Taleen said:
Can anyone tell me what this error message means and how do I fix the problem?
I recently had to replace my hardrive (about 2 months ago) and everything
was working fine up until 2 days ago. I keep getting the blue screen with
STOP 0x00000008E (0xC0000005, 0x8056DE82, 0xA998C970, 0x00000000).
I have also added RAM - 1 Gig (Oct 2006) and a new video card Raedon x1300
(Oct 2006).
Can anyone help? Please?
this always refer to a bad Hardware/driver installed.
Read this articles and see, but how did you get rid of the Contra?.
Open a run command and type in these commands to see if there is a conflict
in /among drivers :
pstat.exe click [OK]
dmpchck.exe click [OK]
What you get from running this commands?.
Try to use the Verifier.exe command to see which Drivers not Verified on
your system:
How to Use Driver Verifier to Troubleshoot Windows Drivers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244617/en-us
You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memtest by
downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on
Reboot.
http://www.memtest86.com/
You may need to reposition/reset the RAM sticks in their slots.
After that you could do a repair install, and then test.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
First try to eliminate hardware, by going to Device manager and check by
expanding the Plus [+] to see all devices listed, if there is a
malfunctioning device or conflicting device it will show in Device manager.
Scan your operating system for malware and viruses with an up2date
protection software. Check with the company that their server okay and your
credential not being changed.
Look in the event Viewer for error messages(X) that can help in discovering
the culprit.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
Random "0x0000008E" Error Message on a Blue Screen in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827663
A "STOP: 0x0000008E" error message occurs when you change the hardware
acceleration setting
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330187
Error message when you try to open files on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930916
STOP 0x0000008E error message on a blue screen and your computer does not
enter hibernation or standby after you remove an IEEE 1394 storage device
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813818
HTH.
nass
