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by wass_up_guy

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Hello everybody,
I know this has been posted here and all over the internet in the past...and that's where my problem lies actually.

i can't find a solution that works!

My problem:
After going through the installation of windows XP Pro on a SATA HDD and i am using the Latest Nvidia SATA controller during installation (pressing F6, etc.) windows installs fine. (i have an nForce motherboard)

After the install, when windows is booting up (screen with the logo and a bar below it) it loads for about 2 seconds, then gives me a BSOD with the 0x0000007B error.

I've been looking non-stop for a fix for the past 14 hours for a solution, but couldn't find anybody who has the same problem as me actually...

I've tried re-installing from scratch. I've tried repairing windows. Both of those methods don't work...i really can't think of what else it could be. It can't be the bios because windows installs just fine...it's after the installation that it gives me the error.

my Specs:
EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Mobo
Seagate Baracude 200GB HDD
OCZ 4GB DDR3 RAM
EVGA 9800 GTX Video Card
Intel Q6700 CPU

Thanks in advance to anybody who can help.

EDIT: Also would like to add that when starting in Safe Mode the system loads up until file MUP.SYS then gives me the same BSOD and reboots.

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by ic-it

I know it's Pro, but which SP? An old Pro will only recognize 132GB while the newer BIOS sees the whole.
You could Slipstream SP2 into XP and try that.
Do you get a validation that the SATA drivers installed correctly?

by wass_up_guy

I'm installing SP2 already...and i know the drivers install correctly because otherwise i wouldn't be able to install windows in the first place.

During installation i do the whole F6 bit and boot the drivers off the flopy (2 floppys actually...Nvidia has lots of files)

so it installs fine...it's just when it comes time to load windows after everything is installed (after the HUD interface and everything) it gives me a 0xC0000034 error which is a STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND error referring to the drivers.

by nepenthe0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316401/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945380/en-us

Also, take a look at this excellent Jan'06 TR post by Greg Shultz:

http://tinyurl.com/5tl82j

Consider a complete [i]wipe[/i] of the hard drive with [i]Darik's Nuke & Boot[/i]:

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Rick/Portland, OR

P.S. - Is it true that mosquitos grow so large in Yukon that they're leashed and licensed?

by wass_up_guy

Already checked all the microsoft stuff and haven't found anything that works...

I also did a complete wipe using the windows setup (the very long format option instead of the quick format option) and that didn't help either.

I did find out i'm getting a 0xC0000034 error which is a STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND error...and it most likely pertains to the drivers of the SATA HDD Controllers.

by the scummy one

and see if that helps. Windows may not be able to allocate memory to the SATA drivers, causing the error.

Also, remove anything that may be plugged in that is non-essential for basic operation of the system. To rule out some things.

by wass_up_guy

and no luck :(

Only thing i have connected is a video card, optical drive, HDD, CDP and RAM

by wass_up_guy

I pretty much tried everything in terms of swapping hardware...none of that works, at this point i'm 100% sure that it's a software issue related to having an SATA HDD.

by rob miners

are your PSU specs. 550-650Watts. These new Video cards use a few Watts.
You could also try a BIOS flash.

by wass_up_guy

OCZ 780W ModXstream PSU

I CAN try flashing the bios...but i don't really want to mess around with that just yet...i will try it if everything else fails.

by rob miners

go into the Recovery Console can you see the Drive, if you can try this.

Boot from the XP CD.
When you see ?Press any key to boot from CD? press a key. Now wait for the XP installer to finish loading up and you will be presented with the option to press R to Repair.

Press R.
The next screen will ask you which Windows? installation you would like to log on to. Normally the following will be listed:
1: C:\WINDOWS

Press 1, then Enter to continue.
You may now be asked for the Administrator password. If you know this type it and press Enter. If you don't know the Administrators password it may be blank. Just press Enter (contact RM Support if you have difficulty with this).
At the command prompt type:

fixmbr and press Enter

fixboot and press Enter

Your system will do a few things and then return you to the Recovery Console.

More than enough Watts.

by nepenthe0

You have tried everything else, and you can't get the system to boot. I would remove the hard drive, and attach it to the Coolmax adapter:

http://tinyurl.com/4an8u9

Plug the Coolmax USB cable into a working computer and run diagnostics on the hard drive:

http://tinyurl.com/yvq99t

You can simply install Seatools in the working computer. I would also run [i]chkdsk.exe [b]E[/b]: /F[/i] on the hard drive (if the hard drive shows up as [b]E[/b] in Explorer).

Obviously the hard drive won't boot if either the boot sector or the Master Boot File (MBF) is corrupted, so consider running [i]fixmbr [b]E[/b]:[/i] and [i]fixboot [b]E[/b]:[/i] while you're at it.

These suggestions are just theoretical - I've never encountered a glitch this nasty. But you have tried everything else, so there's not much to lose.

I see that True Blue has joined the thread, and his advice is more likely to be relevant. If you cannot even reach the BIOS menu, the hard drive is unlikely to be the principal culprit. A recently posted source of good information for BIOS upgrades is:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/33

Rick/Portland, OR

by wass_up_guy

as well as chkdsk...i can't get the /f because i don't have that option available in the console recovery menu.

Anyway, both tools told me that the HDD is perfectly ok.

I have also looked into the Bios updates, but none mention anything that is even remotly related to the issue at hand.

by thumbsup2

Since the video card you've put in (EVGA 9800 GTX) is PCI Express 2.0 and two of the MB's three PCI Express x16 slots are PCI Express 2.0 (the 3rd is PCI Express 1.0), it's possible you've put the 2.0 card into the 1.0 hole.

Also, it's entirely possible that Windows can't push the 2.0 PCI Express card until it gets fully booted and installs the video drivers needed. So, since there's no onboard video and no regular PCI slots to use an old card in, if you have a known working 1.0 PCI Express card you can get booted with, try that. It can go in any of the 3 slots. Once she's up and running, you can put the 2.0 card in.

One last thought would be to remove 2GB of the 4GB you have installed from slots 2 and 4. Since WinXP can only utilize 3GB (at first, wait till later), that extra 4th GB in slots that need to be match may be throwing it for a loop.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/536

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