CPU change ...vista issues ??

[Guest]

I have 3 H/D 's XP on one , Vista 32 on one and vista 64bit on the other .
My dual core AMD cpu stopped working (? overheating as the fan stopped !!!)
so as a temp measure I put back the old AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU . Now the
vista h/d's will not boot ...can I do anything about this and why is this
happening? .....ps the xp h/d boots ok .

 

[Steve Easton]

Vista won't boot because it doesn't recognize the CPU.
It's looking for the dual core and it doesn't exist.
Your options are to replace the CPU or reinstall Vista.

 

[mikeyhsd]

you can do an upgrade in place of vista to allow it to recognize the difference in cpu's.
this would be similar to repair in XP.



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I have 3 H/D 's XP on one , Vista 32 on one and vista 64bit on the other .
My dual core AMD cpu stopped working (? overheating as the fan stopped !!!)
so as a temp measure I put back the old AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU . Now the
vista h/d's will not boot ...can I do anything about this and why is this
happening? .....ps the xp h/d boots ok .

 

[DX]

Hi,

Can you boot into safe mode ??

If so press windows button+r (for run dialog) and type msconfig (click ok)

Under the boot tab click "Advanced Options"
and select "Redetect HAL"
Exit MSConfig and reboot.

I hope it works.

 

[Guest]

sshi , no it will not boot into safemode ...it starts the process checking
off drivers? or summat ! but then stops and says please wait a moment or
summat but then nothing it just sits there