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From: Ben Myers on 5 Sep 2009 11:27
Tom Scales wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ben Myers [mailto:ben_myers(a)charter.net]
>> Posted At: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:27 PM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: Blue Screen - E520 - Best Buy
>> Subject: Re: Blue Screen - E520 - Best Buy
>>
>> WSZsr wrote:
>>> The i6400 XP CD has the SATA driver integrated. The others do not.
>>> That's why it worked and the old ones didn't
>>>
>>> "Boris" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:h7rbki$71s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> (Apologies for the long description, as most of it we know by
> heart,
>>>> but it
>>>> may help diagnosis of this 'weird' install. All seems to be
> working
>>>> fine,
>>>> though, at this point. I still have to get chipset and all other
>>>> drivers,
>>>> and do all updates, and install applications, and configure.)
>>>>
>>>> By the way, this is the original BIOS, DM061 Series 2.3.2.
>>>>
>>>> I purchased a new WD 3200AAKS (320GB, 8MB cache, SATA) hard drive.
>> I
>>>> installed it in my dad's E20, with a new install of Windows XP
> Home.
>>>> But,
>>>> the install of XPHome was 'weird'.
>>>>
>>>> I put the new WD in the machine, and connected the SATA data cable
>> and
>>>> power cable. I booted up, and POST saw the drive, and that's as
> far
>>>> as it
>>>> went. I decided to try the "Data Lifeguard Tools" CD that came
> with
>> the
>>>> new drive to partition the new drive. The CD was version 11.4, and
>> said
>>>> for Windows VISTA/2000/XP. The CD also instructed, "If Windows is
>>>> installed, use this CD to set up your hard drive. If Windows is
> not
>>>> installed, boot from this CD."
>>>>
>>>> I put this CD in the CD-ROM, and rebooted. POST showed this, but
>>>> that's as
>>>> far as it would go.
>>>>
>>>> Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, version iSrc 1.02.23 11212006
>>>> Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Coporation
>>>> Controller Bus400, Device#1F, Function#02: 02 Ports, 02 Devices
>>>> Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0
>>>> (This drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
>>>> Port-01: CD-ROM, TSSTCorp CD-RW/DVD-ROM TS-H493A
>>>> AHCI BIIOS installed
>>>> Intel (R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v6.0.0.1022 ICH8A
>>>> Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>>>
>>>> - then the dashed cursor blinked forever
>>>>
>>>> I removed the WD Lifeguard Tools CD, and rebooted, and went into
> the
>> BIOS
>>>> Boot Sequence. All looked fine.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Onboard or USB Floppy Drive (not present)
>>>> 2. Onboard or USB CD-ROM Drive
>>>> 3. WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A...this is the new hard drive
>>>> 4. Onboard SATA Hard Drive (not present)
>>>> 5. Onboard Network Controller (not present)
>>>> 6. USB Device (not present)
>>>>
>>>> I bumped 3. up to 1., but no change in behavior, so I bumped it
> back
>>>> to 3.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't have my dad's original (purple colored) Windows XP Home
>>>> install CD
>>>> that came with his E520 machine, so I tried my (orange colored)
>>>> "Microsoft
>>>> Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 DVD with Update Rollup 2",
> that
>> came
>>>> with my own Dell E510.
>>>>
>>>> It passed POST and then showed:
>>>>
>>>> Windows Setup, in the upper left, against a blue screen.
>>>> It continued with Setup is loading files...etc
>>>> Setup is starting Windows...I thought I was in business, but no.
>>>>
>>>> I got:
>>>>
>>>> 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 for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed
> hard
>>>> drives
>>>> or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it
> is
>>>> properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for
> hard
>>>> drive
>>>> corruption, and then restart your computer.
>>>> Technical information:
>>>> *** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF7A8A524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000,
>> 0x00000000)
>>>> I decided to try the (purple colored) original "Microsoft Windows
> XP
>> Home
>>>> Edition Service Pack 2 Reinstallation CD" that came with my
> Inspiron
>>>> i6400
>>>> laptop from January 2007. POST was fine, same as above, and it
>> showed
>>>> the
>>>> new hard drive.
>>>>
>>>> I again got the Windows Setup, in the upper left, against a blue
>> screen.
>>>> Setup is loading loading files...etc
>>>> Setup is starting Windows...I kept my fingers crossed.
>>>>
>>>> Windows XP Home Edition Setup
>>>> Welcome to setup
>>>>
>>>> I accepted the license agreement, and created on large partition
>> (305235
>>>> MB), and did a Quick NTFS format, which took only 30 seconds or so.
>>>> Setup is copying files...about 4 minutes
>>>> Setup is initializing your hard drive
>>>> It restarts. I get:
>>>>
>>>> Windows Welcome Screen, and the rest of the setup went fine.
>>>>
>>>> When finished I was at a newly installed desktop. I did a restart,
>> and
>>>> then a shut down, and all went fine. I tried playing an audio CD,
>> but
>>>> Windows Media Player told me files were missing and maybe I didn't
>>>> have my
>>>> audio setup correctly. In Device Manager, all of the items under
>> "Sound,
>>>> video and game controllers" had yellow question marks. I figure
>> this
>>>> will
>>>> be fixed with the chipset driver. (It's onboard audio.)
>>>>
>>>> (By the way, there was no "IDE ATA/ATAPI controller" entry. Should
>> there
>>>> be? I'll check my own E520 when I get home to see.)
>>>>
>>>> Next I'll go to the Dell site and get all the drivers, install
> them,
>> then
>>>> connect to the internet and do all the updates. I wonder if I
> could
>>>> first
>>>> install as many updates as possible with an XP Service Pack 3 CD
>> that I
>>>> made. It's worked wll on all my other XP machines. It may save
>> lots of
>>>> rebooting.
>>>>
>>>> My dad would like to drive down and pickup his desktop tomorrow
>>>> (Saturday).
>>>> I should ask him to bring down his Canon AIO printer and driver CD
>> so
>>>> I can
>>>> install it.
>>>>
>>>> Long story, all to ask this:
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know why, even though POST and BIOS showed the new WD hard
>> drive,
>>>> 1. the WD Lifeguard Tools CD wouldn't load
>>>> 2. when uisng my own "Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
> 2005
>> DVD
>>>> with Update Rollup 2", that came with my own Dell E510, Windows
>>>> started to
>>>> set itself up, but then I got the "A problem has occurred STOP
> error
>>>> (above)
>>>> 3. when using my own "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service
> Pack
>> 2
>>>> Reinstallation CD" that came with my Inspiron i6400 laptop from
>> January
>>>> 2007, I was able to complete the Windows XP Home setup?
>>>>
>>>>
>> Yes, it is well-known that Microsoft slip-streamed SATA support into
>> SP2
>> to keep their OEM customers happy, and to keep them from going
>> completely nuts installing Windows on a system with no floppy drive.
>>
>> ... Ben Myers
>
> Careful though. Some XP SP2 Dell CDs HAVE the SATA drivers, some DON'T
>

Must be the early Dell XP SP2 CDs. Never seen one, but I won't doubt
you. There is nothing like consistency and predictability in this
world. Now if we could only have some from the leading players in the
computer biz... Ben Myers
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