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From: Dave Smith on 16 Apr 2008 23:28 I'm trying to reformat a friend's Dell Dimension 9150. It was used by his son and is just a mass of viruses and adware so he just wants to start over. I have the factory recovery CD and when I boot from it, it goes through all the usual "Setup is loading files" steps until just after the "Setup is starting Windows" message. Then it goes to a BSOD. The Technical Info is: Stop 0x0000007E PCI.SYS - Address F853E0BF Base at F8537000 I've googled these and not gotten anything that seems relevant to this situation. The machine will boot and run OK, the OS is just really messed up and gives a lot of popups. I have: Tried the factory CD in both CD drives. Tried a commercial XP Pro CD. Replaced the SATA HDD with an old but good IDE HDD. Updated the BIOS. Actually, the BIOS version I got from Dell was the same as the one on the machine, but I flashed it anyway. Checked to make sure the Dell CD is the right one for the machine. I don't know where else to go with this. I'd sure appreciate any suggestions someone might have. Thanks very much.
From: Grinder on 17 Apr 2008 04:27 Dave Smith wrote: > I'm trying to reformat a friend's Dell Dimension 9150. It was used by > his son and is just a mass of viruses and adware so he just wants to > start over. I have the factory recovery CD and when I boot from it, > it goes through all the usual "Setup is loading files" steps until > just after the "Setup is starting Windows" message. Then it goes to a > BSOD. The Technical Info is: > > Stop 0x0000007E > > PCI.SYS - Address F853E0BF Base at F8537000 > > I've googled these and not gotten anything that seems relevant to this > situation. The machine will boot and run OK, the OS is just really > messed up and gives a lot of popups. > > I have: > > Tried the factory CD in both CD drives. > > Tried a commercial XP Pro CD. > > Replaced the SATA HDD with an old but good IDE HDD. > > Updated the BIOS. Actually, the BIOS version I got from Dell was the > same as the one on the machine, but I flashed it anyway. > > Checked to make sure the Dell CD is the right one for the machine. > > I don't know where else to go with this. I'd sure appreciate any > suggestions someone might have. Pull any cards that you don't absolutely need -- pretty much everything except the video card. Put the system into a minimum configuration. You can always add hardware after you get a clean install.
From: Dave Smith on 18 Apr 2008 11:42
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:27:29 GMT, Grinder <grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote: >Dave Smith wrote: >> I'm trying to reformat a friend's Dell Dimension 9150. It was used by >> his son and is just a mass of viruses and adware so he just wants to >> start over. I have the factory recovery CD and when I boot from it, >> it goes through all the usual "Setup is loading files" steps until >> just after the "Setup is starting Windows" message. Then it goes to a >> BSOD. The Technical Info is: >> >> Stop 0x0000007E >> >> PCI.SYS - Address F853E0BF Base at F8537000 >> >> I've googled these and not gotten anything that seems relevant to this >> situation. The machine will boot and run OK, the OS is just really >> messed up and gives a lot of popups. >> >> I have: >> >> Tried the factory CD in both CD drives. >> >> Tried a commercial XP Pro CD. >> >> Replaced the SATA HDD with an old but good IDE HDD. >> >> Updated the BIOS. Actually, the BIOS version I got from Dell was the >> same as the one on the machine, but I flashed it anyway. >> >> Checked to make sure the Dell CD is the right one for the machine. >> >> I don't know where else to go with this. I'd sure appreciate any >> suggestions someone might have. > >Pull any cards that you don't absolutely need -- pretty much everything >except the video card. Put the system into a minimum configuration. >You can always add hardware after you get a clean install. Thanks. This system already is pretty minimal. It has only a video card and a SATA HDD. I've checked all connections too. |