That stop error almost always points to hardware/drivers

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Post #230,674

by Silverlock

10/24/05 3:27:32 PM

That stop error almost always points to hardware/drivers

The MS technet article can be found [link|http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmd_stp_hwpg.asp|here]. Scroll down for "Resolving the Problem" section and links to more detailed articles.

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Post #230,692

by Meerkat

10/24/05 5:08:44 PM

Thanks for all the advice so far.

I didn't have much time yesterday, but I tried my Ubunutu Live CD, and everything works fine with that. I also confirmed that at least the HD is fine - all my data is still there, so I'm pretty happy about that.

Let's see how the drama unfolds over the next few days...!

Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.

Nothing but blue screens troubling me.. - (Meerkat) - (8) - Oct. 23, 2005, 05:51:10 PM EDT

Does it boot in safe mode? If not . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Oct. 23, 2005, 06:08:11 PM EDT

Have tried Repair several times w/ W2K - (jb4) - (1) - Oct. 28, 2005, 06:24:07 PM EDT

Had it work about 20% of the time . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Oct. 28, 2005, 06:54:01 PM EDT

Sounds a little like this thread... - (Another Scott) - Oct. 23, 2005, 07:03:10 PM EDT

Verify no hardware issues and reinstall - (Steve Lowe) - Oct. 23, 2005, 08:25:09 PM EDT

That stop error almost always points to hardware/drivers - (Silverlock) - (1) - Oct. 24, 2005, 03:27:32 PM EDT

Thanks for all the advice so far. - (Meerkat) - Oct. 24, 2005, 05:08:44 PM EDT

All fixed - it was bad RAM. - (Meerkat) - Oct. 29, 2005, 06:10:33 AM EDT

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