blue screen stop error

[JadPanzer]

My machine is a Dell 8200 with 256megs of memory and I am
using Windows XP Home Edition. I have been using the
machine for 1 1/2 years with no problems until a couple of
days ago. Windows keeps crashing to a blue error screen
where I am told "STOP: 0x0000007e (0xc0000005 0x8058FBSB
0xF9e857D0 0xF9E854D0) Presently I am having trouble
booting Windows so i am wondering if someone could shed
some light on this problem. I am also getting error
messages about my system memory having chaned. I have not
installed any new software or hardware in months. Thanks
for any help.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Sounds like your ram is getting flakey. If you want to check the memory,
there is a free program here:
http://www.simmtester.com/page/products/doc/download.asp

But keep in kind that a thorough test can only be done with test equipment
at a computer shop.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Guest]

probably a virus. use an anti virus. if you havent got 1
use an web one like Trend Micro's housecall @
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

 

[Alex Nichol]

My machine is a Dell 8200 with 256megs of memory and I am
using Windows XP Home Edition. I have been using the
machine for 1 1/2 years with no problems until a couple of
days ago. Windows keeps crashing to a blue error screen
where I am told "STOP: 0x0000007e (0xc0000005 0x8058FBSB
0xF9e857D0 0xF9E854D0)

In general, for such Stop error, look at
http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
and choose the error number (in this case 7E) on the left - it points to
some MS Knowledge base articles which might give an answer