Hi
I have just built the following computer
P4 3.6ghz Socket Lga 775
i have a DFI 915p - tag mobo
120GB HDD
256Mb radeon X300 graphics card
768Mb PC3200 DDR 400mhz ram
and more which i do not think is relivent
but my problem comes in when trying to install windows:
The problem I am having is

When I am installing windows XP pro just during the start of the installation (it is blue screen straight after I boot from CD) just when it says starting windows at the bottom the screen will go completely blank for a few seconds and then another blank screen will come up saying:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you have seen this stop message screen restart your computer.

If it appears again follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. (Yup got 120GB)

If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with manufacturer updates (I don’t have windows so I haven’t installed any drivers)

Try changing video adapters (am going to soon when my mate gets here with a old 4MB PCI graphics card)

Check with your hardware vendor for any bios updates (have updated bios to latest version)

Disable cahing or shadowing memory (have disabled the memory caching)

If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components restart your computer and press F8 to select advanced start up options then select safe mode (there is no safe mode as there is no OS installed)

Technical info

***stop 0x0000007E ( oxc 0000005, oxf9a380bf, oxf9e84208, oxf9e834208, 0xe9e83f08

*** PCI.SYS address f9a380bf base at f9a31000, date stamp 3b7d8ssc

I have also tried installing windows 98 using a start up disk and the CD rom

With this it gets right up to you putting in the date and then you insert and the computer cuts all power off so you can not access windows at all

I have tried both of these at least 3 times and am getting quite annoyed with the lot now

I have built about 6 PC’s in the past but have never had problems like this.

Thanks and I would really like your help soon :hotbounce
Cheers, Tane

Hello and welcome to Techspot

Sounds like you may have some kind of hardwear problem bad ram or hdd etc.

Download memtest from www.memtest86.com

Run the memtest and see what results you get.

Regards Howard

:grinthumb

hi, did you ever manage to solve this as i have the same problem with the same motherboard.
cheers.

Mule:- have you just built your system? If so, have you tried running it with the minimum hardware? (ie, just the m/board, processor, ram, HDD, and graphics).

If it works like that, then just reboot adding one piece of hardware at a time, and eventually, you'll find the bit that's causing the problem.

hi, did you ever manage to solve this as i have the same problem with the same motherboard.
cheers.



Are you getting the exact same error message?

What are your system specs?

Regards Howard

BTW

Hello and welcome to Techspot. :wave: :wave:

You may also want to look at this MS page and see if it helps......

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330182

thanks for the response, guys.
i 've tried installing on a basic setup, as you recommend but with no luck. i am getting exactly the same message.
i have just built this system so it's a fresh install.
my equipment is:-
dfi lanparty uv 915 p t12
prescott 550 cpu
2 x 512 ocz ddr400 el
radeon x800 xt
hiper 480w
maxtor 6y200mo sata
nec dvd rom

i've tried different graphics card, hard drive and memory again with no luck.
thanks for the link. maybe the bios upgrade could be worth a try.

thanks again for any help.

mule

put the hard drive in a different computer, installed XP and then swapped back into DFI setup. worked a treat. shouldn't have to mess like that, but got there in the end.
cheers

You''l need Windows XP SP2 to support a PCI-Express graphics card.

DFI's homepage says:

If you are using only PCI-Express graphics card, the only choice is to boot from the complete edition of Windows XP SP2.

If you intend to install with Windows XP or Windows XP SP1 and then use the upgrade kit of SP2, please disable PCI-Express in BIOS before starting the installation.

Under this circumstance, only PCI graphics card can help you monitoring the installation process at this stage. Then, upgrade the version to SP2. After upgrading is successfully completed, you can enable PCI-Express and start using PCI-Express graphics card.

I've tried all you suggested, disabling the two references to the PCI Ex in the BIOS, and also disabling the cardreader, installing the PCI card, but the installation still stops at the same place. There must besomething else that XP Prof (without the service packs) does not like, but I have not yet found it.

Create a new CD with XP/SP2 slipstreamed into it:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Worked a treat - now up & running with XP Pro SP2 - couldn't make my CD bootable as I didn't have the Microsoft Corporation.img file, but I upgraded from XP Home SP2 with the non-booting CD.

