Windows won't boot after upgrade motherboard+CPU

[Guest]

Hi

I've justed upgraded from an AMD 2000+ CPU to a 2700+. I swapped out the motherboard also. The only other chang is that I bumped the memory up from 512MB to 1GB. However now Windows does not start. It appears to quickly flash a BSOD, but then reboots. I've tried booting in safe mode, bootlog, you name it, but nothing works. Also, it does not create a dump. The driver it seems to hang on is Mup.sys. What is this driver? How can I trouble shoot and resolve this problem? Help

As a test, I installed XP Pro on the 2nd drive. It boots up perfectly.

Thanks, Paul

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Paul,

With that many hardware changes, you need to do an inplace upgrade or repair
install.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), 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

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also 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.


Bruce Chambers
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Hi,

I've justed upgraded from an AMD 2000+ CPU to a 2700+. I swapped

out the motherboard also. The only other chang is that I bumped the
memory up from 512MB to 1GB. However now Windows does not start. It
appears to quickly flash a BSOD, but then reboots. I've tried booting
in safe mode, bootlog, you name it, but nothing works. Also, it does
not create a dump. The driver it seems to hang on is Mup.sys. What
is this driver? How can I trouble shoot and resolve this problem?
Help!