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Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on Windows 2000 Server

I recently had and intervention on a company that reported a blue screen of death on one of their servers.

Error was:

0x0000007B
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

029-bsod_Windows_2000

The server had the role of SQL Server for one of their ERP applications. Specs of so called “server” were:

Intel Core Duo CPU
2 GB RAM
2 x S-ATA HDD (RAID1)

In fact this was a normal PC, with the function of a server. The bad idea was to make on this system PC a RAID1 using that motherboard and no additional controller.

Going to BIOS I found out that settings were reset by the motherboard battery malfunction and the on-board mode for HDD controller was set to S-ATA mode and not on RAID.

After fixing the problem, their server booted flawless into the windows.

I know this seems a silly and simple idea, but hope it helps people who encounter this type or error on their systems, even if they have server or pc systems.

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