Help-5 days of hell and no let up

[spog777]

My friends comp. died and ive been trying to resurrect it. Trouble is it has no
system discs etc -but thats another story. Ive been trying to get XP loaded
onto the drive with no success. All I get is the following error codes:
0xc0000005, 0xf748e0bf, oxf78da208, oxf78d9f08 followed by
PCI-sys f748e0bf, base f74870100, date 3670855c
It also says to go to advanced setup etc (f8) but as nothing has been
loaded I cant even enter safeboot or control setup options to dismantle the above
problem areas.

the motherboard is an ASUS P5KPL-CM
Bios v0512
Intel Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.6.
SATA WDAV WD 320gig HDD
SATA DvD Drive
I have tried everything i know-which isnt much, to no avail. Can anyone
help me with the problem and if needed point me to dowloads etc which may help.
thx

 

[elliot_c]

I donno but it says something about PCI there, try removing all extra hardware and just have whats needed ?? Im not sure sounds like a hardware prob....

 

[Vipernitrox]

- try running without all unnecessary hardware like elliot c pointed out
- try checking the memory with memtest 86+

i'm guessing you've got faulty memory

 

[Vedikur]

I can't even guess at a diagnosis from this info, though faulty memory is always a leading candidate. However, I would suggest attempting to boot using Knoppix (mirror ftp site, though you can get it from BitTorrent if you prefer).

Knoppix is a linux distribution that runs entirely off a boot cd. So, if the hard drive or software is at fault, this should allow you to bypass it. You may need to change the boot order in the BIOS to have it boot from the cd instead of the HDD. Also, make sure you use the .iso to make a boot cd, don't just burn a copy of the .iso file itself.

Good luck.