Thanks again.

this thread saved my bacon.

i was having the same "pci.sys" problem (BSOD on Win XP install) on a brand new Dell XPS 400. It came with a Radeon X300 (a PCI-Express card).

The XP SP2 slipstreamed disc solved this problem.

I had another problem with hard drive recognition that was related to my SATA settings in the BIOS.

thanks!
cranbo

I had the same error and tried 11 hours worth of fixes. The only thing that will work is XP with SP2 slipstreamed in it. XP with SP2 in it from the get go is the only thing that will work!! I hope I'm being clear: XP with SP2!! Nothing else will work.

Welcome to Techspot.

ok, you PM'd me, but I fail to see what your problem is.

You say that the only thing that will work is an xp disk with sp2 slipstreamed onto it, which implies you have such a disk, and you've tried it.

If you haven't got such a disk, and haven't tried it, then you know that it's the stated solution and so you should go and get it done useing the instructions supplied.

I fail to see the problem.

PS, consider yourself incredibly lucky. I don't usually respond to please for my help by PM. If I stared doing that I'd get very irritated very quickly by people begging me all the time. Please don't do it again.

Now... please could you explain your problem? Be as verbose as you like - the worst you'll do is inconvenience a few electrons, and a major plus would be that someone (myself included) might be able to help you once the problem is explained.

EDIT: My god, and my mistake. I was subscribed to this thread - I opted out of being notified on reply to subscribed threads. You didn't PM me, I just scanned the email and thought you did. lol. Notifications of replies didn't even occur to me.

Hey, Spike! What fun. Yes, I tried everything personally, otherwise I would not post. I am not guessing. The answer is XP with SP2. I tried all the usual stuff for 11 hours and I kept on getting the same pci.sys error. Specifically, I tried bios upgrades and downgrades, changing video cards, using the WD hard drive tools, removing all expansion cards and connectors, and on and on and on. Then, I finally used an XP disc with SP2 slipstreamed in (i.e. the latest XP disc) and it worked perfectly. So, a pci.sys error (BSOD) is not a hardware problem at all, but a windows version issue. XP with SP2 is the only version that will work when there is a PCI-E slot. I posted this here to share, and hopefully help others avoid the 11 hours of trial and error. XP with SP2!!!

Just wanted to thank you all for your questions and anwsers. Your questions lead me hear through Google and your anwsers got me through a long bout with XP and my new DELL XPS. The Slipstreamed version works great. Thanks again one and all

Thank you so much, i was trying for 2 days with this same error before i finally found this thread. As soon as i changed to a SP2 version of windows all went perfect. Thanks for putting an end to my pain.

Colin

I have a similar error, will this also work?

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options, and then select safe mode.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xc0000005, 0xF783e0BF, 0xF7c4e208, 0xf7c4df08)

*** pci.sys - address f783e0bf base at f7837000, datestamp 3b7d855c

Will I also need to use Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2, for this problem?

I have ASUS P5WD2-E PREMIUM mobo
NVIDIA 6800GS PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD

Can anyone help?

I have the same motherboard and a similar videocard. Apparently its all to do with PCI-Express needing SP2 installed to work. As long as the version of windows has SP2 with it, then you will have no dramas.

Yeh your right Colchar, you definitely need winxp with service pack 2. I was getting so frustrated and upset and kept thinking there's a fault with my graphics card, but it's ok now.

I can't believe it does not mention this in either my mobo manual or my graphics card manual. Them manufacturers need to inform customers about these things.

now I'm getting a problem with my soundcard which is on a normal PCI SLOT, slot 2 I think. Should it be on Slot 1, does it matter at all on what slot it's on?

The XP SP2 answer makes so much sense. That saved me a bit of a heart attack. Though I bought bad equipment.
But I do have a further question, I initially was trying to install XP pro x64.
It freezes at the same spot where x32 XP gives the pci.sys
As far as I can tell, there is no SP for x64.
If i cannot find a solution (hoping this PCI gfx card works temporarily for install) I plan on using the slipstrem I have and then upgrading to x64. Though I am afraid I may run into that problem again.
I hate doing upgrades, I greatly prefer fresh installs of new OSs.
Are there any ideas on how to proceed installing XP x64?

