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| Thread ID: 46573 | 2004-06-28 07:35:00 | New motherboard and windows will not allow start | porpora (3036) | Press F1 |
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| 248184 | 2004-06-28 07:35:00 | Hi there Have just finished installing new motherboard (Soltek SL-75FRN2-L) and CPU (AMD 2600XP) in our old computer as old motherboard had failed. Was very carefull to make sure all components (2x HDD, floppy, CDRW and DVD and 512MB RAM) were connected/installed correctly. OS is XP Home All jumper settings are also correct. On starting the new system, it booted fine to the CMOS setup screen. It tells me there was a problem during startup and what would i like to do, i.e. start in safe mode, last known good configuration or normal startup. Tried all of these with the following result A blue scree that says " A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer etc etc etc" Finally it gives an error code "STOP 0x0000007B (0xF894D640,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)" To make sure, I double checked all the connections, but they are fine. Had a a the look at the Soltek website, no help. AMD site, ditto. Google search and a search of Microsoft website tell me to do a viruscheck (bootsector virus) or configure HDD properly. Inpossible as I can't even boot up? Any ideas? on how to go on from here?? THIA Julia |
porpora (3036) | ||
| 248185 | 2004-06-28 07:43:00 | If you are trying to boot up Windows from an existing HDD installation, that was done with the old motherboard, but is now on the new motherboard it is bound to fail. You must now reinstall Windows completely, or such errors will happen. As the PC boots up, all the chipsets are being "force fed" the incorrect drivers from the old installation. This will usually be disastrous. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 248186 | 2004-06-28 07:58:00 | thanks Godfather, that gives me something to go on... with my limited knowledge it even makes some sense. thanks J |
porpora (3036) | ||
| 248187 | 2004-06-28 08:08:00 | It is best to remove all traces of old parts from device manager before installing new components. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 248188 | 2004-06-28 08:18:00 | you may also have to reactivate xp ie ask microsoft for new activation code | beama (111) | ||
| 248189 | 2004-06-28 08:33:00 | > It is best to remove all traces of old parts from > device manager before installing new components. Motherboard failed in a bad way... one day wouldn't go anymore, so uninstalling components was not possible cheers Julia |
porpora (3036) | ||
| 248190 | 2004-06-28 08:35:00 | > you may also have to reactivate xp ie ask microsoft > for new activation code I have already resigned myself to having to convince a MS help person that I'm not trying to rip them off : ( J |
porpora (3036) | ||
| 248191 | 2004-06-28 09:43:00 | You could do a repair install with the XP cd, if you have one. That usually installs most drivers and then just use the CD that came with the motherboard to install the drivers xp does not have. |
tech_meister (5509) | ||
| 248192 | 2004-06-28 10:14:00 | unless its a xp recovery cd supplied with brand name systems,which won't install on new hardware. | metla (154) | ||
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