Ahhh PC help please !!!

[sealslayer]

All was going well today, I had the PC installed in my cab and fired it up a few times with no problemsat all , I came back from the pub and turned it on and now I get this nasty Blue screen from hell !! 

From previous experience this has turned out to be a memory error but I have tried two different sticks and get the same screen, ones a 512 stick the second a 128 stick.
Theres currently no Bios battery in the PC but it worked perfectly before with out it.
The HDD is quite a fresh install with nothing but win XP on it, no programs to corrupt etc.

Any suggestions will be appreciated, I know I could easily do a new install but the problem could come back so I don't really want to do that.

[kelemvor]

First thing I'd think is a bad Hard Drive.

You can go to the drive manufacturer's website and try to download a diagnostics utility. Usually those will create a bootable floppy you can use to test the drive.

Hopefully it's still under warranty.  If not COmpUSA has a 200 gig drive for $50 in this week's ad.

[ChicagoDave]

Check your cables going to the hard drive.  You'd be surprised how often a simple loose cable can cause this problem.

[sealslayer]

The thing that's strange is that it was all working perfectly well before I went out, nothing had been touched or changed I just pressed the power button, I hate blue screens in XP it always turns out to be something bad, not like the good old days of WIN 98 when a quick format would sort your problems out 

[jfh2112]

Yes, but recoverable problems are always preferable.

Boot from your Windows XP CD and choose to start the Recovery Console. It'll prompt you for your Windows installation (most likely only one), then the Administrator password (most likely blank), then you get a C:\> prompt. Type:

chkdsk /f <Enter>

After it's done, eject your CD and type:

exit <Enter>

It'll reboot, hopefully into WinXP.

[kenners]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185


I believe your error message matches to this.

Damaged File System
If the second parameter (0xbbbbbbbb) of the Stop error is 0xC0000032, then the file system is damaged.

If this is the case, restart the computer to the Recovery Console, and then use the chkdsk /r command to repair the volume. After you repair the volume, check your hardware to isolate the cause of the file system damage.

To do this, use the following steps: 1. Start your computer with the Windows startup disks, or with the Windows CD-ROM if your computer can start from the CD-ROM drive.
2. When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press R to select the repair option.
3. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the Windows installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console.
4. Type the administrator password when you are prompted to do so.

NOTE: If no administrator password exists, press ENTER.
5. At the command prompt, on the drive where Windows is installed, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER.
6. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to restart your computer.For additional information about how to use the Recovery Console in Windows XP, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

[daywane]

I have had this problem many times
1 PC it turned out to be a bad solder joint on a HD ( idee pin was shorting out)

other time was PC2700 memory on a dragon mother board (was saposed to be able to use it but messed with it every time. ( half the time I could not even get done with windows install and it would pop up)
PC 2100 fixed that problem. ( tossing the dragon MB and went with a MSI MB fixed all other problems.)

First I would try and reseting all cables, memory, clear cmos
If this dont work ... I would look into MB manual. I think you might have a hard ware issue unless a pin has come out of the hard drive

Crap I almost forgot. Daughters HP pavilion did this ALOT!!!
drove me crazy.... turned out her IDEE cable to HD had a bad spot. ( This PC almost became TARGET practice)

I fell for ya.... I HATE that screen
some thing is bad wrong and can be hard to find out
swap cables to HD and Disk drive see what happens.
That is if you are like me. I try never to hook Disk drive and HD drive on same cable

[sealslayer]

If you look at this picture I have my monitor cable running between the two hard drives out to a hole in the back of the cab, could the monitor lead being there cause the problem?
I really hope not because I'll have to completely rethink the layout of the PC.




currently running chkdsk...fingers crossed   

[Drugstore_Cowboy]

are they the IDE/SATA cables you get with DFI Lanparty boards?

if so try swapping them out for something else, they are cheap and unreliable

[sealslayer]

I bought the cables seperatly, I'm not sure who makes them I bought them as they have a pink UV reactive sleeve on them 

[sealslayer]

Ahh thanks for the help guys if I could visit you in person and give you all big slobbery kiss I would 
The chkdsk / r worked a treat, it took a little time to do check it all but Its now back up and running.
The only thing that is concerning me is the reason why it happened, I really hope the monitor lead running between the two hard drives isnt causing any sort of interference as its the neatest place and now all the leads are set the only place it can go.

[ahofle]

The only thing that is concerning me is the reason why it happened

Don't worry it happens to the best of them...

http://databsod.ytmnd.com/

[sealslayer]

 

The only thing that is concerning me is the reason why it happened

Don't worry it happens to the best of them...

http://databsod.ytmnd.com/

Loooool thats great !!