bsod help

[Dragonryder]

ok i'm having a big problem. i'm trying to do a fresh instal of xp home on an sata drive and every time i try to format it gives me a bsod at random points that says. driver irql not less or equal. i wrote down the stop code and got everything from a bad sector on the drive to bad memory to conflicting items on a driver. if anyone else has had this issue and resolved it please let me know.

[Dragonryder]

sorry for the double post. but i have an update. i tried to instal again and it it gave me the same message but this time it said the driver is usbport.sys.

[bailey]

I think that error is usally due to a bad stick of ram

[Dragonryder]

thats what i was afraid of. lucky for me i already ordered some new mem the other day.

[Dragonryder]

ok so new update. i got the new mem installed and i go to try the xp instal again and this time it dosnt even get to the frmat befor it gives me a bsod that has a stop code of 0X0000007E. any ideas?

[Gizmo]

This might help.

[Dragonryder]

Originally Posted by DBG This might help.

you would think that would help but i got tired of this thing and i took it to a local shop and he told me that the mobo was shot. no where in that list does it say that the mobo would be the cause. got the system home with a new mobo and not a single bsod yet.