PLEASE HELP - Hardware problem :(

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Thanks for looking :)

My old motherboard crashed so I bought a new CPU, MB and memory. I had
a P4 with DDR mem - I got an Intel Dual Core 3.0 MHz, DDR2 mem. All
other periphs were the same -- but now I get the Blue Screen
occasionally telling me I have "hardware problems."

Did I need to do something different to XP Pro to let it know my
hardware is different? It seems to recognize the processor MB amd
memory...

I'm at wit's end - thanks for any and all help!!!!
 
gatorrman82 said:
Thanks for looking :)

My old motherboard crashed so I bought a new CPU, MB and memory. I had
a P4 with DDR mem - I got an Intel Dual Core 3.0 MHz, DDR2 mem. All
other periphs were the same -- but now I get the Blue Screen
occasionally telling me I have "hardware problems."

Did I need to do something different to XP Pro to let it know my
hardware is different? It seems to recognize the processor MB amd
memory...

I'm at wit's end - thanks for any and all help!!!!
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Did you do a "repair Install" and load the drivers for the new hardware?

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
 
Thanks for looking :)

My old motherboard crashed so I bought a new CPU, MB and memory. I had
a P4 with DDR mem - I got an Intel Dual Core 3.0 MHz, DDR2 mem. All
other periphs were the same -- but now I get the Blue Screen
occasionally telling me I have "hardware problems."

Did I need to do something different to XP Pro to let it know my
hardware is different? It seems to recognize the processor MB amd
memory...
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When you change the motherboard, unless the new one is identical to
the old, you have to at least do a repair installation of Windows. See
"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

That's usually sufficient, but you should be aware that occasionally a
repair installation isn't good enough, and you will need to reinstall
Windows cleanly.
 
gatorrman82 said:
Thanks for looking :)

My old motherboard crashed so I bought a new CPU, MB and memory. I had
a P4 with DDR mem - I got an Intel Dual Core 3.0 MHz, DDR2 mem. All
other periphs were the same -- but now I get the Blue Screen
occasionally telling me I have "hardware problems."

Did I need to do something different to XP Pro to let it know my
hardware is different? It seems to recognize the processor MB amd
memory...

I'm at wit's end - thanks for any and all help!!!!
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I would never take the time to build a new computer and not do a clean
install of windows. Sure it takes time to reload everything but why
build a new computer with the potential of old problems in the Operating
system?
 
When you change the motherboard, unless the new one is identical to
the old, you have to at least do a repair installation of Windows. See
"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

That's usually sufficient, but you should be aware that occasionally a
repair installation isn't good enough, and you will need to reinstall
Windows cleanly.
Click to expand...

Thanks Blake and all -

Bought a new drive today and am starting from scratch this weekend!

G
 
best you can do is to install a fresh copy of XP
take it from me I know what I'm tellin you
 
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