Bootlog not written on failed boot

[ofn01]

I have bootlogging turned on for XP Pro. But for the problem below nothing
is written to the bootlog at all??? Could this be a pointer to what the
problem is? How else can I diagnose it?

I have posted the following information below in another post but it is
reposted here for convenience - it has more details about the error and also
my system specs:

Sometimes when I start my computer it loads up to the screen with the
scrolling blue bars but then will freeze and reboot (I took of
auto-rebooting and wrote the error message down).
It did not have a .sys file or anything associated with it, just says

STOP 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x00000000, 0xF8954384, 0xF8954080)
-------------------------------

Also sometimes when I shut down or restart the computer will reboot, on
restarting it says to send an error message to Microsoft and the details
are:

BCCode : c2 BCP1 : 00000007 BCP2 : 00000CD4 BCP3 : 142B0606
BCP4 : E163E4A0 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 256_1

Error code 000000c2, parameter1 00000007, parameter2 00000cd4, parameter3
142b0606, parameter4 e163e4a0.
-------------------------------

I did a dumpchk on the minidump file which reports the following:

C:\WINDOWS\Minidump>dumpchk Mini110404-01.dmp
Loading dump file Mini110404-01.dmp
----- 32 bit Kernel Mini Dump Analysis

DUMP_HEADER32:
MajorVersion 0000000f
MinorVersion 00000a28
DirectoryTableBase 0d7f9000
PfnDataBase 81051000
PsLoadedModuleList 805644a0
PsActiveProcessHead 8056a558
MachineImageType 0000014c
NumberProcessors 00000002
BugCheckCode 000000c2
BugCheckParameter1 00000007
BugCheckParameter2 00000cd4
BugCheckParameter3 142b0606
BugCheckParameter4 e163e4a0
PaeEnabled 00000000
KdDebuggerDataBlock 805542e0
MiniDumpFields 00000dff

TRIAGE_DUMP32:
ServicePackBuild 00000200
SizeOfDump 00010000
ValidOffset 0000fffc
ContextOffset 00000320
ExceptionOffset 000007d0
MmOffset 00001068
UnloadedDriversOffset 000010a0
PrcbOffset 00001878
ProcessOffset 000024c8
ThreadOffset 00002728
CallStackOffset 00002980
SizeOfCallStack 00000474
DriverListOffset 00003088
DriverCount 00000085
StringPoolOffset 00005808
StringPoolSize 00001248
BrokenDriverOffset 00000000
TriageOptions 00000041
TopOfStack baad4b8c
DebuggerDataOffset 00002df8
DebuggerDataSize 00000290
DataBlocksOffset 00006a50
DataBlocksCount 00000004


Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86
compatible

Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x805644a0
Debug session time: Thu Nov 04 18:33:44 2004
System Uptime: 0 days 0:12:56
start end module name
804d7000 80701000 nt Checksum: 0021C534 Timestamp: Wed Aug 04
07:
18:18 2004 (41107FAA)

Unloaded modules:
b9b7b000 b9ba5000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ba263000 ba28d000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f8b0f000 f8b10000 drmkaud.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ba495000 ba4a2000 DMusic.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ba32d000 ba350000 aec.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ba4a5000 ba4b3000 swmidi.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f8add000 f8adf000 splitter.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f88a5000 f88aa000 Cdaudio.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)

----------------------------
I also enabled boot logging and can post the boot log results for a normal
boot (I have not yet had a faulty boot with the boot log enabled.

I have removed the qttask from startup in msconfig and the ATIHotkeyPoller
and ATISmart something task from msconfig

System specs are:
[Note - I realise that the Video drivers and BIOS are out of date - the 4.10
catalysts are out and the recommended BIOS for my motherboard is 3.80 (3.A0
is the latest). I don't really want to upgrade if I don't have to as
basically the computer is really stable apart from those two things (games,
3dmark tests etc all fine)

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz (1MB cache, 800FSB) with HT (Prescott)
MSI 865PE NEO-2 P MS-6728 Ver 2 (No D-bracket) 3.50 AMI BIOS
Nanya 2 x 256MB dual channel DDR RAM (PC3200) 400MHz
128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9550SE graphics with TV-out & DVI (Catalyst 4.5)
FSP Group FSP300-60PN 300W +3.3@28A, +5V@30A, +12V@18A,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Western Digital 160GB 7200rpm hard drive with 8MB buffer
Sony DVD-ROM drive (16x)
Sony DW-D22A Dual-Layer IDE DVD+/-RW (black)
Windows XP Pro SP2
memtest86 1.27: ran for 7.5 hours, all tests no errors
speedfan 4.16: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

 

[ofn01]

I have bootlogging turned on for XP Pro. But for the problem below nothing
is written to the bootlog at all??? Could this be a pointer to what the
problem is? How else can I diagnose it?

One other thing I notice is that - if the red light on the back of my wheel
mouse optical turns on at the scrolling bars point of boot (where windows
can reboot), then I know the computer will boot fine. It always reboots
without having turned that light on. I have changed the mouse from a
previous mouse where it was doing the same thing and changed the drivers
from the default Windows XP mouse drivers to Intellipoint 4.1 which came
with this wheel mouse optical.