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Hi,

I have just been the victim of several hours of torture (aka, I've been installing new computer parts). Every time I try to boot up, I receive the STOP error 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xED6A6750, 0xF79FB42C, 0xF79FB128). I can boot into Safe Mode With Networking just fine (that's how I'm here), but if I boot normally... kerblooey. I have tried disabling all services and startups for a clean boot, but no luck.

Here's what I'm running:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
1 gig (4 x 256) PC-3200 Dual Channel RAM
BFG nVidia 6800 256 mB GT OC (Only 1x,with an empty SLI slot next to it. Yes, it's in the primary slot.)
Built in AC97 Audio
160gB SATA Hard Disk
480W Antec NeoPower Power Supply

Running on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2


Here's what I was running:

Intel Pentium 4 2.8gHz Hyper-Threading
Abit IC7-G
1 gig (4 x 256) PC-3200 Dual Channel RAM
ATI 9600 128mB (8x AGP)
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 (fritzed out, that's why it's gone in new system)
160gB SATA Hard Disk
480W Antec NeoPower Power Supply

Running on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2



Any clues? This is the first AMD system I'm running, so I don't know if it's that, or the Dual Core, or the 64bit architexture, but it is pissing the heck out of me, because I can't boot my "1337" new rig.

Any help will bring much thanks, warm feelings, and cookies (digital).

Thanks again.

Can you also indicate where the system crashes? STOPs also display a .dll or a .sys or .exe that caused the exception.

There are several causes for this one. Corrupted drivers, incompatible BIOS, incompatible hardware.

For a first few steps:
Update bios
Get new vidcard drivers

If that doesn't work you might want to try and:
Get knoppix or any of the other CD/DVD runable versions of Linux. If your hardware is at fault there is a chance that this will cause an error in the boot sequence of the OS giving an indication what piece of hardware is giving you a headache.
Or you can try and reinstall windows or
Replace the NVIDIA vidcard with the ATI
Replace the new HD with the old
Repeat the replace X with Y steps for all hardware to see if it is to blame
If still getting errors:
Get windows for 64 bit procs

No idea how to diagnostic on Windows. I advise you first to run memtest86 (a GPLed high-quality memory tester, available on http://memtest86.com/ ), memory issues are the most common problems.

The idea to boot a GNU/Linux distribution and look at messages is a good one, GNU/Linux will give you much more detailed and useful (if you know how to decipher them, at least) error messages.

Did you reinstall windows or just moved the hard disk?

Check that all the hardware cards, cables, and memory are sitted properly. Check all the BIOS settings (especially that it recognizes the CPU and memory properly, no overclocking).

And if that's ok, check memory with memtest86 as recommended.