I have all the latest drivers for everything, including the motherboard.
Also I have RAID disabled completely. So far I've been up and running for 2
days with out a crash...did the problem work it's self out? That would be a
first!

-Justin Marzello
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mel Emurian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] I'm stumped, system crash problem


> I'm having a bit of tech problems with my new set up here.
>
> Here's what has happend 3 times now.
> Install Win XP, head over to via site and install the via 4in1s, reboot,
> download and install DirectX 9, reboot, download and install Geforce
> drivers, reboot. Everything's working fine at this point. So I start
> installing my software/games, ect. Somewhere during this process of
> installing software and downloading software my monitor will just turn
off.
> My system is still running, fans going, but no display. So I reboot. Now
> when it gets to the windows loading screen I get a big blue screen. Three
> diffrent times, three diffrent errors. They are all close though. Says
> something like Error booting: STOP and then some memory address. A short
> message saying to reboot and if that doesn't work unisntall new hardware,
> and a few other suggestions. One of the errors was like STOP_IRQ_BLAH_BLAH
> (2x0000000000 etc) so I tried changing the IRQ ports. I've tryed WinXP
> Win2000 and WinLonghorn. Scaned HDD with no errors, took out a stick of
ram.
> I'm not sure what's causing this, though it always seems to happen while
on
> the internet. I've played online games (Dark Age of Camelot) with no
> problems, but while surffing guru3d.com it happend. And everytime in the
end
> i'm forced to reinstall windows.
>
> -Justin Marzello
>
> I noticed your MB is an Abit RAID. Does it have the Highpoint 370
controller
> on board? If so, the Win XP drivers for it don't work properly. I had some
> strange problems when I installed XP, especially loading programs. I
> recommend going to Abit's website and downloading the proper drivers for
the
> controller. Doing so solved my problems. Hope this helps.
>
> Mel Emurian
>
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