Stop Error 7e on a New Build...

A friend of mine's computer is experiencing the following problem:

1 stick 512 pc 3200
Socket 754 sempron 2800
abit NF8 motherboard
80 G Western Digital HD
Windows XP Pro

Stop Error Code 7e (c0000005,f87f5750,f8a40430,f8a4012c)

What happens on boot up is it runs initial tests, gets beyond the bios, does a memory check, Windows splash screen comes up, then the blue screen error code mentioned above.
After a minute or so, it goes back to memory check and repeats the above process.
Any ideas?

Eric

 

Eric,

It is most likely the memory is causing the problem. Take a stick or pair out and see if the problem goes away.


Kevin

 

Will give that a shot. It's one stick of 512, so he's going to get another and put that in, and return the old if it's bad. I'll let you know.
Eric

 

I would also make sure there are no peripherals hooked up when I started the system, gaming devices especially.

SPD is probably right with the memory thing.

Steve

 

Okay, we have an answer!

My friend had taken a HD from a 32-bit cpu configuration and had put it in the new 64 build, which, we now know, doesn't work! (my friend says "duh!") He's swapped many hard drives in and out of other machines, but it never occured to him that it was the previous OS setup that was the problem, since he's just getting into the 64 bit thing.

He formatted the hard drive, re-loaded Windows, and voila! it worked like a dream. So, if you take a hard drive out of an old 32-bit system, make sure you format the thing before installing it into the 64 system.

Oh, and one more thing: My friend said that it irritated the snot out of him that NOBODY, NOWHERE, including the Microsoft Knowledge Base, nor anyone at Microsoft, could tell him what that error code meant, other then a nebulous "memory error". What a crock.

Anyway, just thought we'd let you all know what the final outcome was. Thanks again for the helpful answers!

Eric

 

Interesting.

So, you are saying that the 64bit OS, CAN NOT read a 32bit NTFS drive? OR.

Was the drive setup for FAT32?


So, the quesions come. Is Winx64 a different version of NTFS then the 32bit version?

 

And I suppose that it would use tons of memory in the process, and 512 wouldn't be enough. If would be an interesting experiment to try adding one stick of memory at a time to see if it would eventually boot up.