HELP - Xp won't boot - getting blue screen

Just installed a msi 865pe neo 2 board with:
80mb 7200 ide-100 hd
kingston 512 3200 value ram
newest bios 1.9 I believe
ram checks out ok, can not get XP to load
When the splash screen is suppose to show up I get the blue error screen
with error:
STOP 0x0000007B (0xf894c640, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000,0x00000000)
I've looked it up with microsoft and it looks like a conflict with the raid device.
But I have not SATA drives, just my ide drive.
I've tried using P-ATA only with S-ATA disabled and in native mode.
Still nothing. I've tried just about every other combination in the bios also and still nothing.
One thing that is weird though if I disable the L1 and L2 Cache, I can actually make it to the xp splash screen but then it loads very slow and crashes again into the blue screen with the same error.
Another odity is when I enable "APIC ACPI SCI IRQ" in the advanced menu, my computer will just freeze when the xp splash screen is suppose to come on, but do nothing else.
Need some help or I think I'm gonna get another motherboard. I'm really fed up.

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Originally posted by Danny
Have you installed XP yet? Or is the splash screen you mention from the installation program.
If you are trying to install now, try this in order:
1 Increase ram voltage to 1.8
2 Try just one stick
3 Try with hyperthreading disabled (still with 1 stick)
Well all the above.
Also when I boot off the my xp hard drive it give me that blue screen, also when I try to run the XP install disc I get the same blue screen. I've even tried to boot off a USB ide drive that had windows xp installed on it, but the same blue screen. I've looked up the error code on microsofts web site and it says something of the sort that there could be a conflict between the raid device and my ide controller. I have no sata drive!! I'm so sick of this motherboard. I serously am thinking about returning and buying something else if I can't get it working soon.

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Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini030809-02.dmp]
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eip=804e13d5 esp=a9860c54 ebp=a9860ca0 iopl=0         nv up ei ng nz ac po nc
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a9860c6c 804e13d9 8753d018 853fe1a0 00000000 nt!IopfCallDriver+0x2d
a9860ccc 805517b9 00000000 00000002 00000000 nt!IopfCallDriver+0x31
a9860dac 80575723 a9f4533c 00000000 00000000 nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+0x7a9
a9860ddc 804ec6d9 f7720ce2 a9f4533c 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x34
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    CheckSum:         0021B760
    ImageSize:        00228000
    File version:     5.1.2600.5657
    Product version: 5.1.2600.5657
    File flags:       0 (Mask 3F)
    File OS:          40004 NT Win32
    File type:        1.0 App
    File date:        00000000.00000000
    Translations:     0401.04b0
    CompanyName:      Microsoft Corporation
    ProductName:      Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
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    OriginalFilename: ntkrnlmp.exe
    ProductVersion:   5.1.2600.5657
    FileVersion:      5.1.2600.5657 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)

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This step applies only to models that have a logic-board ("PRAM") battery: all Mac Pro's and some others (not current models.) Both desktop and portable Macs used to have such a battery. The logic-board battery, if there is one, is separate from the main battery of a portable. A dead logic-board battery can cause a startup failure. Typically the failure will be preceded by loss of the settings for the startup disk and system clock. See the user manual for replacement instructions. You may have to take the machine to a service provider to have the battery replaced.
Step 12
If you get this far, you're probably dealing with a hardware fault. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.

Getting Blue Screen error BCCode: 1a

Sometimes mi PC with windows VISTA have espontaneus Blue Screen Error.Then after startup I would get this message,can someone tell me what I shshould do?
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 11274
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 1a
BCP1: 00041790
BCP2: C08020AC
BCP3: 0000FFFF
BCP4: 00000000
OS Version: 6_0_6002
Service Pack: 2_0
Product: 768_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini093014-01.dmp
C:\Users\jgalante\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-61171-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\jgalante\AppData\Local\Temp\WER140F.tmp.version.txt
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Hi,
Bug Check 0x1A: The MEMORY_MANAGEMENT bug check has a value of 0x0000001A. This indicates that a severe memory management error occurred.
You can refer to the link below for more details about this error:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557391(v=vs.85).aspx
When you encounter a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) in Windows the computer will save information regarding the error message in a log file. This log file or minidump file is saved in the Minidump subdirectory under Windows (C:\Windows\MiniDump). Generally
the information saved in this minidump file can help pinpoint the cause of the blue screen error message and help you in resolving the problem.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

80gb classic crashes computer, get blue screen.

