Blue screen during Windows XP install

[Brad]

I'm having a problem when I try to install Windows XP.
First, a little background:

I recently purchased and set up a new case. At the same
time, I also replaced a network card, added a stick of
RAM, and replaced some IDE cables with rounded cables.
Ever since then, running on Win2k with NTFS partitions,
I've been getting frequent blue screens, often with
different error messages. I tried reinstalling from the
CD, but every time it went to load Windows, I would get a
blue screen.

After some troubleshooting with some friends, along with
the reinstallation attempts, I figured that the
installation was corrupt. So, knowing I had to do a
complete reinstallation of applications and whatnot, I
decided to buy a new hard drive to replace that one, and
start fresh. So, I pick up Windows XP, put in the new
drive, and boot from the CD. Everything is going fine.
Setup starts loading all of the drivers and whatnot, then
proceeds to load Windows. And what happened? It blue
screened. I tried both disabling my 2nd (older) hard drive
in the BIOS, as well as physically removing the cables.

Needless to say I'm quite frustrated by this point, so any
help I can get would be most appreciated. This time I made
sure to write down the error message I got. It was the
same error message each time as far as I could tell.
STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x80190442, 0xF7D02AB0,
0xF7D027B0)

I tried searching on how to interpret these error
messages, but to no avail.

Here's my system info:

AMD Athlon 1.2GHz
MSI K7T266-Pro2 motherboard
1.0 GB PC2100 DDR RAM
Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM hard drive (master, brand new)
Seagate 80GB 7200 RPM hard drive (slave, was slave
previously, NTFS)
Old hard drive: Maxtor 27GB 5400 RPM, NTFS
ABit Siluro GeForce4 Ti4600 128MB video
Sound Blaster Live!
Linksys TNE100TX-CA 10/100 PCI Ethernet card
Pioneer DVD-A06 DVD/CD burner
420W ThermalTake PurePower power supply
ThermalTake Xaser III mid-tower case

 

[Henry]

Sound Blaster Live! may be your problem, remove it and see what happens.

 

[Jim O]

You most likely have a hardware problem try replacing the
new IDE cables with the old one's if that doesn't solve it
re-install all hardware you replaced 1 at a time and
re-boot. If none of this works, then go to msconfig and
click the startup tab and diable any new software that has
been installed since you made all of your changes. If this
works, the 1 by 1 enable the programs you disabled and
re-boot until you can isolate the software that's causing
the problems


1. Examine the "System" and "Application" logs in Event
Viewer for other recent errors that might give further
clues. To do this, launch EventVwr.msc from a Run box; or
open "Administrative Tools" in the Control Panel then
launch Event Viewer.
2. If you've recently added new hardware, remove it and
retest.
3. Run hardware diagnostics supplied by the manufacturer.
4. Make sure device drivers and system BIOS are up-to-date.
5. However, if you've installed new drivers just before
the problem appeared, try rolling them back to the older ones.
6. Open the box and make sure all hardware is correctly
installed, well seated, and solidly connected.
7. Confirm that all of your hardware is on the Hardware
Compatibility List. If some of it isn't, then pay
particular attention to the non-HCL hardware in your
troubleshooting.
8. Check for viruses.
9. Investigate recently added software.
10. Examine (and try disabling) BIOS memory options such
as caching or shadowing.