help. new motherboard isntall.

[VTPREDATOR]

just had to install a new motherboard.... now im pretty sure ive got things plugged in properly well accoring to the back to front diagrams..... when i power the pc up it goes fine until it comes up with the safe startup etc screen. after i click start windows normally, it reboots. keeps doing this over and over. what have i done wrong???

cheers,

[schrinky]

whats the motheboard??

[S.T.K.E]

You Can't swap over the motherboards and expect windows to load. You will only be able to do that if it is the same board. It is blue screening every time windows tries to load. (some time you get lucky and it will work) Hense the Looping you are experiencing.

Format and Re-Install will solve your problem.

Every time you replace major hardware inside a PC (mainly the Motherboard) you will have to re-install windows as windows more or less sets it self up according to which board you have in your system. If you replace the board windows tries to load to something that isn't there and has a heart attack.

If you do not want to loose your data purchase a new hard drive and have your original as a secondary.

[Tom_1569]

You have most likely installed the motherboard correctly.
As said its a Windows error not recognising the motherboard.

What version of Windows is it?
XP: Run the install disk, skip the first repair option, but use the second one (automated repair) it will most likely fix the issue without losing any data. If it fails then a full re-install is in order.
Windows 7: It should pick it up and work fine, may need to run the disk for a driver.
Vista: NFI, Vista is to frustrating.

[NAY73N]

should be able to get away with a soft install on the hard drive to get it repaired and working as stated above should be no need to reformat the hard drive and lose your data completely. if not and you need to reformat make sure when you do split your hard drive in 2 partitions one smaller then the other just enough to fit the install of windows that way if this every happens again you dnt have to lose all your data and you just have to format the windows partition (smaller one) just be sure if you do that all installed programs and everything else is installed on the larger partition.

[dijm8]

you wont need to format m8, you can change any part u want u wont need to format..only thing that u would most likely have to do is just re-activate it with the serial thats it!!

id say make sure ur psu is plugged in correctly, and also checked ur temps in bios, would could be another problem that i had with a customer of mine...booted up fine, loaded windows then bam turned off repeatably,

also did u reapply new thermal grease?

[S.T.K.E]

XP is Hardware Specific. I See this every day and explain this to clients daily.

IT is pretty well documented.

Google


Oh and also Virus that corrupt the Boot Files will cause windows to loop at the start.

[Tom_1569]

XP is Hardware Specific. I See this every day and explain this to clients daily.

IT is pretty well documented.

Google


Oh and also Virus that corrupt the Boot Files will cause windows to loop at the start.

You give IT advice for work?
I love you sort of guys, give shit and misleading advice, customers get fed up with it, and come to me

[S.T.K.E]

You give IT advice for work?
I love you sort of guys, give shit and misleading advice, customers get fed up with it, and come to me

I'll Keep that in mind when i sell my monthly 40 Foot Containers .

[Tom_1569]

I'll Keep that in mind when i sell my monthly 40 Foot Containers .

lol ok.......

[drben69]

Live boot
Fix problems
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profit

[Kurtp]

Probably a software issue in relation to the new boards hardware, however you might just be better off reformatting and putting on a newer OS.

[Chilly]

I'd try and reformat. No need for a newer OS either, if you're happy with what you've got.