Thank you

i have a laptop(1 gb ram,80 gb hard drive with windows xp media centre edition).i tried to install windows xp professional in it as another operating system but i got the following error msg........

stop:0x000000e(0xc0000005,0xf7612bf,0xf7a5e208,0xf7a5df08)

pci.sys-address F76120BF base at F760B000,date stamp 3b7d855c

if some one knows how to solve this error plz reply.thanks.

I was having this same problem while fixing up my buddy's Dell laptop, and everything I tried didnt work.

Thank god I found this thread/forum. The slipstream disc worked like a charm!

hi
i have recently purchased some components.
p4 3.4 775
ecs pcg extreme motherboard
ati radeon x800gt pci ex
3 x 1 gb ddr2 667 mgz

this is to incorporate my existing hdd's which i want to keep intact.

i tried connecting everything and booting into safe mode from an existing windows partition an my hdd, but the system continually reboots after loading mup.sys or btkernel.sys.

this led me to try a fresh install onto a blank partition but i then get the stop error refering to pci.sys. the exact error is:
pci.sys - address f78350bf, base at f782e000, datestamp 3b7d855c.

i have tried another (identical) mobo, cpu ram and video card with exactly the same error.

the xp disk i am trying to reinstall from is only sp1, but the existing windows partition that i hoped to boot into safe mode with is sp2.

i have also disabled pracically everything in the bios which makes no difference.

i am mere hours away from taking this kit back to the large nationwide chainstore and telling them to sort it or refund my money.

any help would be much appreciated.

thanks

I had experieced the same problem last night I'm running a
P4 3.0GHz
Intel 945PVS mobo
2GB cosair DDR2
ATI X700Pro PCI-X

My only question, why can I load Windows 2000 on my PC with the same PCI-X graphics card but not with SP1?

Now I did create a SP2 slipstream, well sort of, I got everything correct till the part where you have to intergrate it:

Example: C:\XP-SP2\i386\Update\Update.exe -S:C:\XP

So what I did was take the I386 and copied the contents to the older I386, If thats ok I do not know, but I work to some extent.

I got further then I did before but then It asked me enter my XP Professional Disc 1 which I never recieved befire.

So what If I install a regular old PCI graphics card, then it should in theroy work right? correct me if I am worng

Hello
I have the same problems but on a win 2003 smal business server..

windows bluescreen both in new setup and in reboot of working installation..
same error as above.. ?

enyone have a clue.. ?

I am having similar instalation problem, however, when I try to slipstreamed SP2 with Windows XP Pro I get this message "This Service Pack cannot be integrated into a destination that has integrated Software Updates. Consult the Service Pack documentation for more details about supported integration scenarios."
Any ideas on what to do?

does this xp sp2 solve the sata hd recogniton problem. bios does not sees the hard drive?

Hello, please sorry my English, but I only speak Spanish

Well, I recently Buy one PC with the following:

Pentium D 3.4 Ghz
2Gb RAM
ATI 2006 Series All in Wonder
SATA Disk 250 Gb
Mother Board Intel 945 PVS

Well I've been tired to install Windows XP SP2 the first time but i have the blue screen , i tried everything, but nothing works, well i tried something else, Ive installed one more SATA Disk, and installed as a RAID Volumen, and A Mirror Disk, If you Understand me,

After I did that, I run WinXP Sp2 installation and it works completly

HEre what you need to do, install a new hard drive with the same capacity in the SATA port 0 and 1, the you configure a RAID VOlumen before install WinXP, after you create the RAID Volumen in the first step of WIN XP Installation press F6 for isntall a driver to RAID Disks, afeter continue with the normal steps, the advantege you get with that procedure, is everything you do in the first disk, inmediatly copies to the second disk, and if the first one failes for any reason just change the disks and that's it.

I hope you understand everything if you need more help please write me a letter to maickff@hotmail.com, and i return it as as soon as posible.

Well, I'm sorry about the other solution. That works partialy, but at the final in reboot of windows finished instalation the PC roboot one and another and another, and never stops.

