Dell Dimension XPS Gen 5 Getting blue screen at boot up!

1800Warioman · Feb 17, 2016

Hi I have a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 5 with Windows XP professional 32-bit Service pack 3, and It always worked fine until I opened it up one day cleaned I tried putting a pentium 4 in it. It turned out to be the wrong socket type so i removed it and put the pentium D 840 @ 3.20Ghz back inside and it turned on and went to XP without a problem. I then decided to clean it out and reinstall some parts, so i took out the modem card and sound card and graphics card and really cleaned out the dust put everything back in turned it on and when the Windows XP logo appeared and started to load up it froze and then went into a blue screen all it said was the normal try removing any new hardware and stuff so i took out all the RAM but one stick which left 1GB took out the modem and the sound card and tried again didn't work. All the options it gives me when i boot up is

Safe mode

Safe mode with networking

Safe mode with command prompt

Last good Know Configuration

Start Windows Normally

NONE of them worked all resulted in a blue screen!

The numbers it gave me were **STOP: 0x0000007B.

Please help and thank you in advanced!

bignastyid · Feb 18, 2016

First id run a hdd diag if it passes boot to the recovery console and run a chkdsk /r.

1800Warioman · Feb 18, 2016

bignastyid :

I don't really know what or how to get a recovery console could you explain it i havent really ever had to do something like this before.

bignastyid · Feb 18, 2016

Heres a guide.
http://m.wikihow.com/Use-Windows-Recovery-Console-from-XP-CD
Habe you run the diagnostics? If i remember right you press f12 on the Dell screen that comes up when you first turn the system on.

1800Warioman · Feb 18, 2016

bignastyid :

Here i posted a video on my channel so you can see what happens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMYNefhJLc&feature=youtu.be

Yes the diagnostics ran and my hard drive was passed but to recover it your telling me I have to hunt down a copy of windows xp to recover it?

bignastyid · Feb 19, 2016

Unless you had previously installed the recovery console, you will need a win xp cd.

1800Warioman · Feb 19, 2016

bignastyid :

What i had service pack 3 does that mean i have to use CD that has that on it or does it not matter.

bignastyid · Feb 19, 2016

One with a matching service pack would be the best option.

1800Warioman · Feb 19, 2016

bignastyid :

Did they ever make a CD with Service Pack 3 on it?

bignastyid · Feb 19, 2016

Think so. I uses to just slipstream(nlite) them onto a disc to make one.

1800Warioman · Feb 19, 2016

bignastyid :

Where would I find a Windows XP disc though I mean from just basically looking on ebay i couldn't really find one with a good description on what service pack was on it for a good price.

bignastyid · Feb 19, 2016

Know anybody you can borrow one from?

1800Warioman · Feb 19, 2016

bignastyid :

No sadly not most everyone I know hates anything to do with old computers they just tell me "Why dont you get Windows 10" and I say no I will never use an operating system past Windows 7.

1800Warioman · Feb 25, 2016

bignastyid :

Ok i have the Windows XP Pro Service pack 3 disc and I put it in it loads up then tells me that I have no hard drives installed I go into my Bios and it shows all of them what do I do?

bignastyid · Feb 25, 2016

You can change the sata operation to IDE in the bios or use a program like nlite to slipstream the ahci sata driver onto an xp cd(requires a burner and blank disc), there's a 3rd method but it requires a 2.5" floppy drive and disc.

1800Warioman · Feb 25, 2016

bignastyid :

Well im trying to install the repair on a Sata drive but it doesnt think there is one in there.

bignastyid · Feb 25, 2016

XP doesn't have native AHCI sata drivers and without the drivers it can't see the hdd. You either need to add the drivers to the disc(slipstream) or put the drivers on a floppy disc and load them while its booting to the xp cd, or you can enter the bios and turn the sata operation to IDe which xp does have native drivers for.

1800Warioman · Feb 26, 2016

bignastyid :

Ohh gosh thank you so much i went into the Bios and switched to combination SATA/IDE and the repair recognized it! Thank you so much! One more question even though it repaired thinking it was IDE will everything still work ok because we tricked into to thinking it was a IDE drive so will it continue to work normally

bignastyid · Feb 26, 2016

Should work just fine in IDE mode.

1800Warioman · Feb 26, 2016

Thanks again for all your help!

bignastyid · Feb 26, 2016

You're welcome.

1800Warioman · Feb 27, 2016

bignastyid :

Im sorry but is it ok if I ask you one more question its fine if you dont know how to answer and its off topic but Im trying to find the absolute best processor for the LGA 775 socket. I have thinking about going with the Pentium D 965 but then I see there is this one Pentium 2 which i cant get its name but it has L3 cache and I cant find it anywhere. I just wanted to get your opinion.

Thank you

bignastyid · Feb 28, 2016

The pentium d 965 EE is the fastest cpu your board supports from what im seeing. They are going for ~$50 on ebay and imho the performance boost isnt worth the cost, id save the money for a more worthwhile upgrade.

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