80gb classic
Windows Vista
Ipod crashes computer when itunes is running, get blue screen.
A while back my ipod started having trouble playing songs. I would tell it to play a playlist of say 50 songs, it would then freeze for about 30 minutes, and when it would finally start playing, it would be 30 songs into the playlist. I also couldn't get itunes to read it.
So I used itunes restore feature, and then after that, every time it tries to synch to itunes, it would crash the computer, and I would get the blue screen saying that my computer was dumping physical memory. Well nothing gets dumped from my computer when it does it, and the ipod stays the same.
I even tried formatting it manually, having windows fix it, having itunes restore it again, but always the same thing... once it was restored.. BAM computer crashes.
I can have it plugged in no problems, I can run itunes no problem, but when the two are done at the same time, it would crash my computer.
So I looked for other reasons. I needed major updates for vista, so I downloaded all of them, which took a while. And I even uninstalled itunes and re-downloaded and installed. Now what happens is Itunes freezes when it's plugged in, but I can still use all my other windows, just itunes is inoperable while the ipod is plugged in. As soon as it is unplugged, itunes starts working fine again.
I'm not that great with this sort of tech thing, so any suggestions would really be appreciated.

many thanks, i!
atapi.sys is a Windows OS file ... it's your Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller. So it's plausible that it's either got damaged, or we're looking at a driver issue that is manifesting as trouble with atapi.sys. So we'll proceed on those two fronts to begin with.
Just in case the file is damaged, I think we should try an sfc /scannow. It's not user-friendly on an XP system, but the following document may be of some help (fingers crossed):
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
If no joy with the scannow, we'll try making sure your drivers and so forth are up to date. If you've got a name brand PC, head to the manufacturer's website and look for the downloads page for your model. Look for newer versions of firmware for your hard drive, BIOS updates and chipset driver updates (in particular), but now might be a good time to check on things like video drivers, RAID controllers and so forth.
If you've got third-party componentry installed in the PC (like for example, a USB card, or an external drive, or a new internal hard drive), or if you have a home/custom-built PC, head to the websites of the manufacturer's components (in particular the motherboard manufacturer), and check for newer drivers, firmware and BIOS versions there. The following document may be of some assistance with that:
Updating the drivers on your Windows PC
Any joy with any of those measures?

I5 17''MBP gets blue screen during install windows 7 32 bit

Hello all:
I heard that quite many people get classic windows' "blue screen" during using windows , whatever Windows XP, Vista or 7. But now i face the "blue screen" during install Windows 7, which means I even can not complete installation.
I bought my Macbook Pro i5 17'' one month ago, and I'm trying to install Windows 7 but I face the problem during the installation. After finishing first 4 steps the computer would restart and start to "finish installation", but at this time it gets "blue screen" and shows "error: 0x0000009c" and stuck there. I have to shut down the turn off button and interrupt the installation.
I don't know if there's any one else face this unlucky situation. I searched on the net and it says the problem could be from memory, graphic card (too new), or even overlocking the cpu,whatever it must be the problem of hardware. I thought it might be the problem of compatible.
If anyone knows how to deal with this problem??!! I do need to use some software under Windows system!

It is good to see that it is indeed a USB2.
The support software on the USB is used in the Pre-boot environment setup and provides drivers for Apple specific hardware, GPU, BT, Mouse, etc. You can verify that by looking at the USB contents. The DVD contains generic drivers when hardware is not recognized as defaults to use. Apple does enough 'secret sauce' to make them different. The following does not explicitly state the USB2 need when using the DVD Installer and mentions W8 (not W7).
From Boot Camp: Creating an ISO image from a Windows installation DVD - Apple Support
Insert a blank USB 2 flash drive that is a least 16GB in size into a USB port on the computer. Boot Camp Assistant uses this drive to store the Windows 8 install media and support drivers during installation of Windows.
Note: This flash drive needs to be formatted for the FAT32 file system and must use the Master Boot Record partitioning scheme. Use Disk Utility to check the format of the flash drive before proceeding, and partition or erase the flash drive if necessary.
I suspect the GPU is not getting the correct driver and the Installer fails. The Generic VGA should work. From the OS X side, can you see files in your BC volume? If yes, can you look for logs in the BC volume at the following locations.
./Windows/Inf/setupapi.dev.log
./Windows/Inf/setupapi.offline.log
./Windows/Inf/setupapi.setup.log
./Windows/Logs/SetupCleanupTask/setupact.log
./Windows/Logs/SetupCleanupTask/setuperr.log
./Windows/Panther/FastCleanup/setupact.log
./Windows/Panther/FastCleanup/setuperr.log
./Windows/Panther/setupact.log
./Windows/Panther/setuperr.log
./Windows/Panther/UnattendGC/setupact.log
./Windows/Panther/UnattendGC/setuperr.log
./Windows/setupact.log
./Windows/setuperr.log
./Windows/System32/Sysprep/Panther/IE/setupact.log
./Windows/System32/Sysprep/Panther/IE/setuperr.log

Updated to snow leopard and now get blue screen

Hi there,
I recently updated to snow leopard and now I get blue screen on start-up.
I manage to get to enter my password and then to my desktop for a few seconds before it flicks back to my login.
I tried using disk utility from the install disc and it said HD appears to be ok. But it hasn't solved the problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

See if you can find a solution here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7212
Ciao.

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