re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys Friday, August 7, 2009 at 4:32 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by cypherx (1 messages posted) I'm having this problem on a Dell Optiplex SX280 micro tower. I tried the sfc /scannow but it wants a windows CD. Problem is the slimline sony dvd-rom doesn't read cd's or dvd's anymore. I swapped both 512mb sticks of pc2-3200 ram with a different brand of pc2-4200 ram, and still the problem persists. With two new sticks of ram, I don't see it possibly being a memory problem. I have a 1gb usb stick, can I copy the XP CD to it on my good computer and use that? I'll give it a shot. I did a chkdsk and also a defrag, no difference. I combed through the RunOnce, and msconfig startup items, an also checked winlogin\notify to make sure no spyware/trojans/viruses were loading that way. I removed some crappy toolbars with Hijack this, and Norton AV Gaming Edition does not detect any viruses. Another thing, it's just genuinely slow for a P4 3 GHz and 1 GB of ram. It has a Maxtor 160GB SATA hard drive in it with 112 GB of free space. Windows XP Service Pack 3 and all Windows updates except for IE8. The latest Dell Bios version A08 is installed. On Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 9:48 am, Vivekvm wrote: >Hello... i got the same error (atapi.sys) .. i bought a new 500gb WD hard disk... >and was installing a fresh copy of windows... but after some time of installaton... >i got an BOD wit Driver Irql not less or equal and atapi.sys.. can any1 help.. pls Written in response to: re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Vivekvm: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 9:48 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (DJR42: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 8:26 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 8:54 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (DJR42: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 9:45 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 9:33 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (DJR42: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 8:28 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (buehler67: Sat, Mar 27, 2004, 9:02 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (ernst: Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 4:18 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Gil Sery: Sun, Sep 3, 2006, 11:51 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (tx: Fri, Mar 16, 2007, 9:02 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Luciano: Sat, Oct 30, 2004, 7:22 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Z: Tue, Jun 29, 2004, 2:24 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Jan: Tue, Aug 3, 2004, 3:39 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (mzg: Fri, Sep 17, 2004, 5:13 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Tim: Mon, Nov 22, 2004, 1:01 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (raghavendra: Sat, Jan 29, 2005, 5:30 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Lia: Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 3:05 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (RoguePants: Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 5:09 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (JayJay: Wed, Jun 27, 2007, 8:43 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Y Levy: Thu, Jan 26, 2006, 1:54 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (DWojo: Wed, May 3, 2006, 9:05 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (bryan glenn fabiaña: Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 11:32 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (mac palen: Sun, Oct 28, 2007, 10:53 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Alex: Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 10:25 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (GMW416: Mon, Mar 30, 2009, 9:01 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Bad Seed: Wed, Apr 22, 2009, 8:53 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (Vivekvm: Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 9:48 am) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (cypherx: Fri, Aug 7, 2009, 4:32 pm) re: fatal crashes in Windows XP -atapi.sys (carmen: Mon, May 18, 2009, 10:52 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum