Need help with Stop Code Errors after repair install

[subucni]

Hi guys,

Hope you can help me out of a pickle here, finally got around to swapping out my motherboard, cpu and gpu with some donated kit from my uncle last night and have run into a couple problems.

My current XP pro install was quite clean, stripped back and running smoothly, so wanted to go the inplace upgrade route.

Tried the Sysprep method but ran into 1 stop error code upon booting, So went the repair install route.

Unfortunately this is now giving another stop code that i could do with some suggestions to get around please.

STOP: 0x0000007e (0xC0000005, 0xB8228750, 0xB84C342C, 0xB84C3128)


Checked the BIOS and it's all upto date, will keep working on it later today (didn't realise 6am had crept up on me)



FYI, if interested, the kit taken out is in the My System link to the left and the replacement parts are

Mobo: A8N32-SLI
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+
GPU: Gainward Nvidia 6800GS GLH edition


Thanks all in advance
Bres

[ManniX]

This sounds like the SP3 issue with AMD CPUs that came up a while ago.

If you have an AMD processor and are considering upgrading to Windows Service Pack 3 (SP3), then it is important that you apply this patch before SP3. Otherwise, your system may possibly get stuck in a loop of reboots that will stop Windows XP from starting.

On a technical level, there is a problem with the way that the System Preparation (Sysprep) image is created. According to one explanation offered by Microsoft "The problem may occur if the original Sysprep image for Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), for Windows XP SP2, or for Windows XP SP3 is created on a computer that uses an Intel processor and is then deployed on a computer that does not use an Intel processor. In this configuration, the Intel processor driver (Intelppm.sys) may try to load after the computer is upgraded to Windows XP SP2 or to Windows XP SP3. The driver does this because an orphaned registry key remains from the original Sysprep image." In these cases you may also see the following error messages:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer...

Technical information:

STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, [number1], [number2], [number3])
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

When Physical Address Extensions (PAE) is enabled, you may receive the following error message: STOP 0x000000FC (ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY)

[number1], [number2] and [number3] listed above will be random, alphanumeric and 10 digits long. However, 0x0000007E and 0xC0000005 will always be present for this type of error. Note 0x0000007E errors have multiple causes, but if it is an AMD processor and you have just installed SP3, there is a good bet that this patch will fix the issue. Ideally the patch should be applied before the Windows XP Service Pack 3.

Does that fit with you?

Solution:

1. Restart your computer in Safe Mode.
For more information about Safe Mode in Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

315222 (hxxp://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/) A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP

2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

3. Locate and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Intelppm

4. In the right pane, right-click the Start entry, and then click Modify.

5. In the Value data box, type 4, and then click OK.

6. Quit Registry Editor.

7. Restart your computer.

MS KB Article: hxxp://support.microsoft.com/kb/953356/en-us[/url] (sorry I can't make links yet)