I am having difficulty installing Windows XP 64 Bit to my custom PC, Always getting BSOD.
My PC Specs
Asus Extreme VI Maximus
4770k
1 SSD
1 2TB WD HD
32GB Ram(4x8GB)Disc
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
June 2006
Systems
Student Media / Work At Home MediaAfter entering the disc from boot, I get a normal blue screen like the following
Windows Setup
At the bottom I see progress such as
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Setup is loading files (Video Card)
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Setup is loading files (FAT FILE SYSTEM)...
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Setup is starting WindowsIt is always after Setup is starting Windows that the BSOD as follows appears.
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
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Technical information: ***STOP: 0x0000007B,(0xFFFFFADE5DE5D8323C0,0xFFFFFFFFC0000034,0x0000000000000000,0x0000000000000000)Some things I have tried to fix this
- I have tried unplugging the SSD
- Unplugging the HD
- Removing 3 of the ram sticks leaving 1 8GB
- Removing 2 of the ram sticks leaving 2 8GB
- Putting the ram in different slots
- Moving the HD/SSD and CD drive to different SATA ports
- Removing the Overclock settings on my motherboard.
- Secure boot is off.
Any thoughts on this?
26 Answers
Error code 0x7B means inaccessible boot device. This is due to the fact that XP does not have a driver for your storage controller. You probably have a SATA drive.
You have 3 options here:
- Place the drivers on a floppy disk (yes, a classic 3.5" floppy) and use the F6 key during Windows setup to load the drivers from it.
- Slipstream the drivers into the XP media and re-burn a custom XP install disc (instructions on Google for this are plentiful).
- Place the SATA controller in IDE mode in your BIOS. This is the easiest solution.
If you get this error, its usually because you have setup your harddisk to be SATA RAID, but setup was unable to find the right driver and the BSoD is caused because it tries it with default drivers and fails.
During setup press F6 and load the required SATA RAID drivers.
alternatively (but only if you really can't) you can change to not use the RAID controller, but instead use it the SATA connectors without any form of RAID. This means the RAID controller is deactivated and certain speed optimizations are not in effect slowing things down.
6I should question you on the why of wanting XP on such a machine. But disregarding that:
What you need to install Windows XP on a newer machine is to update XP installation media first.
There's a lot to be said about all the steps of this, but what you basically need is to integrate these driver packs,
into your installation media, or get a .iso with the driver packs already integrated.
They have a tool on that website that should help you integrate the packs easily.
Blue screens are very often linked to memory problems. (they can be more but most common) I would recommend running a memory test. Try this -- >
Run it and see if it comes across with any errors. If it does then replace your memory and if not then work down the line of components that could be affected. Blue screens are always shown when there is a hardware problem so you basically need to keep testing components until you find the bad guy :)
1Uncheck use host I/O cache. works with IDE controller. I only had to do this for windows XP x64 professional.
I locked out my DVD/CD drive and installed the program successfully from a old CD drive using a non-SATA connection. Worked.
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