error message stop:0x0000008e

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Hello:  My friend gets the BSOD every time he boots up his computer. He gets the following three messages: Stop:0x0000008E(0xC0000005,0x8054A10D,0xB332F5FC,0x00000000)                     Stop:0x0000008E(0xC0000005,0x8054A168,0xBA57FBA0,0x00000000)                     Stop:0x0000008E(0xC0000005,0x8054A10D,0xB442AB70,0x00000000)   He says he can't boot into safe mode or boot from a CD. Can anyone help us here.   Dimension E510 XP Media Center 2005 Edition 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533 MHZ 128MB PCI Expressx16  ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory 250GB Hard Drive Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS

PETER345 · Answer

I would start by running the diagnostics and a thorough memory test. You might also want to reseat the cables, drives and RAM.

There are lots of Google hits for this error code. You might want to check them out.

Peter

redwolfe_98 · Answer

i think that they should be able to boot from the win xp cd if their BIOS settings are adjusted to where the cd-rom drive is the "first boot device".. they can check their BIOS settings to see if the cd-rom drive is the first boot device..

on my dell, to access the bios settings, you press "F2" as the computer is booting up in order to access the BIOS settings.. on older dells, you press the "delete" key as the computer is booting up in order to access the BIOS settings..

use the arrow keys and the "plus" and "minus" keys to navigate within the BIOS settings and to make changes to the settings..

if they can then manage to boot from the win xp CD, one option would be to try "reformatting", doing a clean reinstall of win xp et al..

the error could be caused by faulty memory, or by using memory that is not compatible with the computer, or by installing other hardware that is not compatible with the computer..

one person says that a virus can also cause the error:

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50966

like the other poster said, it wouldn't hurt to run "diagnostics" to see if the memory tests OK..

Message Edited by redwolfe_98 on 05-07-2007 01:05 AM

nlradak · Answer

Thanks for the info I'll pass it along to my friend and see what happens.

nlradak · Answer

My friend had a bad memory module. Thanks everyone for your help.

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error message stop:0x0000008e

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