changed motherboard - XP will not load - it starts then reboots???

[Peter Robinson]

My old Motherboard died.
I put a new one in and then XP will not load.
It starts to load and then reboots.
Safe mode and Vga Mode do not help.

What do I do?

- Peter

 

[Greg]

-----Original Message-----
My old Motherboard died.
I put a new one in and then XP will not load.
It starts to load and then reboots.
Safe mode and Vga Mode do not help.

What do I do?

- Peter
.
This is sometimes caused by a damaged installation

CD,but also hardware failure. Verify that the hard disk
does not have bad sectors or that the memory is not
faulty.

Good luck !

 

[Mike]

You'll have to do a recovery of XP.

 

[Kent_dieGo]

My old Motherboard died.
I put a new one in and then XP will not load.
It starts to load and then reboots.
Safe mode and Vga Mode do not help.

What do I do?

- Peter

It's normal. I always use same chip set so that this problem does not
happen.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html#4
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

 

[Steve C. Ray]

If the MB (and processor, chip set, etc.) is not identical to the old one
you will have to do a repair installation.

Follow these steps:

Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,

When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your hardware

and then prompts you to select one of the following options:

To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.


Press ENTER.


Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.

A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the system

prompts you to select one of the following options:

To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.

To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press
ESC.

Press R to start the automatic repair process. After repairing Windows XP,

you will probably need re-download all updates, starting with SP1.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, assuming a retail license, unless the new motherboard is
virtually identical to the old one (same chipset, same IDE
controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), you'll need to perform a repair
(a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will probably also require re-activation. If it's been more
than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet without
problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone
call.


Bruce Chambers

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