BSOD while copying files for XP clean install

I'm trying to make a clean install from my XP cd and after it formats...It starts copying files, then about half way through that It gives me a BSOD that says....MEMORY_MANAGEMENT, and the stop number is...0x0000001A. I've been researching online and the only information I can find on that error is for windows 2000, and it says it is for a corrupted driver. How in the HELL can that be when I've just formatted the drive and I haven't installed anything?? Is it possible I have something critical on my new board (abit kv7-v w/sempron 3000) that my windows cd doesn't have the needed driver built in?? If so...how would one go about resolving that issue??

I thought at first that it was something to do with my memory modules or a bad dimm slot, so I took it to tiger direct and the guy checked it all out right there in front of my face and it all checked out ok!!

Obviously i'm lost here....I need help!!!!

Thank You
Roger

 

I don't believe for a second that the ram is not at fault...that or the CPU. Cache on the cpu contributes to your total physical memory count.

http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4226

Do this. Run memtest from this site and test it for yourself. If the tests Tiger Direct use are anything like Dell Diagnostic CDs, then they are worthless. I have seen the Dell Diagnostic CD 3 times give bad motherboards a clean bill of health.

 

Well...amaingly enough....Memtest pulled up 3784 errors on test 5 on pass 0.

So...obviously, there's a problem...now...how do I diagnose it...or is bad ram...bad ram!! No ifs ands or buts about it...just replace it!!??

The funny thing about it though....the other day when I couldn't get sp 2 to install in a stable manner...I ran MEMTEST 86+ for 3-4 passes at a couple different times and it showed everything as ok!! Is it possible that it was teetering on the fencerow and it wouldn't produce errors until it fell off the deep end??

Roger

 

No one is going to be able to tell you with any certainty over the internet if it is memory. (Memtest is a guide only. I've seen it report errors on otherwise okay memory)

However, the most common causes in my experience for these errors are hardware problems, poorly written drivers or a conflicting Antivirus program.

As this error is during installation, the most probable would be memory or another piece of hardware.

Try using just one stick of memory if you have a few and move it to another slot if that fails.

What I would do is remove all surplus hardware and any that isn't vital, enable Fail-Safe Defaults in the Bios and disable any unneeded ports, install Windows, then update the hardware drivers.

Only when you have a stable system should you add any other hardware.

 

Well, I got me a new module of DDR 400...and replaced the cpu, and guess what....Now I get this error on a bsod....

a driver corrupted pool memory used for holding pages destined for disk

STOP: 0x000000DE (0x00000002, parameter, parameter, parameter)

I looked on the microsoft knowledge base and it says something about that happening when something tries to right to memory outside of "its" allocated paremeter of memory. The resolution it gives is involved with editing the registry, which will make windows examine all the pool drivers in order to tell you what is corrupt.

But guess what....I can't do that, because it won't even let me install windows. I get this BSOD after you boot to the windows cd and it loads all the setup files, and then after that it pauses before it goes into setup and I get a black screen and then the bsod.

I also called microsoft to see if they could maybe pull something out of there butt?? Haha....But he did tell me that according to his supervisor that it is something related to a bad kernel??? Does that make sense?? and that this kernel is stored somewhere in some piece of hardware, and it is there to help something interact from the cdrom drive between all the hardware and eventually to the hard drive?????? If this makes no sense, then disregard....I didn't really understand him that well!!!

any ideas??

Thanks
Roger

P.S. I have nothing unnecessary in the tower. I took out the fax modem, and the sound card, and I was using the onboard lan for internet, so that was all the extra I had in there!!