0x0000007B error during installation of XP Home Edition on RAID1 H

[Guest]

STOP:0x0000007B (0xF7C7A524, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

Yes, I did "F6" to install the Intel RAID driver using a floppy disk created
from the motherboard support CD. The STOP message/blue screen appeared after
XP loaded all the drivers. It is a clean installation on 2 new HDDs, so I
assume the error is not caused by viruses. Yes, I did upgraded my BIOS to the
latest version beforehand. The SATA data cables are new that came with the
motherboard. Yes, I have also read and printed out MS KB324103, but I am
still not sure what the problem(s) is/are.

1. Does XP Home Edition support RAID1 configuration? I read from Western
Digital knowledge base answer ID 282 that "Windows XP Home Edition does not
support dynamic disks." Is it true? Does it mean that I will have to buy XP
Professional for RAID1 (mirrored)?

2. Should I take out the video card and modem card before installing XP?

3. Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

lkh1999

 

[Guest]

The complete message is:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to yor computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your
computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives
or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure that it is
properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive
corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF7C7A524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

 

[Guest]

After the CD boots and goes through loading mass storage drivers, it then
proceeds to "Setup is starting windows". After about 1-2 minutes of hard
drive and CD access, the error message appeared.

The jumpers setting on the HDDs are "Default" (with spread spectrum clocking
disabled). Should I set the jumpers to enable Power Management 2 (PM2) mode
for RAID?

Thanks,

lkh1999

 

[Paul Knudsen]

STOP:0x0000007B (0xF7C7A524, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

Yes, I did "F6" to install the Intel RAID driver using a floppy disk created

Well, did you configure the drives in the BIOS?

I take it you got a new PCI card, and if so you need to run its
configuration routine. One thing it does is a low-level format. You
press CTL-R (I think...you should see a message) at bootup.

If that's not it, maybe your floppy is no good. Try a different one.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your response!

It was due to my CD drive being connected to an IDE channel that was
disabled after activing SATA channel to RAID. I plugged my CD drive into
another IDE channel and XP proceeded without error.

lkh1999