[leftovas17]

Okay, so here is the deal. I know this has been tackled in at least one other forum, but it was when there was an operating system installed on the system.

eMachine t6522.

I was having problems booting up the computer. It kept rebooting every time i tried to boot up and i finally decided to restore windows because I was gonna do it anyways. It BSOD'd in the middle of the restore. I then was getting an error on startup which basically said i had not OS to boot. So I decided to just reformat the whole thing. I used my XP cd and got all the way through format and about 55% through windows install before another BSOD. I was getting 0x00000025(i think) among a few others. I tried to replace my memory, but that did not change a thing. I took out everything from the PCI slots(modem, tv tuner, vid card) and still no help. Every time i try to install windows on the new partition, i get about 50% through and it BSOD. I tried to remove the power supply, but my brother apparently striped one of the screws one day and now i cant get it out. So, i unplugged it all and plugged in a new supply and just strapped it to the old one for the time being(i know, a lil sketchy rigging, but what else could i do? haha). Anyways, it was the farthest i had ever gotten in installing windows, about 70ish% and then i got the 0x0000008e error . i am at a loss for what to do. I cannot boot into safe mode, i cannot do any of the normal cures because i have NO operating system installed,, not fully anyways...

anyone got any ideas?

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315335

Go there, Microsoft has some troubleshooting steps, it looks like it's related to RAM. Good luck

[edge2022]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315335

Go there, Microsoft has some troubleshooting steps, it looks like it's related to RAM. Good luck

[leftovas17]

Thank you... I figured it out. One/two of the RAM slots on the MB is/are bad and that was my headache! Guess im stuck at 2gb ram. oh well.

Thanks Much!

[edge2022]

Glad to see that you have sorted out your problem.
Good Job!

2GB RAM is okay for most people's needs.

[leftovas17]

2GB RAM is okay for most people's needs.

yea... unless u plan on running adobe CS4 with multiple CS4 apps open at the same time. Or if your running Cinema4D, anything complicated gets bogged down real quick with 2GB. Haha. I guess it will have to do until i finally build/buy my own 'Gaming' computer. that is if i can ever find one/parts cheap enough

[rshaffer61]

Try these links to get your new system parts.

Newegg

Tigerdirect

Edited by rshaffer61, 31 March 2009 - 11:27 AM.

[edge2022]

Tigerdirect is really good, I'v had many good experiences with them.

And also, for what you're doing you might want 8 GB ram for your gaming computer.

Edited by edge2022, 31 March 2009 - 05:22 PM.

[rshaffer61]

Actually this morning I just ordered a new system for my wife
Case, mb, cpu, fan, hd, dvd\cdrw, memory

total was just under 300 including shipping

Edited by rshaffer61, 31 March 2009 - 05:26 PM.