Re: Upgrading motherboard, how to get XPH to boot?

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Run complete memory diagnostics.

What size power supply?
Also test the power supply for proper voltage output (just because it works
doesn't mean it is supplying the correct voltage).

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"***** charles" <shultzjrX@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I had an amd xp1800 cpu in an ecs motherboard which went south.
I replaced it with an asrock amd64 2800. The ddr ram transfered
over and the power supply was unaffected along with the 80G hd.
I thought I could do a repair install from my legal oem xp home cd
(yes, I know). Trouble is, the cd I think is corrupt. When I boot
to it, the first screens are ok but after it does the driver loading bit
I get a normal character blue screen but there is an equals sign on the
first line in the upper left hand corner and another equals sign on the
second line just below it and to the right also in the upper left hand
corner. Different cd drives give same results.
I can hit return several times and eventually get a eula which
I can then get past by doing an F8. After that I get ????'s a couple
of places on the screen and what looks like a list of two partitions
but with funny characters. At that point there is no way I think I can
get into repair mode so I just shut the computer down. There are
many important files as in pictures and spreadsheets on the 80G that
I do not want to loose. I have tried to replace the 80G with a 20G
and I get the same goofed up installation screens. The reason for the
attempted repair is that I am assuming that I can do it that way and
not put in a key ID number. True? If I copy the cab files and do an
install from them from D drive, I must put in a key ID number, true?
So my question is, what is the best way to fix this without having to
enter another key ID number?

thanks for your patience,
charles.......





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