Blue screen of death (HELP!!!)

[Raidermont]

I have two computers that both show the blue screen of death. Is thers any thing that I can do to fix this. I think that it's my hard drive. Do I need to buy a new hard drive, or is there a possible fix for this. Below is the mesage that is displayed on the screen. Please help!

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again follow these steps:
-Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.
-Check with your hardware vendor for any Bios updates. Disable Bios memory options such as caching or shadowing.

If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced start-up options, and then select safe mode.

Technical Information:
** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xc0000005, 0x00000000, 0xfc974934, 0xfc974634)

[Dinah]

well, I´m new here, but as for hardware troubleshooting...breathe, don´t panic! It´s easy and you will find a solution, all you have to do is follow logical steps in finding the problem, and then fixing. First you could start by describing how this problem came about with a little bit more detail, because knowing windows it could just be software and a format would fix it. If this is not the case because you have tried it, and the format would not complete, its probably the disk, test the pc with another disk. If it still doesnt work get extra memory (borrow if u have too) and try substituting the memory.

[cuog]

I just had this problem and it turned out to be the HD try backing up all your important files now before it gets worse and then try reformatting and reinstalling windows, if u get this error again after the fresh install then it is your Hard disc and a new one is needed.

[bailey]

please post your system spects.
cpu
motherboard
ram
vid card
operationg system

[glc]

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php

0x0000007E: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
(Click to consult the online MSDN article.)
A system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch. There are numerous individual causes for this problem, including hardware incompatibility, a faulty device driver or system service, or some software issues. Check Event Viewer (EventVwr.msc) for additional information.
“0x0000007E, 0xC0000005, 0xFC5CCAF3, 0xFC90F8C0, 0xFC90F5C0” Error Message at Startup {KB 321637} Win XP
0x0000007e Error When Registering OLEMSG32.DLL or CDO.DLL Files {KB 238265} Win NT, Win 2000
0x7E Error Occurs in Kbdclass.sys When You Try to Shut Down Win XP {KB 313050} Win XP Professional
Stop error 0x7E in PCI.SYS {KB 839641} Win 2000, Win XP, Server 2003
Stop Error 0x7E in USBHUB.SYS {KB 327863} Win 2000, Win XP, Server 2003 (If USB bandwidth consumption exceeds 100%)
“STOP 0x0000007E” Error Message After You Upgrade to Windows XP {KB 330182} Win XP
“Stop 0x0000007E” error message when installing Win XP Disk Image from a Remote Installation Services Server {KB 818966} Win XP
“Stop 0x0000007E” error message after you upgrade to Win XP Service Pack 2 on a non-Intel-processor computer {KB 888372} Win XP SP2
After installing Win XP SP2 or Win XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, your computer restarts continuously {KB 873161} Win XP SP2, Win XP Tablet 2005 (UMAX scanner issue)

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Come on, folks. Let's not tell people to reformat until the problem is researched. If you don't KNOW what the solution is and don't care to try a little Googling, let's not give off the wall advice.

This one is most often a simple software or device driver problem, not a hardware failure.

[Raidermont]

I fixed it, Thanks GLC. I used the site that you gave along with the error code. It was a software issue. Windows XP was acting up. Thanks again.

[glc]

And thank you for posting the specific error message. It makes it a LOT easier to research it this way.