Installed XP, now frequent reboots

I have a Asus P4S333/PA/WOL board with a Intle 1.5 GHz BX80531NK150G processor. I had been running Win98 with little problems. Got some kind of worm/virus so I decided to just start over with XP. I loaded XP, but now I get frequent reboots (system just shuts down and restarts with no warning).

I thought maybe it was my XP, so I loaded 2000 and got the same results. I put 98 back on and it was stable. Any idea what would cause the system to reboot with XP or 2000 but not 98?

Thanks, Jay

Yes. I used the XP disk to format the entire disk, partitioned it and then loaded XP.

Thanks for helping!

it could possibly be a power issue, no?

I ran a check and no sasser. I did notice that it usually re-boots when:
1) I just intalled something and it required a reboot. When it gets ready to load XP, it will re-boot again.
2) I am trying to install something (like office).

Also, when it does one of these phantom re-boots, the clock gets reset to around 7:30. Very weird.

Sorry about that. I didn't realize the clock was resetting until last night.

Stupid question, but how do I check the event log?

This is what the event log states:

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0xf82af78e, 0xf87940f0, 0x00000000). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini082604-01.dmp.

I installed 512 MB of new memory and it seemed to help a little, but then it rebooted again.

Any ideas? I am ready to just reload 98 and call it a day.

See the entry in the Microsoft Knowledgebase - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310740 .

It seems to center on a driver error. Make sure all your drivers are up to date.




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Also, if you want to see the actual blue screen error come up and it not just reboot.. try this.

Open System Properties
- Advanced tab
- Startup and Recovery
- Uncheck "Automatically Restart"

This will at least halt the pc when you get the reboot and show ya onscreen... Just for SHITS and GIGGLES...


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Oh, yeah. FYI:

Did not have the problem with WIN 98.
Had the problem with WIN 2000.
Had the problem with XP, XPSP1 and now XPSP2.

I saw that SP2 had a fix for W32time and was hoping it would solve the problem, but no.

Thanks all for looking.

Goto this site for more detail info.

<A HREF="http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm" target="_new">http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm</A>

0x0000008E: KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

A kernel mode program generated an exception which the error handler didn’t catch. These are nearly always hardware compability issues (which sometimes means a driver issue or a need for a BIOS upgrade).
“STOP 0x0000008e” Error Message During Windows XP Setup {KB 315335} Win XP
Games: “Stop” Error Message That References Nv4_disp.dll {KB 325730} Flight Simulator, other games (wth Nvidia-based video adapter)
Your Computer Stops Responding When You Use the Highlighter Feature & the Font Color Feature {KB 829578} Win XP
0x0000008F: PP0_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
0x00000090: PP1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
0x00000092: UP_DRIVER_ON_MP_SYSTEM
0x00000093: INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE
0x00000094: KERNEL_STACK_LOCKED_AT_EXIT
0x00000096: INVALID_WORK_QUEUE_ITEM
0x00000097: BOUND_IMAGE_UNSUPPORTED
0x00000098: END_OF_NT_EVALUATION_PERIOD
0x00000099: INVALID_REGION_OR_SEGMENT
0x0000009A: SYSTEM_LICENSE_VIOLATION
0x0000009B: UDFS_FILE_SYSTEM

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