Swapping from p4 to amd64, no post!

[surfgye]

Well, i got a good deal on a MSI K8T motherboard and AMD 64 3000+
processer combo, and i am running windows xp home with sp2 right now.
I am attempting to swap from a Matsonic Mobo and a 1.5 P4, but i am
not getting any post. I am using an ATI radeon 9550 agp card, so i
suspect its just a driver issue. Problem is, ive only been able to
find one post regarding swapping mobo;s, and it just said to unistall
the IDE drivers. Didnt really work for me either. I just need a good
explination on the best way to swap these guys out. Thanks.

 

[SteveH]

Well, i got a good deal on a MSI K8T motherboard and AMD 64 3000+
processer combo, and i am running windows xp home with sp2 right now.
I am attempting to swap from a Matsonic Mobo and a 1.5 P4, but i am
not getting any post. I am using an ATI radeon 9550 agp card, so i
suspect its just a driver issue. Problem is, ive only been able to
find one post regarding swapping mobo;s, and it just said to unistall
the IDE drivers. Didnt really work for me either. I just need a good
explination on the best way to swap these guys out. Thanks.

The best way is to reinstall XP. I think you are tring to make too big a
change.

SteveH

 

[Dave]

Well, i got a good deal on a MSI K8T motherboard and AMD 64 3000+
processer combo, and i am running windows xp home with sp2 right now.
I am attempting to swap from a Matsonic Mobo and a 1.5 P4, but i am
not getting any post. I am using an ATI radeon 9550 agp card, so i
suspect its just a driver issue. Problem is, ive only been able to
find one post regarding swapping mobo;s, and it just said to unistall
the IDE drivers. Didnt really work for me either. I just need a good
explination on the best way to swap these guys out. Thanks.

Ummmm . . . I don't think you are using the term "POST" correctly. If you
are, then you have a much greater problem than just a driver issue.

When you hit the power switch, the CPU is looking for a power good signal.
When it receives that, it will run POST. AFTER it runs post, your video
card will be initialized. After your video card is initialized, you will
start seeing scrolling text on your monitor. Sometime after your monitor
wakes up, the CPU will try to find an OS to boot, starting with a floppy
disk, a CD-Rom drive or a hard drive (whatever sequence is specified in
CMOS). If all is working well, you will see Windows XP graphics pop up and
the OS will soon be controllable.

When people say that their system has no POST, they are typically saying
that they have no video on their monitor, which is something that happens
after POST.

Even assuming that your drivers in Windows XP are totally screwed, you
should see video of some type on your monitor and you SHOULD see Windows XP
try to boot.

If you are not getting video on your monitor, then you have a much more
basic problem which has nothing at all to do with Windows, because the
problem you are seeing would be present even if the hard drive was totally
wiped clean, or had linux installed on it.

If your computer really is not getting past POST, then you have a problem
with your power supply, mainboard or CPU . . . or a loose/missing connection
between any two of those components. If you JUST upgraded the mainboard and
CPU, it's possible that your power supply is too weak. It's also possible
that your older RAM might not be compatible with your newer motherboard.

But we'd need a lot more information on this one to be able to figure it
out. What, EXACTLY, happens, when you press the power switch? Do any fans
spin inside the case? Do any lights come on inside the case or on the
keyboard? Do you hear disks spinning up? Do you hear beeps coming from the
mainboard? -Dave

 

[surfgye]

problem is, i dont get anything when i install thenew mobo, nothing
comes on the screen, everything has power, well, i cant tell if the
video card has power or not, but nothing posts up. but i can switch
the old mobo back in and it works fine. so is there something wrong
with the mobo?

 

[Chris Hill]

problem is, i dont get anything when i install thenew mobo, nothing
comes on the screen, everything has power, well, i cant tell if the
video card has power or not, but nothing posts up. but i can switch
the old mobo back in and it works fine. so is there something wrong
with the mobo?

No. Sounds like your psu isn't anywhere near up to the task you're
asking of it, especially if it is a few years old. Buy a psu (Antec
or similar welll-known brand, preferably 450w or so and try again.

 

[JAD]

your swapping cpus in the old board without resetting the bios and escd?

 

[DaveW]

Whenever you change the motherboard using Windows as the OS on the
harddrive, then After switching the motherboard you must reformat the
harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you will suffer
Registry corruption and nasty data errors.

 

[surfgye]

THe power supply is a 550w antec. and the ram is compatible, the ol
setup is only about 6 months old. I just cheaped out on it and i
just now getting around to buying somthing a little faster. Ho
about might i reset the bios. What exactly do i need to do before
take out the old mobo and put in the new one

 

[SP Goodman]

How about might i reset the bios.

There is usually a pair of pins - NOT jumpered - on the motherboard marked
as "CLR_CMOS" or something similar. (I'd check the manual - obtainable
online if not in your vicinity - for the motherboard and find out where the
pins are.) If one jumpers the CLR_CMOS pins during a boot from power-off,
this will clear all settings on the motherboard in BIOS and allow you to see
if there's something other than corrupted firmware as a culprit.

HTH.


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[Jan Alter]

Start by getting the cyctem to post. Do you get a beep?
Have you checked cabling?

When you get it to post then start thinking about the opportunity to run
your OS.

 

[sandman]

http://www.theeldergeek.com/replace_motherboard.htm Try this i
this doesn't work which it probably won't you will have to do
complet new install. I have had this repair procedure work 1 time i
the past and 2 other times it failed so good luc