New Mobo and Processor

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OS Windows XP Home SP1 (and all updates)

I have just installed a new PC Chips Motherboard DDR 266
and an AMD Athlon XP 2400 in my computer. On rebooting
the machine the system stalled at stalled. I restarted
and went to safe mode. System stalled at MUP.SYS but I
assume that it may have been the next setting that caused
the problem.

I tried a repair install from the booting from the
Windows XP CD. It went through the process until it came
to the "windows is not starting........." (or restarting
can not remember) screen and then the system reboots.
This goes on continually until I turn the power off.

If i try to intervene by pressing F8 while booting and go
to safe mode it gets as far as the safe mode screen with
safe mode written at the top and the bottom, then it
reboots the system.

Please help. I have 4 user accounts and seperate PST
files etc set up in outlook and DO NOT want to do a fresh
install.

Please help. Any other information you require just ask.
 
Make sure you did the repair operation correctly. You should have
booted off the XP CD, chosen Install first, then R to Repair. It should
have repaired itself, then you remove the CD and let it boot back to
Windows. Once everything is correct, you just set the first boot device
back to your HD in the BIOS.
 
Thanks for the quick response,

Been there, done that (more than once). Seems to go
through the process okay ie files etc seem to transfer
okay. The next screen says Windows restarting..... or
windows in now restarting...... I can not remember
excactly I am currently at work. I think the next screen
should be the screen that gives you the expected time for
the install etc and has the green flashing boxes in the
bottom right. It never gets this far and reboots the
system,

Thanks in advance
 
OS Windows XP Home SP1 (and all updates)

I have just installed a new PC Chips Motherboard DDR 266
and an AMD Athlon XP 2400 in my computer. On rebooting
the machine the system stalled at stalled. I restarted
and went to safe mode. System stalled at MUP.SYS but I
assume that it may have been the next setting that caused
the problem.

I tried a repair install from the booting from the
Windows XP CD. It went through the process until it came
to the "windows is not starting........." (or restarting
can not remember) screen and then the system reboots.
This goes on continually until I turn the power off.

If i try to intervene by pressing F8 while booting and go
to safe mode it gets as far as the safe mode screen with
safe mode written at the top and the bottom, then it
reboots the system.

Please help. I have 4 user accounts and seperate PST
files etc set up in outlook and DO NOT want to do a fresh
install.

Please help. Any other information you require just ask.
Click to expand...

See Q824125:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125

I found this as the very first link on the Microsoft Support site using
the keywords "replace motherboard". I'm surprised you didn't find it...
 
Are you removing the CD or pressing "any key" to continue
booting from the hard drive?


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| Thanks for the quick response,
|
| Been there, done that (more than once). Seems to go
| through the process okay ie files etc seem to transfer
| okay. The next screen says Windows restarting..... or
| windows in now restarting...... I can not remember
| excactly I am currently at work. I think the next screen
| should be the screen that gives you the expected time for
| the install etc and has the green flashing boxes in the
| bottom right. It never gets this far and reboots the
| system,
|
| Thanks in advance
|
|
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Make sure you did the repair operation correctly. You
| should have
| >booted off the XP CD, chosen Install first, then R to
| Repair. It should
| >have repaired itself, then you remove the CD and let it
| boot back to
| >Windows. Once everything is correct, you just set the
| first boot device
| >back to your HD in the BIOS.
| >
| >----
| >Nathan McNulty
| >
| >[email protected] wrote:
| >> OS Windows XP Home SP1 (and all updates)
| >>
| >> I have just installed a new PC Chips Motherboard DDR
| 266
| >> and an AMD Athlon XP 2400 in my computer. On rebooting
| >> the machine the system stalled at stalled. I restarted
| >> and went to safe mode. System stalled at MUP.SYS but I
| >> assume that it may have been the next setting that
| caused
| >> the problem.
| >>
| >> I tried a repair install from the booting from the
| >> Windows XP CD. It went through the process until it
| came
| >> to the "windows is not starting........." (or
| restarting
| >> can not remember) screen and then the system reboots.
| >> This goes on continually until I turn the power off.
| >>
| >> If i try to intervene by pressing F8 while booting and
| go
| >> to safe mode it gets as far as the safe mode screen
| with
| >> safe mode written at the top and the bottom, then it
| >> reboots the system.
| >>
| >> Please help. I have 4 user accounts and seperate PST
| >> files etc set up in outlook and DO NOT want to do a
| fresh
| >> install.
| >>
| >> Please help. Any other information you require just
| ask.
| >.
| >
 
With the CD in and the BIOS set to CD-ROM as first boot
devices you have to press "any key" to boot from the CD-
ROM. I do this to boot first time but when it reboots I
do not press akey which then boots from HD,

Stewart
 
Before in-place upgrade you could try PIC mode instead of APIC, if
supported.
Sounds like the setup cannot write the boot record. Look in the BIOS
carefully (Boot menu?) and disable Boot Virus Detection.
 
