I'll start working my way through that thanks.
I'll let you know how I get on.

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"Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:

> >Upgraded motherboard, CPU and RAM a couple of months ago (MS-6526, P4 2.8
> >and 2GB RAM)
> >
> >Set up out of case with barebones setup installed Windows 2000 Pro, fully
> >updated drivers and windows, everything seamed to be fine but now the system
> >hangs after a few minutes, the 80GB HDD makes a slight grinding noise (it may
> >continue running and then a few minutes laster same thing but will freeze
> >completely and then I get..
> >
> >***STOP: 0x0000007A (0xE20DD574, 0x000000E, 0xA014DBD1, 0x163C7860)
> >KERNAL_DATA_PAGE_ERROR
> >***ADDRESS A014DBD1 BASE AT A0000000 DATE STAMP 45ed063d - WIN32K.SYS
> >Beginning dump of physical memory
> >Physical memory dump completed contact system administrator
> >
> >Any ideas??
> >
> >Kevin
>
> Kevin,
>
> The info in this KB article sounds like your error to some extent as
> far as it being win32k.sys specific and a 0x0000007A stop:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913379
>
> I did a quick search of your MSI motherboard and saw the last BIOS for
> it was version 3.5. Is this current on your machine?
>
> You could always update the win32k.sys from this KB article as it's
> the latest I know of: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941880
>
> Click the link http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451 and fill in the
> information and within 6-8 hours you'll get a link to download the
> patch.
>
> If that doesn't work, you could also install the fix from this KB
> article as well: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934205
>
> From what's mentioned in KB941880, it COULD be both win32k.sys and /
> or atapi.sys causing issues. Or not. Check the BIOS version first.
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf
>