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Upgrading Motherboard Problem
I currently have an Asus P4TE motherboard, Intel Pentium 4
2.0GHz processor and 512MB PC800 RDRAM installed on my computer. I purchased an Intel D875PBZ motherboard, Intel mPentium 4 3.0GHz processor and 1024MB PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR SDRAM. After installing the new motherboard my computer would not boot to Windows XP. It appears the XP is looking for the old motherboard. If I go to Device Manager and uninstall the entries under Processor and Device Systems, shut down the computer without rebooting, install the new motherboard and then start the computer will XP recognize the new motherboard and allow the computer to boot into XP? |
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Upgrading Motherboard Problem
Greetings --
Normally, assuming a retail license, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old one (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), 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/directo...;EN-US;Q315341 As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any important data before starting. This will probably also require re-activation. 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 -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "gambler2327" wrote in message ... I currently have an Asus P4TE motherboard, Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz processor and 512MB PC800 RDRAM installed on my computer. I purchased an Intel D875PBZ motherboard, Intel mPentium 4 3.0GHz processor and 1024MB PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR SDRAM. After installing the new motherboard my computer would not boot to Windows XP. It appears the XP is looking for the old motherboard. If I go to Device Manager and uninstall the entries under Processor and Device Systems, shut down the computer without rebooting, install the new motherboard and then start the computer will XP recognize the new motherboard and allow the computer to boot into XP? |
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Upgrading Motherboard Problem
I have almost exactly the same setup. I also have good
news and bad news. The good news is that mobo is one of the best, most stable boards I've ever used. The bad news is that no matter what you do, you're going to have to do a clean install of XP. There's a certain sequence that must be followed in order to obtain the full performance of the board. It's posted on Intel's site. I printed it out and followed it after playing around trying to tweak to no avail. Download the latest BIOS, the inf inst and any other drivers you need first then install them from a disk or cd exactly the way they specify. Your system will rock. Then go to Black Vipers site and print out the XP services setup chart. I used the "safe" settings and everything's fine. -----Original Message----- Greetings -- Normally, assuming a retail license, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the old one (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), 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 probably also require re-activation. 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 -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "gambler2327" wrote in message ... I currently have an Asus P4TE motherboard, Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz processor and 512MB PC800 RDRAM installed on my computer. I purchased an Intel D875PBZ motherboard, Intel mPentium 4 3.0GHz processor and 1024MB PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR SDRAM. After installing the new motherboard my computer would not boot to Windows XP. It appears the XP is looking for the old motherboard. If I go to Device Manager and uninstall the entries under Processor and Device Systems, shut down the computer without rebooting, install the new motherboard and then start the computer will XP recognize the new motherboard and allow the computer to boot into XP? . |
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