XP won't boot with new motherboard.. help needed

[Guest]

I had a working XP system which needed a new mobo. Purchased a MSI
(microstar)Athlon 64 3500 single processor including memory. Original setup
was an ABIT mobo (athlon XP chip)

Installed the mobo/memory. Moved the HD over. XP boots to the logo screen
and then systems resets back to bios POST.

Only components on system are mobo/memory/hd. No other devices installed at
this time.

Boots in safemode... Set up for clean boot and restart. Same problem... XP
gets to Logo screen and then system resets back to Bios POST.

Enabled boot logging. Boot log shows failure in loadin ACPI service. I
disabled this
service in BIOS and also in XP boot start. Okay... system doesn't boot
even to
the XP logo.

Repaired the system using console "r" no change. Also selected a new
ACPI mode of "uniprocessor"... mobo supports multiple processors but i only
have a single installed. Problem did not change. (this was done using F6 to
select a
third party driver).

Contacted MSI support who said "It's an OS problem" and the registry must
be changed to accomodate the new mobo". They did not supply any other
information.

I can't find anything in KB regarding this particular problem.

Has anyone run into this problem before ??

Thanks !!

Austin

 

[DL]

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
and install your new drivers during the process

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I had a working XP system which needed a new mobo. Purchased a MSI
(microstar)Athlon 64 3500 single processor including memory. Original setup
was an ABIT mobo (athlon XP chip)

Installed the mobo/memory. Moved the HD over. XP boots to the logo screen
and then systems resets back to bios POST.

Snipped....


Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are
*not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting),
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

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.

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

This will also probably 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.


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[Guest]

Thanks for the link... I'll be working through the process later today !!!

Thanks again !!

Austin

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the link bruce... the explanation is straightforward enough..
I'll be working through it later today !!

Thanks again !!

Austin

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks for the link bruce... the explanation is straightforward enough..
I'll be working through it later today !!

Thanks again !!

Austin

You're welcome.


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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot