has anyone here ever get the blue screen error when
the win xp intallation cd in starting to load.

the error i got was 0x0000007b , which i looked up and it says i may need to scan for viruses, but ive already tried different hard drives and all have the same problem. any advice ?

3/10/2006 2:33:59 PM

bad memory and or overheating

[Edited on March 10, 2006 at 2:48 PM. Reason : .]

3/10/2006 2:48:14 PM

i switched the ram to a new one and checked the fans, but still the error at the same place.

im gonna give up on it.

3/10/2006 3:30:52 PM

Check the harddrive to make sure it's showing up and pins are set correctly. Also remove any additional HD's you may have added.

3/10/2006 6:31:57 PM

Try a different CDROM ... IIRC, 7b's are hardware related. If its not the RAM< could be something else.

Also, I did an installation for a friend recently using the same hardware, different CD. I had a burned CD while he had a "genuine" CD ... dunno what happened, but his appeared to be a bum CD.

3/10/2006 6:34:34 PM

OEM cds w/ SP2 have had problems.

3/10/2006 7:01:34 PM

ok, im gonna try another cd

3/10/2006 11:22:16 PM

it was the CD that was a problem for anyone who wants to know,

3/11/2006 8:22:37 PM