Question : BSOD 0x0000007B during Windows 2003 installation on Dell PowerEdge 2970 server

I have spent days trying to get Windows installed on a Dell PE2970 server, but I keep getting the following stop code: 0x0000007B (0xF789EA94, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Normally this would be a driver issue related to the mass storage controller, however I have tried all possible combinations, and I can't get past that error. Here is what I have done so far:

- Boot to Open License Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 SP2 and use F6 to provide a driver for the Perc 6/i controller on a Floppy. The driver is the latest version, downloaded from the Dell website. The driver gets loaded, but I get a BSOD soon after. (I tried multiple floppy disks and drives as well)

- Boot to OEM Dell Windows 2003 R2 SP2 and use F6 to provide a driver for the Perc 6/i controller on a Floppy. The driver is the latest version, downloaded from the Dell website. The driver gets loaded, but I get a BSOD soon after.

- Used nLite to slipstream the driver and create a custom ISO

- Used the USB flash drive floppy emulation to provide the driver

- Tested the server by installing Windows 2003 using the Dell Open Manage CD - works fine

- Tested the server by installing Windows 2008 using a bootable ISO - works fine

- Spent hours on the phone with Dell support - they have no clue. Asked them to attempt the installation in their lab (without using the Open Manage disk) and supposedly they were able to successfully install Windows 3 times.


If I was just trying to install Windows I could use the Open Manage CD and call it a day, however I need to perform a DR testing using the Symantec's IDR disk, which starts with an installation of WIndows....

Any ideas?

Answer : BSOD 0x0000007B during Windows 2003 installation on Dell PowerEdge 2970 server

<basically when it is clicked a message box or something asks if this is employees or equipment.>

As far as I know the combobox's list must be loaded *before* the combobox is clicked.
So it seems that you may have to find another way to activate the choice.
Perhaps you could try it when the Form is initialized, or create a option group, or a make master combobox, ...
(Again, this only illustrates why this is nonstandard functionality.)

In any event, ...the code could be something like this:

'Create the variable
Dim strWhatList As String
   
    'Load the variable with whatever text the user enters in the inputbox
    strWhatList = InputBox("What List?" & vbCrLf & "(Enter: 'EM' for Employees, or 'EQ', for Equiptment)")
   
    'If the user clicks "Cancel",
    'exit the sub with no lists loaded into the combobox
    If strWhatList = "" Then
        'Display a message, then open the form
        '(without a list in the combobox)
        MsgBox "No list selected to load the combobox.", vbInformation
        'Exit
        Exit Sub
    ElseIf strWhatList = "EM" Or strWhatList = "em" Then
        'Load the appropriate list range
        Me.cboWhatList.RowSource = "=Sheet1!A2:A8"
        'Set the combobox label
        Me.lblWhatList.Caption = "Employees"
    ElseIf strWhatList = "EQ" Or strWhatList = "eq" Then
        Me.cboWhatList.RowSource = "=Sheet1!B2:B6"
        Me.lblWhatList.Caption = "Equiptment"
    Else
        MsgBox "Invalid value, no list loaded in the combobox.", vbInformation
        Exit Sub
    End If

I am sure you you will be able to adapt this to work in your database.


I have attached a sample

;-)

JeffCoachman
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