Blue screen of death: Windows XP Pro

[rfdjr1]

I was told that Windows XP Pro wsas a stable operating system. Also
that they got rid of the "blue screen of death". SO what is this that
I've seen a few times in the past week? A blue screen that starts out
with "A problem has been etected and Windows has been shut down to
prevent damage to your computer..."? After a bunch of other verbiage,
there's a line that says:

Stop: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x805B91F4, 0xEB1DBAFC, 0xEB1DB7FC)

Looks, feels and smells like a "blue screen of death" to me. What
could be causing this problem? The machine is home built, a little
over three months old. Windows XP Pro, Intel P4 3.2 Ghz processor, 1
Gb DDR memory, and a SATA 120 Gb hard drive. No problems prior to
this.

Thanks for any insight.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I was told that Windows XP Pro wsas a stable operating system. Also
that they got rid of the "blue screen of death". SO what is this that
I've seen a few times in the past week? A blue screen that starts out
with "A problem has been etected and Windows has been shut down to
prevent damage to your computer..."? After a bunch of other verbiage,
there's a line that says:

Stop: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x805B91F4, 0xEB1DBAFC, 0xEB1DB7FC)

Looks, feels and smells like a "blue screen of death" to me. What
could be causing this problem? The machine is home built, a little
over three months old. Windows XP Pro, Intel P4 3.2 Ghz processor, 1
Gb DDR memory, and a SATA 120 Gb hard drive. No problems prior to
this.

Gone through this?:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330182

Sounds like damaged RAM to me.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try the following link to MVP Jim Eshelman's web page

"0x0000007E: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED"
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0x7e

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| I was told that Windows XP Pro wsas a stable operating system. Also
| that they got rid of the "blue screen of death". SO what is this that
| I've seen a few times in the past week? A blue screen that starts out
| with "A problem has been etected and Windows has been shut down to
| prevent damage to your computer..."? After a bunch of other verbiage,
| there's a line that says:
|
| Stop: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x805B91F4, 0xEB1DBAFC, 0xEB1DB7FC)
|
| Looks, feels and smells like a "blue screen of death" to me. What
| could be causing this problem? The machine is home built, a little
| over three months old. Windows XP Pro, Intel P4 3.2 Ghz processor, 1
| Gb DDR memory, and a SATA 120 Gb hard drive. No problems prior to
| this.
|
| Thanks for any insight.
|

 

[Jym]

Who told you that MS have gotten rid of the "blue screen of death" ? And you
believed it ? Hardware and third party software have to work within XP .
Will MS guarantee that they will work with no problems ( bsod ) , I don't
think so. Be realistic. Jym

 

[rfdjr1]

Thanks. It was a hardware issue, two settings in my BIOS somehow got
changed. No idea how, since I haven't gone near the BIOS settings in
months. All seems fine now.