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Help with new build... BSOD pci.sys error

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dj-jumbles   03-05-2009 at 07:43:32 PM

Guys, here's the new rig:
Intel E8500 3.16Ghz... no OC yet, can't get it to boot!
Zalman 9700
4GB OCZ Reaper HPC PC 6400 (800mhz) att 4-4-4-15
OCZ 8800GTX 768MB
OCZ Fatality 750W PSU
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard

I've got everything set up and ready to go and when I go to start loading Windows or even install a fresh copy of Windows, it stalls out when loading the PCI.sys file and gives me the BSOD with the following error info:

STOP: 0x0000007E
PCI.SYS Address F75FE0BF base at F75F7000 Datestamp 3b7d855c

I've adjusted memory voltage to 2.1V (specs on the memory sheet) from the 1.8V that the mobo auto'd to.

It also gives me a Windows error intermittantly (when it gets this far with the IDE drive ONLY) with something along the lines of: Hey, *******, your boot hardware is not configured correctly and we cannot load Windows. I've got both a SATA drive and an old IDE and neither will it work with. My gut reaction is that my motherboard is bad since I can't even get it to recognise my SATA drive.

Maybe someone else can give me more technical info, but if the PCI driver is flipping it out and the HD's aren't working correctly, wouldn't this be a Southbridge problem?


HELP!!!!!!

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Mondoman   03-06-2009 at 05:09:29 AM
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There was another post on this very recently (perhaps you double-posted?). The short answer is you need to use an updated version of the Windows install CD, called a "slipstream" version, which you can make using the free program "nlite".

------------------------------ e2160@3GHz: OCing my way to Ubuntuland!
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dj-jumbles   03-07-2009 at 12:23:55 AM
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What does the "slipstream" version of the windows disk do? That doesn't explain why it freezes when it tries to load the pci.sys file, does it?

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dj-jumbles   03-08-2009 at 02:50:59 AM
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Thanks... that idd the trick!

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