STOP: 0x0000008E (0x80000003, 0x80ac2229, 0xf731435c, 0x00000000)
My laptop (Dell Inspiron 5100) stopped responding to the keyboard and the touchpad only worked for about 3 minutes after startup. I used a USB mouse and the virtual keyboard to re-install (a fresh version) XP (three times!).
Now I can't do Windows updates and when I plug in a USB flash drive, I get the BSOD mentioned in the first line. Other information on the BSOD screen suggests BIOS updates, adequate disk space, and disabling BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
I also get a BSOD if I try to go to Safe Mode.
After the third XP re-install, I only loaded AVG 7.5 and CDBurnerXP Pro3 which I used to burn 7 CD's of information I wanted to save, so the machine is "bare bones".
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
My laptop (Dell Inspiron 5100) stopped responding to the keyboard and the touchpad only worked for about 3 minutes after startup. I used a USB mouse and the virtual keyboard to re-install (a fresh version) XP (three times!).
Now I can't do Windows updates and when I plug in a USB flash drive, I get the BSOD mentioned in the first line. Other information on the BSOD screen suggests BIOS updates, adequate disk space, and disabling BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
I also get a BSOD if I try to go to Safe Mode.
After the third XP re-install, I only loaded AVG 7.5 and CDBurnerXP Pro3 which I used to burn 7 CD's of information I wanted to save, so the machine is "bare bones".
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!