Help! Blue screen of death after fresh XP install

I reformatted my dv8000t according to the instructions in the sticky. Here's a summary of the steps I took:

1) Slipstreamed the ICH7M SATA drivers onto a DVD using nLite.
2) Booted that DVD, repartitioned & reformatted (Left the 1GB QuickPlay partition alone)
3) Installed Windows as usual

Now, after install (which worked ok), it tries to boot up XP. I get that black screen that says "Windows XP" on it, and then very briefly a blue screen of death, then reboot. It flashes by too quickly for me to read.

Any ideas what's causing this? I will try nLite again and see if there's an option to have XP not auto-reboot after a blue screen, so I can read it & try to figure out what went wrong.

Please post if anyone has any clues. I'd hate to use the four PC Recovery DVDs I burned.. it's taking FOREVER to reinstall that way.

Thanks.

 

OK, I started from scratch.. forget the slipstreamed OS DVD. I disabled SATA in the BIOS and installed via the XP CD that HP sent me. Problem is, as soon as I enable SATA, I can't boot.. same blue screen.

Also, bad news.. the Matrix Storage Controller and the ICH7M SATA drivers on hp's web site won't install, even though they definitely show up under the drivers section for the dv8000t. Major negative points for that. The ICH7M drivers require a floppy disk, and the Matrix Storage Controller says it doesn't support my chipset.. wtf?

 

The problem is indeed in the SATA drivers, or lack of them. It's identified here, for one: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/russel_x64faq.mspx

Q.
The installation goes okay, but the first time it boots up, I get a blue screen? What do I do?
A.

This is a problem with SATA drives that don't have a correct driver loaded during initial installation. New drivers for x64 require correct "decorations" and while they may appear to be accepted during the text mode phase of installation, they will fail during the initial GUI boot.


Even though it's listed for WinXP 64, it applies to the original as well. You'll have to reinstall Windows with the drivers integrated into it. You can do this, purportedly, through programs like nLite, or, if your laptop has a floppy drive, by pressing F6 when the Windows setup boots.

Edit: Sorry if I'm not saying anything new or helpful, just figured I'd throw my own knowledge of it out there and restore this thread, as I'm having SATA issues of my own.

 

OK.. thanks. Not sure what x64 has to do with this I have Core Duo which is 32bit dual core, I believe. Anyway, I solved it..I was installing the wrong drivers. There were a bunch to choose from, I just chose the wrong one.