Constant blue screens on startup

[SMITHY558]

You can try borrowing some RAM from a friend, you don't have to jump to conclusions and buy it right away. Just try swapping it and see if the problem persists.

Yes he is right unless you have 2 sticks of RAM then try one at a time, if you get same error with both then its not the RAM, Also try your RAM in a different slot on your motherboard you should have 2/4 slots.

[MattR]

Usually blue screens gives an error code related to something

It's like these:

http://www.bunkerhollow.com/blogs/matt/2...00007b.jpg
http://blufiles.storage.live.com/y1petu2...BH8Bl0TLxw

It may not be the exact code as in these screenshots but it's that kind of thing, but Googling it doesn't give any worthwhile results.

I should also say that when it happened the first time it mentioned something specifically about RAM, so we did something with the RAM, and then when it happened again, it was like the ones above, not really specific.

[SMITHY558]

It's like these:

http://www.bunkerhollow.com/blogs/matt/2...00007b.jpg
http://blufiles.storage.live.com/y1petu2...BH8Bl0TLxw

It may not be the exact code as in these screenshots but it's that kind of thing, but Googling it doesn't give any worthwhile results.

I should also say that when it happened the first time it mentioned something specifically about RAM, so we did something with the RAM, and then when it happened again, it was like the ones above, not really specific.

Did you try your RAM in a different slot? Give that a whirl mate.

[Glas]

Well the fist image from bunkerhollow gaves this error
STOP: 0x0000007B

It's quite weird Google says that STOP: 0x0000007B i caused by errors at MBR, Inaccesible Boot Device or beacuse you try to run your xp HDD in another computer with a new motherboard or stuff

:S

[Elektrisk]

Do you have any optimization software installed? Since the error is obviously unknown, it's worth a try. I recommend installing TuneUp Utilities. Run all of its functions, but especially the "Disk Doctor" or whatever it's called. It checks your harddrive extensively for errors.

[d4rktrooper788]

I think it may be a thermal issue. It's possible the CPU is getting heated up too easily, or something is jamming the fan, or the thermal paste has gone. If this is the case, take to any computer store and they should be able to help you.

Secondly, your HD may have bad sectors, be damaged, or is just crapping out on you. This will be easy to fix, you just need to buy a new HD.

Thirdly, I say it's a RAM issue. Try swapping out the RAM like other members have said, and then if that doesn't work, I don't know what's wrong.

Could be one of those odd things like motherboard capacitor failure. Happens once every while.

[St0rmW1nd]

Might be because of a driver malfunction... have you installed any new hardware lately?

[UID=0]

It also sounds like it could be a confilct in the system somewhere.

Maybe 2 or more applications tryiing to access the same memory address.

If nothing else works, how about trying to re-install or repair Windows from a setup CD?

I would try the repair option first, just follow the on-screen instructions.

There is a guide for that here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

To use the Windows Recovery Console, you would probably have to run setup from a bootable Windows setup CD, then choose an installation option from the boot menu.

But if you have it installed already, then you can just run it as Windows starts up normally.

There are a couple of ways to re-install Windows.

Either onto a new partiton, or even an existing Windows OS partiton, without losing your data, it depends on how you do it.
The second method is not really recommended, but I've done it for years without any problems.

You could, for example, install a new version of Windows, into an installation folder called Windows1, for example, or install it onto a new partiton, it's up to you.

Good luck with it.

[Carb0n F1ber]

Since you mentioned that it is a fresh install of XP a month ago, looks like there was a problem with the installation (or drivers)

You probably might need a freshly installed XP (with the correct drivers), or you can try a repair installation, or you can try to fix it through the Recovery Console with commands such as CHKDISK, FIXMBR, or FIXBOOT

I doubt this is a hardware issue... Don't invest on RAM's or HD's without trying to re-install your OS first...

Good luck ...

[andrewjs18]

I'd check your RAM with this:
http://www.memtest.org/

and I'd also scan your hard drive for bad sectors with something like spinrite.