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Bad Moterherboard, replaced w/ new motherboard
After replacing XP will not boot , keeps restarting.. can not get into
windows to reactivate. Thanks |
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Bad Moterherboard, replaced w/ new motherboard
"bossman3979" wrote in message
... After replacing XP will not boot , keeps restarting.. can not get into windows to reactivate. Thanks Did you do a Repair Installation yet? With a new motherboard, unless is was an exact replacement (model and brand), you have to do a Repair Installation. |
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Bad Moterherboard, replaced w/ new motherboard
Actually it does not have to be an EXACT replacement, as long as it has the
same or very similar chipset, a repair install won't be necessary, but in this case it sounds like one is required. "Richard in AZ" wrote in message ... "bossman3979" wrote in message ... After replacing XP will not boot , keeps restarting.. can not get into windows to reactivate. Thanks Did you do a Repair Installation yet? With a new motherboard, unless is was an exact replacement (model and brand), you have to do a Repair Installation. |
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bossman3979 wrote:
After replacing XP will not boot , keeps restarting.. can not get into windows to reactivate. Thanks Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore *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/directo...;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. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin |
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Bad Moterherboard, replaced w/ new motherboard
"Bruce Chambers" wrote: bossman3979 wrote: After replacing XP will not boot , keeps restarting.. can not get into windows to reactivate. Thanks Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore *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/directo...;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. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin But the PC is a 5 year old Advent OEM PC. I do not have XP installation CD, only Product Recovery CD-ROM, so can not re-install. PC will not let me access network because it's not activated. Microsoft will not allow me to use technical support because it's an OEM version. Surely it's not considered illegal to fix your own PC!!!!! |
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Bad Moterherboard, replaced w/ new motherboard
Trevor Moseley wrote:
But the PC is a 5 year old Advent OEM PC. I do not have XP installation CD, only Product Recovery CD-ROM, so can not re-install. PC will not let me access network because it's not activated. Microsoft will not allow me to use technical support because it's an OEM version. Surely it's not considered illegal to fix your own PC!!!!! It's not a matter of "legality," in this case. It's a purely technical issue brought about by the OEM's choosing to provide only a BIOS-locked Recovery CD. Had you replaced the motherboard with an identical model it would have worked. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html 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 |
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Bad Motherboard, replaced w/ new one
I have the same problem. Replaced motherboard, RAM & CPU, before even booting
the PC I tried to do a repair with my Windows disk (legit), it gets stuck in a cycle of rebooting after the "removing temp files used" part of the repair. Any idea's? |
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