In the end I put in there a tools for memory test, and that report a error reading RAM, well i remove one of the two memories installed before, (one in channel A and another in channel B), and in a single memory slot the things go perfectly fine, the windows install very good, and runs much better, it seems windows not work appropriatley with both channels.

Try that one, and if you get a solution getting windows work with both channels, let me know please, because I put both of memories in one channel and everthing work perfectly fine

hiii , same problem here ..
i have Intel D Processor 2.8Mhz with intel D945Gcl motherboard.
but i havent attached any PCI Express card till now but facing the same problem when intalling Win XP pro.

***(stop 0x000007E(p1,p2,p3,p4)
pic.sys..........

same thing as mentioned by others ..

so XP with SP-2 is the solution again ???
PS :( i hvent attact any pci Express but the board has the facility of PCI exprs.)

I have noticed that your advices were really helpfull to some people. I have a similar problem. I used to have an ASUS AGP board with Core 2 duo. I changed the motherboard to ABIT-IP95 that is a PCI. This is the message i get
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you have seen this stop message screen restart your computer.

If it appears again follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. (Yup got 10gigs)

If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with manufacturer updates

Try changing video adapters

Check with your hardware vendor for any bios updates (have updated bios to latest version)

Disable cahing or shadowing memory (have disabled the memory caching)

If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components restart your computer and press F8 to select advanced start up options then select safe mode
Technical info

***stop 0x0000007E ( oxc 0000005, oxf9a380bf, oxf9e84208, oxf9e834208, 0xe9e83f08)

*** PCI.SYS address f74ef0bf base at f74e800, date stamp 3b7d855c

I have XP professional installed on it but nothing works. When I tried to use my bootable win xp home edition cd, it takes me to the windows setup but then it kicks me out and the same error, blue page appears again. Can you help me ? I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much
By the way!! I am using my onboard VGA card since i still havent received my PCI express. Please help if you can!

hi ,

dont use a normal XP cd ..
u have to use windws XP with Service Pack 2 CD...

search for it ..ull find in the market..

Thank you. I did it and it worked out! Thanks again.

Hi,

I have been dealing with this issue for almost a week, disabling anything will not work!!! I even loaded a ghost image from another machine and it worked but guess what now you have to take off the unnecessary programs off of it, Someone suggessted slipstream cd, Before doing anything make sure that you have Easy CD Creator version 5 and your current XP cd before going to this site, it works!!! http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

If anyone needs assistance on how to set this up let me know!!!

ABIT IP-95 MOTHERBOARD
MAXTOR ATA/133 IDE HARD DRIVE
EXCELSTOR SATA II 80 GB HARD DRIVE
APIDA DDR400 512MB STICK
2.66 CELERON D CPU
WINDOWS XP PRO

I tired the slipstream method. No good.

The only way I can get this to work is to install the OS on a formatted SATA HD in another computer, then transfer the HD over. Regular IDE PATA drive will not boot after the install, it has to be the SATA.

IT works for awhile, long enough to install java, and firefox, and stuff like that. After an hour or it starts putting up windows shut down errors, and eventually starts rebooting. After several reboots, the OS is dead.

When I put the HD back another computer the OS is coruppted and not bootable.

Tried everthing, new memory, HD, CPU, even tried Vista. All has the same thing, blue screen with various diffent stop errors, depending on the configuration.

I'm ready to give up, and send the ABIT board back, as it is the only common link for the stop errors. Everything else works fine without the IP95

i tried what was posted by emank1965 above... using the slipstream instructions from: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp.

they worked great.

the first time i attempted to load xp it did some strange things - like not being able to find files. i restrated the install process a second time and everything went perfectly.

I'm a seasoned Windows IT pro but never ran into this problem before - solves a couple issues I have all the time with new installs. Thanks for this very insightful and informative solution!

Doc

See this is what happened....
I had just gotten this new PC !!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/madcrack/specs13.jpg

BTW my gfx card is PCI-express

I notice SP2 !! which is sumthing i dont like cuz it doesnt let me install Direct x 9.0c !!!!!! and then i was using it for a week or so and then ( I THINK I GOT A VIRUS ) when i used to boot up the pc..it would load windows and @ the welcome screen it would jus restart ! so then my next thought is to formatt it !

