Error message I get on Startup, please read!

[Guest]

Ok this goes with my post below, I FINALLY got it to not reboot without showing the error message:

*** stop: 0x0000001E(0x(0000005, 0xBFEA5206, 0x00000000, 0x0000006c)
*** Adress BFEA5206 base at BFE9A000, Datastamp 38178976 - nv4.sys
Begging dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete, contact your system administrator or support group.

Then it just stops, ANY ideas?

 

[BrainStorm]

It is just after the OS installation? Did you installed a driver or a software before that? You can try booting in safe mode to correct a faulty driver.

It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick!

 

[Guest]

This is RIGHT after the OS install, with ZERO programs/drivers on the computero other then what win2k installed

 

[BrainStorm]

What is your system configuration? Is your HD on ATA-100 channel? If it is the case, I'm not 100% sure but you'll have to install the OS using the ATA-66 one, install promise controller driver and then switch back to ATA-100.

Maybe someone else could confirm.

It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick!

 

[jclw]

I don't have the file nv4.sys anywhere on my computer so it must be something that has been added.

 

[Guest]

NV4.SYS is apparently the "Windows Neptune display driver for NVIDIA".

Have you tried booting into "Safe Mode" and updating the drivers for your video card to the latest release?

Also, you may need to fiddle with the BIOS settings. There is a Microsoft Support article that points out that you may have problems: "if you have a display adapter that uses the NVIDIA chip set and the basic input/output system (BIOS) on your computer does not have an interrupt request (IRQ) assigned for the display adapter. ".

The article is at: http://support.microsoft.com/. Search on article: Q268467

Note: To start in "Safe Mode", see these instructions taken from the Win2k Help system:

To start Windows 2000 in safe mode:

Click "Start", and then click "Shut Down".
Click "Restart", and then click "OK".
When you see the message "Please select the operating system to start", press F8.
Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate safe mode option, and then press ENTER.
NUM LOCK must be off before the arrow keys on the numeric keypad will function.

Use the arrow keys to highlight an operating system, and then press ENTER.
Notes

In safe mode, Windows 2000 uses only basic files and drivers (mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system services, and no network connections). You can choose the Safe Mode with Networking option, which loads all of the above files and drivers plus the essential services and drivers to start networking, or the Safe Mode with Command Prompt option, which is exactly the same as safe mode except that a command prompt is started instead of Windows 2000. You can also choose Last Known Good Configuration, which starts your computer using the registry information that Windows 2000 saved at the last shutdown.
Safe mode helps you diagnose problems. If a symptom does not reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings and minimum device drivers as possible causes. If a newly added device or a changed driver is causing problems, you can use safe mode to remove the device or reverse the change.

Hope this helps!

JS

 

[Guest]

stop: 0x0000001E According to MS, if you get this error on first reboot after install, it's either a full hard drive, bad graphics drivers or an incompatible BIOS.

Seeing as you're getting the nv4.sys driver listed, I'd try a different driver for your graphics card, like the generic SVGA Windows one.