STOP: .... HELP!!!! Windows 2000 Stop bluescreen error

[Malladine]

All the advice I can find points to reloading ntfs.sys which is mentioned in the blue screen. How can I do that if I can't get anywhere? No DOS prompt (tried booting from w2k disks) no safe mode with command prompt, no safe mode period.

Is there a fix for this?

THis is the result of a recent CPU purchase, current specs are:

Athlon XP 3000+ (the new cpu)
Radeon 9800
Fortissimo III
Gigabyte GA7VAX
1gb PC2700

System was fine, but I wanted an upgrade from 1700+ to 3000+. at first I just installed it, but it was far from stable. So, I installed the updated BIOS (F10) and changed the jumpers on the motherboard to 166 fsb (duh i know) and at first it seemed ok. Then the same crashes/reboots started occuring (within 5mins). The thing also powers up on its own sometimes.

Anyway, now i'm getting a STOP blue screen referring me to NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM and ntfs.sys

Can anyone offer assistance??

 

[KGB]

Can you boot with your old 1700+?
Also, your PC2700 RAM isn't rated for a 166Mhz FSB.
Have you tried running the busses asynchronized (not the optimum setup) just for troubleshooting?

 

[Malladine]

isnt pc2700 rated at 333? That's 166fsb right?

I had been running fsb @ 166 for years with my 1700+

Dont know what you mean by buses asynchronized but i'll see what I can find out, thanks

 

[networkman]

Any chance you could provide us the exact message on the BSOD?

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: networkman
Any chance you could provide us the exact message on the BSOD?

Not exact, but here goes:

STOP: 0x0000000024 <some more of this>
NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM

Address: <address> Datestamp <etc> ntfs.sys

Then it proceeds to advise me to do things I clearly cannot do due to the fact that I cannot boot at all.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: networkman
Any chance you could provide us the exact message on the BSOD?

Not exact, but here goes:

STOP: 0x0000000024 <some more of this>
NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM

Address: <address> Datestamp <etc> ntfs.sys

Then it proceeds to advise me to do things I clearly cannot do due to the fact that I cannot boot at all.

Check Event Viewer for error messages from SCSI and FASTFAT (System Log) or Autochk (Application Log) that might help pinpoint the device or driver that is causing the error. Try disabling any virus scanners, backup programs, or disk defragmenter tools that continually monitor the system. Run Chkdsk /f /r to detect and resolve any file system structural corruption.

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: networkman
Any chance you could provide us the exact message on the BSOD?

Not exact, but here goes:

STOP: 0x0000000024 <some more of this>
NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM

Address: <address> Datestamp <etc> ntfs.sys

Then it proceeds to advise me to do things I clearly cannot do due to the fact that I cannot boot at all.

Check Event Viewer for error messages from SCSI and FASTFAT (System Log) or Autochk (Application Log) that might help pinpoint the device or driver that is causing the error. Try disabling any virus scanners, backup programs, or disk defragmenter tools that continually monitor the system. Run Chkdsk /f /r to detect and resolve any file system structural corruption.

And those would be the things I clearly cannot do due to the fact that I cannot boot at all.

Am I wrong? I don't know of any way to access virus scanning, defrag, back progs, chkdsk or event viewer without actually booting somewhere.

 

[KGB]

Malladine,

My bad... PC2700 is rated for 166MHz FSB.
Did you try booting with your old 1700+?

 

[dclive]

How about using Recovery Console to do a chkdsk?