Sudden failure

[wfish]

I reformatted my HD to XP home SP3 Used it for a few days and out of the blue
I got a flash blue screen and now I can't boot to safe mode. It hangs at
agp440.sys if it doesn't just keep restarting. I cannot boot from the ROM
either. It "loads everything but when it says "Starting Windows" nothing
happens.

 

[Leonard Grey]

With the computer powered off, disconnect (unplug from the computer) all
peripherals except for your monitor, keyboard and mouse. (Use a wired
keyboard and mouse to maximize your chances for success.) Boot to Safe
Mode and go to Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Startup and
Recovery - Settings button > remove the checkmark from Automatically
Restart.

Now boot the PC normally and it will halt at a blue screen. Toward the
bottom of the Blue Screen you will see a hexadecimal number that begins
with 0x... Post back with the full hex number and the name of the error,
which looks LIKE_THIS.

 

[philo]

I reformatted my HD to XP home SP3 Used it for a few days and out of the blue
I got a flash blue screen and now I can't boot to safe mode. It hangs at
agp440.sys if it doesn't just keep restarting. I cannot boot from the ROM
either. It "loads everything but when it says "Starting Windows" nothing
happens.

Run a RAM test

 

[philo]

I am having same problem and hope you can help, error msg below

Ox0000007E (OXC0000006, OX8068686A, OXF78AE6E8, OXF78AE3E4)


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[wfish]

The RAM test actually found the problem. The additional RAM I installed a
couple of years ago is apparently shot. I've never heard of this but as soon
as I know everything about computers, I'll let you know! I will try a new
module as I can't fathom the idea of running on 256MB!

Thanks!!!