Hi,
Having real problems trying to resurrect my PC. It crashed after I did loads of fiddling trying to get rid of some spy/adware and then did a system restore using the XP function. The system restore crashed on reboot but I did a manual reboot and got it back to see an error message with my virus scan and then it completely died when I tried to do something. After that it was totally screwed and wouldn't start at all. So took the HDD out and reformatted it so I could do a fresh reinstall. When i reinstall I get the following error message
Stop: 0x0000008e (0xc0000005 0x80610487 0xf894e108 0x00000000)
I've tried taking everything out of the mobo and putting it back with no change. Tried taking the battery out of the mobo and setting the BIOS to defaults with no change. Now I don't seem to be getting any post beeps either - I always used to get one short followed by two short but now nothing at all but it still boots and lets me start the XP install. I did do a lot of reboots when I was fiddling around originally and may have overclocked the cpu. The thing is that the XP install boots from the CD and I can reformat the hard drive and start the installation - it just crashes after the reboot and the XP screen comes up. All fans are spinning fine, led lights up on the mobo and I get the XP screen.
I've seen this may be related to my RAM or my AGP card but as I can start the install and see the XP screen it makes me thing it's not that. I may be wrong but I've spent a week trying to fix it so I'm just pessimistic now. I'll be checking the RAM and AGP tonight but if anybody else has any other suggestions for other things to try then please send them in as I have this nasty feeling I'll be back tomorrow having got nowhere!!! :suspiciou
Having real problems trying to resurrect my PC. It crashed after I did loads of fiddling trying to get rid of some spy/adware and then did a system restore using the XP function. The system restore crashed on reboot but I did a manual reboot and got it back to see an error message with my virus scan and then it completely died when I tried to do something. After that it was totally screwed and wouldn't start at all. So took the HDD out and reformatted it so I could do a fresh reinstall. When i reinstall I get the following error message
Stop: 0x0000008e (0xc0000005 0x80610487 0xf894e108 0x00000000)
I've tried taking everything out of the mobo and putting it back with no change. Tried taking the battery out of the mobo and setting the BIOS to defaults with no change. Now I don't seem to be getting any post beeps either - I always used to get one short followed by two short but now nothing at all but it still boots and lets me start the XP install. I did do a lot of reboots when I was fiddling around originally and may have overclocked the cpu. The thing is that the XP install boots from the CD and I can reformat the hard drive and start the installation - it just crashes after the reboot and the XP screen comes up. All fans are spinning fine, led lights up on the mobo and I get the XP screen.
I've seen this may be related to my RAM or my AGP card but as I can start the install and see the XP screen it makes me thing it's not that. I may be wrong but I've spent a week trying to fix it so I'm just pessimistic now. I'll be checking the RAM and AGP tonight but if anybody else has any other suggestions for other things to try then please send them in as I have this nasty feeling I'll be back tomorrow having got nowhere!!! :suspiciou