Thanks much. This is good stuff. I will start trying your
suggestions. I've already removed, cleaned and replaced the various
cards plugged into the motherboard, and So maybe I have (another!)
defective hard drive? Could it also be my CD-ROM drive?


Gerry Cornell wrote:
> 0xC0000185, or STATUS_IO_DEVICE_ERROR, indicates improper
> termination, defective storage controller hardware, or defective disk
> cabling, or two devices attempting to use the same resources.
>
> http://snipurl.com/4x7m
>
> Try HD Tune (freeware). Download and run it and see what it turns up.
> http://www.hdtune.com/
>
> Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on C:\ under Drive letter
> and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
> Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.
>
> Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
> Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.
>
> Also do a full surface scan with HD Tune.
>
> Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
> the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties. Hardware,
> Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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>
> <watha@monitortan.com> wrote in message
> news:1136422478.581949.149570@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > Here's the first message that indicated a problem:
> >
> > Event Type: Information
> > Event Source: Save Dump
> > Event Category: None
> > Event ID: 1001
> > Date: 1/2/2006
> > Time: 11:50:39 PM
> > User: N/A
> > Computer: MAIN
> > Description:
> > The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was:
> > 0x0000007a (0xc0402b30, 0xc0000185, 0x805662a8, 0x190ea860). A dump was
> > saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini010206-01.dmp.
> >
> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> >
> > I got a similar message today. I have copies of the minidump files, if
> > this would help. I can e-mail them if needed.
> >
> > Anyway, after this I get a bunch of errors, saying that DCOM will not
> > load, or that certain system-start or boot-load drivers won't load.
> > Here are copies:
> >
> >
> > Event Type: Error
> > Event Source: DCOM
> > Event Category: None
> > Event ID: 10005
> > Date: 1/2/2006
> > Time: 11:50:55 PM
> > User: MAIN\Hiawatha Bray
> > Computer: MAIN
> > Description:
> > DCOM got error "This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "
> > attempting to start the service netman with arguments "" in order to
> > run the server:
> > {BA126AE5-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}
> >
> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> >
> >
> > And also...
> >
> > Event Type: Error
> > Event Source: Service Control Manager
> > Event Category: None
> > Event ID: 7026
> > Date: 1/2/2006
> > Time: 11:56:08 PM
> > User: N/A
> > Computer: MAIN
> > Description:
> > The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
> > AmdK8
> > Fips
> >
> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> >
> > I'm running an AMD Athlon, for what it's worth.
> >