replacement of mother board

[Guest]

The mother board in my computer went bad and I have replaced it, but when I
try to boot the hard drive it will start for a second then bring up the blue
screen giving me a stop code. Can any one tell me how to re-install the
operating system? I've tried using the original re-store disc. But it say's
it can find the EULA agreement.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

If you replace your mobo, you'll have to perform a 'Repair' install of XP.

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[Bruce Chambers]

The mother board in my computer went bad and I have replaced it, but when
I
try to boot the hard drive it will start for a second then bring up the
blue
screen giving me a stop code. Can any one tell me how to re-install the
operating system? I've tried using the original re-store disc. But it
say's
it can find the EULA agreement.

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore 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

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

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.


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[Guest]

Hi Will,
I did that from the menu of the disc took about 45 minutes to do, it gave me
a listing saying it found some error's fixed to reboot system. I did that and
it still start's up for a second then gives me the stop code again. Let me
ask you this, I went from using DDR to DDR2 ram, on the mother board I have
slots for both, would changing it back to DDR help or is this something that
really wouldn't make a difference?

 

[Rock]

Hi Will,
I did that from the menu of the disc took about 45 minutes to do, it gave
me
a listing saying it found some error's fixed to reboot system. I did that
and
it still start's up for a second then gives me the stop code again. Let me
ask you this, I went from using DDR to DDR2 ram, on the mother board I
have
slots for both, would changing it back to DDR help or is this something
that
really wouldn't make a difference?

What is the BSOD error code? You can start researching it here:
http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm, and do a Google search on that error.

Depending on the extent of changes in the hardware, it could also require a
clean install.

What type of installation CD do you have? Is it an OEM recovery CD? Is
this an OEM computer such as Dell or HP? If so did you replace the
motherboard with one the same model or one from the OEM?

More specifics here would help.

 

[Tim Slattery]

The mother board in my computer went bad and I have replaced it, but when I
try to boot the hard drive it will start for a second then bring up the blue
screen giving me a stop code. Can any one tell me how to re-install the
operating system? I've tried using the original re-store disc. But it say's
it can find the EULA agreement.

You don't say what kind of computer you had, but I'm guessing it came
with an OEM version of XP preinstalled, and a "recovery" disk. In that
case, you're probably done for.

OEM versions are licensed only for the first computer they are
installed on, even if that machine ceases to exist. If you got your
OEM system from the computer manufacturer, they administer the
license, and the decide when you have a different computer than what
you started with. Replacing your motherboard with something that you
did not buy from them usually qualifies as "different computer". To
make things worse, your OEM disk is probably locked to the BIOS on the
original motherboard.

So you're probably going to have to pay for a retail copy of XP, or
whatever OS you'd like to run on your machine.