain what to do at this point because I am completely unable to
even begin an install, let alone complete one.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I have recently built a new computer with an asus P5WD2 Premium motherboard.
I have installed 2 512mb ram chips that are ddr2 800 (ddr2 is native on this
board).

I have attemtped using both an SP1 XP pro disk, and an SP2 xp pro disk, and
I get the same results.

I press a key as directed to begin booting setup from the cd. Setup loads
its necessary files, the last thing being NTFS, and then it says 'setup is
starting windows'.
At this time, the screen goes blank for about 3 seconds, and a blue screen
comes up with a stop message:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xf7c7a524, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

I am uncertain what to do at this point because I am completely unable to
even begin an install, let alone complete one.

Have a look at :-

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324103
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q122926

 

[DL]

Remove all 'extra' hw
ie use mouse/keyb, vid.card,monitor,single hd, cd,only
Use a single mem.stick, ensure stick and vid card correctly seated, double
check all internal cables/jumpers.

 

[Guest]

I was wondering if you ever resolved this problem. I have exactly the same
set-up, same mother boardd, etc, and am having the same problem. Any nfo
would be appreciated.

 

[DPM]

Stop code 7B indicates a boot device failure. This boot device could
include one of the following components: a disk drive, an Integrated Drive
Electronics (IDE) controller, a primary IDE channel, a secondary IDE
channel, a PCI bus, or another boot device.

Make sure all these devices are enabled in the BIOS.

Dean

 

[George Martin]

How do I fix the error