Re: Unexpected Kernel Trap 0x7F at Startup

From: Joseph Conway [MSFT] (joscon_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:06:48 -0500

7Fs are generally hardware related so whoever here told you that was
"mostly" correct. However, it can be caused by driver faults and your issue
sounds to fall into that category. What is the complete hex listing for the
bugcheck? 

-- 
Joseph Conway [MSFT]
Windows 2000/2003 Server group
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
"Ryan Trevisol" <ryan_trevisol@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:ecc32a3a.0402050702.6a6abf6e@posting.google.com...
> I have this problem child of a computer. For about 6 months, the
> installation of Windows 2000 has given me intermittent Kernel Trap
> errors on startup. About once every 5 times I booted up, I would get
> the proverbial Blue Screen of Death, and couldn't restart.
>
> According to Microsoft, of course, this is a hardware error. Far be it
> from being a software or, *gasp* microsoft problem! Therefore I
> suspected the Hard Disk, the controller, the removeable hard disk bay,
> the memory, and even the Keyboard/Mouse combination.
>
> As time went on, I never found the solution, but then it became worse
> and worse, to the point that 9 out of every 10 bootups resulted in a
> BSOD. I tried switching RAM slots, RAM sticks, and finally I switched
> to a backup installation, and magically, it worked.
>
> Now I tried booting up the original hard disk in Safe Mode. What do
> you know? It worked! So I started removing drivers. To no avail.
> Obviously something is going wrong on a software level.
>
> I really would like to find out what the problem is here so that I
> don't have to go through this the next time. System specs are:
>
> Pentium III 600 / 100 Mhz Bus
> 768 MB RAM
> 40 GB Hard Drive
> 10/100 Ethernet
> NVidia Vanta Video (16MB)
> Iomega Jaz Internal SCSI (I tried disconnecting both the drive and the
> controller)
> Ricoh CD Burner
> Generic CD Drive
>
> As I said, with a backup installation and all the same applications,
> it works fine. Maybe you've run into this problem before. I suspect
> some kind of corrupt file . . . any help you can give is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ryan T

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