I put the windows XP pro cd in and booted it up ! it started loading files..and as soon as it said starting up windows xp setup the pci.sys BSOD came up !! I got soo frustrated !@$@! i still am ! luckily i got my old pc to search for help !!

So..can any1 answer this !!


1)Is it because of the pci-express, that windows xp pro setup is not loading?

2)And does SP2 contain dx 9.0c ?? Cuz i really need that !!

3)So should i installed the slipstream whatever SP2 ?? ( PS I REALLY NEED dx 9.0c) ???

I have an MSI P965 NeoF-V2 board.
I get the same error: pci.sys ... stop ... BSOD and Windows XP won't install

The problem I believe is old XP in combination with those new P965 boards.
I've seen similar problems on Asus.


Here's two solutions that worked for me:

Solution 1:

- Disable SATA at the BIOS
- Install Windows XP with SP2
- Since SATA is disabled, install XP on an IDE drive

Solution 2:

- Install Vista

i tried everything with the slipstream sp2 and all that but i get an error saying that it cant boot from the cd its like CDBOOT: Code 5 cannot boot from cd. the only thing that i can think of is because it was a DVD and not a cd ( outta cd;s right now) would that have an impact on that? can i burn it onto a cdR/w? because that would help me out a lot

I got this same message on a HP D4650Y. It started to happen after an unexpected power outage. When I restarted, It happened a few times and then worked. The next time I restarted, I got the message again and now it will not go away. The same thing happens when I boot from my Windows XP Pro install CD. I suspect some sort of hardware problem, but the error message doesn't give me much to go on... I am getting a pile of replacement parts tonite and will start swapping till I drop. I already tried removing all the "nonessential" cards, so now I am down to Mobo, CPU, RAM, Video Card.....

Any suggestions welcomed...

Hi folks, I've been reading this post because I had the same problem. I had a Windows XP CD with neither SP1 or SP2. What worked for me is as follows: 1. Loaded Failsafe settings in BIOS. 2. Disabled the ACPI function. 3. Disabled the "Resume by PCI Device" in the wake up event in power settings. After doing these things (and after seemingly endless hours of experimentation), THIS worked and I was able to install Windows XP without the service packs. Once Windows was loaded, I could then load the SP2 and then reset all the BIOS settings to whatever I wanted to. Hope this helps some of you avoid the hours of nail-biting I had to endure. Let me know how it goes. TJM

Hi .
You are missing the SATA driver. Windows, prior to SP2 does not contain the necessary SATA drivers, so you have to add it during the installation.
You need to press F6 at the begining of installation to load the SATA Driver for your mobo.
Follow the instructions and press "S".
WinXP installation will tell you to load the diskette, prepaired in advance.
The diskette has to contain the needed driver (the one for your mobo) prepaired with "Make Disk". Il will contain the file "txtsetup.oem".
It this file is absent, the driver will not install.
Find out with Google the "Driver so and so with make disk".
You will reach the proper site, download the driver and do the make disk.
If your PC is inoperative, you will need to do it on another PC.
Regards

I hope this is not a duplicate. I seem to have fat fingered my last attempt at a reply...

Your post cleared up many questions I had about this error. I now understand that the XP Pro install disk (Ver 0) could not format my new SATA drive because it did not have the proper driver. Then, since that was the only drive in the system, it would be unable to install so it gave up. with the blue screen...

It als explains why the idea suggested in other posts about using a XP Pro install disk that has been "slipstreamed" to SP2 would work as well.

I have no idea how to slipstream, but I did get my hands on an "official" XP Pro SP2 install disk. My plan is now to try that today sometime. Given this post, I am very hopeful.

Thankjs again!

Bedrock,
Try Autostreamer:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1

mickzer.

That should do it!

Thanks much!

Jim

It works for me!!! =D

I just got an account to write here. After several times of using the forums I can only say that you guys make a great work.

Thanks

Create a new CD with XP/SP2 slipstreamed into it:
theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Mainboard was MSI G31M (MS-7379), was getting the PCI.sys BSOD at install of XP Pro and the Slipstream Disc approach worked spectacularly.

Thank you heaps