Question : Problem: Blue Sceen after Windows XP splash screen

I'm trying to build my first gaming rig.  I got everything put it together everything looked good.  Made my raid floppy, enabled my sata drives in bios, did the F6 setup during windows install, things going ok so far...then, during install there was quite a few missing files, files that windows kept saying it could not copy, so I skipped them all, over 40 different files, and when I set up my boyfriends computer it did the same thing, so I was thinking this would be fine.  Once it finished installing windows it went to reboot, right after the Windows XP splash screen I got a blue screen of death.  Where do I go from here to trouble shoot my problem?  Here is my specs:

Motherboard: XFX NVIDIA nForce 780i MB-N780-ISH9
Processor:  Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB w/ ZALMAN CNPS9700
Hard Drive: 2 X Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb (RAID 0)
Memory:  OCZ SLI-Ready 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Graphics Card:  XFX GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB PVT98FYDF9
OS: Windows XP Pro (I have XP Media Edition on the way)
Power Supply:  Thermaltake 850W W0131RU
CD Rom:  LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+RW Sata
BIOS: AwardBIOS v6.00 PG 1/16/2008-XFX-6A61IY03C-00

Note: Being this is my first rig ever built, comments on some hardware I should have chosen instead, or if this is ok for now would be greatly appreciated.  But of course I would first like to get this one up and running :)

Answer : Problem: Blue Sceen after Windows XP splash screen

Can't comment on your hardware selection.


If there's files it can't copy then it could be dirty or damaged CDROM disk, bad CDROM drive, bad hard disk or faulty memory.

Download the UBCD http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

It has memory testers and hard disk testers on board.  Run the memory tester for about 4 hours to check memory.  Find the appropriate hard disk tester and run that.  If there isn't one on the disk check Seagate's website for one.

Check the OS CD.  Clean it if necessary and try the reinstall again.

Problems on reinstall check your SATA cables.