Yeh,
But I have done all that and I am past that stage. I'm
surprised you didn't notice that...

PS also refers to windows 2000 etc
 
Thanks. I have read that on another site while looking
today. I was going to try this when I get home. Will post
results if it helps ayone else,

Stewart
 
Tried replacing motherboard and processor with the old
one I removed. Still same problem. Tried changing AGP
graphics card for old one. Even tried old PCI card.
Nothing worked. I must have corrupted something.

Anyone please,

Stewart
 
-----Original Message-----
OS Windows XP Home SP1 (and all updates)

I have just installed a new PC Chips Motherboard DDR 266
and an AMD Athlon XP 2400 in my computer. On rebooting
the machine the system stalled at stalled. I restarted
and went to safe mode. System stalled at MUP.SYS but I
assume that it may have been the next setting that caused
the problem.

I tried a repair install from the booting from the
Windows XP CD. It went through the process until it came
to the "windows is not starting........." (or restarting
can not remember) screen and then the system reboots.
This goes on continually until I turn the power off.

If i try to intervene by pressing F8 while booting and go
to safe mode it gets as far as the safe mode screen with
safe mode written at the top and the bottom, then it
reboots the system.

Please help. I have 4 user accounts and seperate PST
files etc set up in outlook and DO NOT want to do a fresh
install.

Please help. Any other information you require just ask.
.
The installation is tied to the old motherboard and
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processor and nothing you do will get you into that
installation except perhaps putting your original
motherboard and processor in. I would only do that if
those old files are really super critical. I replaced a
motherboard and processor and this happened to me as well
so I thought that I would go ahead and reinstall. Well,
when it came time to Activate the new installation, it
would not activate and told me I would have to call a
Microsoft representative to Activate. Well I did and
talked to someone on the South Asian sub-continent who
refused to Activate the installation claiming that since
I had replaced the motherboard I would have to buy a
whole new copy of Windows.
 
talked to someone on the South Asian sub-continent who
refused to Activate the installation claiming that since
I had replaced the motherboard I would have to buy a
whole new copy of Windows.
Click to expand...

Wait a while and call again. (The chances of your getting
the same person are what? Minimal?)

Nowhere does Microsoft say that replacing a motherboard
requires a "whole new copy of Windows".
 
The only way they can claim this is if the OS was installed OEM which
ties it to the motherboard the OS was purchased for. Even in this case,
you should still be able to switch over. Do try again and hopefully you
will get someone a little nice :)
 
Actually, MS does define the Motherboard as the tying factor where
OEM is concerned - only an exact replacement mobo with
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chipset

Where? Kindly back up your statement by pointing us to a
link.
 
Greetings --

Can you point to a link verifying this, please? It's contrary to
what few statements I've seen made by Microsoft employees on this
subject, in the past.

Bruce Chambers
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"Star Fleet Admiral Q"
 
Bruce Chambers said:
My OEM EULA, to which I agreed during installation, makes
absolutely _no_ mention of the motherboard, or any other specific
computer component.
The link you point to is not a copy of the EULA.
Click to expand...

(Referring to http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/oemeula.htm)

It's even better than that. Did you notice the following
little gem?

<quote>
The above post was copied from a post from kurttrail posted
to the msnews.microsoft.com newsgroups and is supplied as
is.
</quote>
 
Greetings --

No, I'm afraid I didn't notice the "footnotes." It's quite
surprising, really. I'd have thought Michael should have known better
than to accept that particular source, without independent
corroboration. At least he had the good sense to add the "as is"
qualifier.


Bruce Chambers
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having both at once. - RAH
 
I talked with my rep at Dell about this and I was informed that the idea
is that the OEM version of XP is supposed to be limited to the OEM
machine it was supplied with and is supposed to be locked to the
motherboard. The truth, however, is it should still be possible to
install it on a completely different motherboard. Activation is up to
Microsoft, but should not be rejected based on OEM status.

And a note for those asking me to show the OEM EULA from Microsoft's
site: I can't really point to an OEM EULA as they are all different.
It depends on the company that you are purchasing from and their
policies on this can change as well. Honestly, the greyness of this
area kills me as I feel you bought XP, you should be able to put it on
whatever you want as long as you only install it on one machine at a time.
 

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