I wonder whether you succeeded in changing the boot order? It sounds like
the PC is skipping the CD and going to the hard drive. After making change
sin the BIUOS, did you "save and exit" or just "exit?

What you are describing can also happen if the CD is not bootable, for
example if it not a real XP CD. Some major brand PCs come with multiple
CDs, not all of which are bootable, and sometimes none of which contain XP.

As a test for might try booting some other PC with the CD to see if it is
indeed bootable.

Or, download and burn a copy of a free known-bootable LINUX CD. I like
KNOPPIX, but that is a large download (minimum 700 Meg for CD, more for DVD
version).

Anyway, given the massive hardware changes, you must do a repair
installation. For that you need a retail copy of the XP CD, not an OEM
copy. And, of course, the PC must be set to boot from CD.

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E66690C8-D341-480F-B874-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had an AMD processor/motherboard, upgraded to a P4 with an ASUS
> motherboard, and 756MB ram. Same hdd, dvd-drives,video card. After
> installing the new mobo, bios recognizes hdd as primary master, dvds as
> secondary master and slave.
>
> After booting, I get the screen saying Windows failed to boot, possibly
> because of a hardware change, and gives me the option to safe boot, etc,
> boot
> normally. I rebooted and came right back to the same screen.
>
> I then tried setting the boot sequence as floppy, cdrom then hdd to see if
> I
> could boot to the CD and reinstall XP. Same result as before- the black
> screen with the safe mode etc option.
>
> ASUS tech support was less than helpful. They even suggested buying a
> second XP cd to see if it would work! Right now I can't boot to floppy,
> can't boot to CD, can't boot to hdd. ASUS said it was the way Windows
> works.
> I don't believe them.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave

Bob, why is a retail copy of XP needed for a repair install? Generic OEM's
will do a repair install too.

"Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I wonder whether you succeeded in changing the boot order? It sounds like
>the PC is skipping the CD and going to the hard drive. After making change
>sin the BIUOS, did you "save and exit" or just "exit?
>
> What you are describing can also happen if the CD is not bootable, for
> example if it not a real XP CD. Some major brand PCs come with multiple
> CDs, not all of which are bootable, and sometimes none of which contain
> XP.
>
> As a test for might try booting some other PC with the CD to see if it is
> indeed bootable.
>
> Or, download and burn a copy of a free known-bootable LINUX CD. I like
> KNOPPIX, but that is a large download (minimum 700 Meg for CD, more for
> DVD version).
>
> Anyway, given the massive hardware changes, you must do a repair
> installation. For that you need a retail copy of the XP CD, not an OEM
> copy. And, of course, the PC must be set to boot from CD.
>
> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E66690C8-D341-480F-B874-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I had an AMD processor/motherboard, upgraded to a P4 with an ASUS
>> motherboard, and 756MB ram. Same hdd, dvd-drives,video card. After
>> installing the new mobo, bios recognizes hdd as primary master, dvds as
>> secondary master and slave.
>>
>> After booting, I get the screen saying Windows failed to boot, possibly
>> because of a hardware change, and gives me the option to safe boot, etc,
>> boot
>> normally. I rebooted and came right back to the same screen.
>>
>> I then tried setting the boot sequence as floppy, cdrom then hdd to see
>> if I
>> could boot to the CD and reinstall XP. Same result as before- the black
>> screen with the safe mode etc option.
>>
>> ASUS tech support was less than helpful. They even suggested buying a
>> second XP cd to see if it would work! Right now I can't boot to floppy,
>> can't boot to CD, can't boot to hdd. ASUS said it was the way Windows
>> works.
>> I don't believe them.
>>
>> Does anybody have any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>
>