new mother board

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Trying to install an ECS PT800CE-A board with 3.0 Intell P-4. When I start
the computer with my original hard drive connected it goes through all the
bios but as soon as the Windows screen comes up a blue screen error comes up
and the system shuts down and reboots. It does this over and over. I put my
old board back in and everything works fine. What's up?--
Mike

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

You need to perform a Repair Installation to properly detect the new
hardware:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

 

[Phil]

You can't just swap motherboards and expect it to work. Windows has all the
drivers and info for the old board so it's not gonna boot. You have to at
least do a repair install so windows installs all the correct drivers for
the new motherboard.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Trying to install an ECS PT800CE-A board with 3.0 Intell P-4. When
I
start the computer with my original hard drive connected it goes
through all the bios but as soon as the Windows screen comes up a
blue screen error comes up and the system shuts down and reboots.
It
does this over and over. I put my old board back in and everything
works fine. What's up?--
Mike

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours
before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the
one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, 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

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this
point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the
OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as
picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch
style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K
before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to
accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On
installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This
is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much
more stable than the Win9x group.

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

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. 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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[Michael Stevens]

Trying to install an ECS PT800CE-A board with 3.0 Intell P-4. When I
start the computer with my original hard drive connected it goes
through all the bios but as soon as the Windows screen comes up a
blue screen error comes up and the system shuts down and reboots. It
does this over and over. I put my old board back in and everything
works fine. What's up?--
Mike

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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