STOP Msg: 0x0000007B Installing Windows NT on HP Vectra XU/XUC

 Last reviewed: July 24, 1996
Article ID: Q137860
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you install Windows NT 3.5 or 3.51 on a Hewlett-Packard (HP) Vectra XU/XUC P5 Pentium-based computer using an on-board AMD SCSI controller, the following STOP Message appears after Setup completes the mass storage device detection and reboots your computer: 

   STOP: 0x0000007B
   INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem:

  1. Ensure the BIOS version of your Vectra computer is 5.08 or above. If it is not, contact HP Vectra DeskTop Support at (970) 635-1000 for a BIOS update.

  2. Obtain VJS2NIUS.EXE, which contains a new AMD SCSI controller driver AMSINT.SYS, from the HP Bulletin Board Service at (208) 344-1691 or HP's web site at http://www.hp.com. Extract VJS2NIUS.EXE on another computer.

  3. Run Windows NT Setup by typing the following (which creates the Windows NT Setup floppy disks): 

          WINNT /OX


          -or-


          WINNT32 /OX

  4. Replace the AMSINT.SYS driver on the third Windows NT Setup floppy disk with the SCSI driver obtained from HP (Step 2 above).

  5. Continue Windows NT Setup.

KBCategory: kbsetup nthw
KBSubcategory: ntdriver nthw
Additional reference words: 3.50 3.51 trap 0x7b blue hang

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Last reviewed: July 24, 1996
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