Re: Help! P4 upgrade problem

From: Wislu Plethora (wislu_at_plethora.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 13:26:33 -0600

"Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message
news:2v200qF2cn0e7U1@uni-berlin.de...
> I've had hardware problems on-and-off for some time now. So I took the
> plunge today and replaced my Athlon 2000 system with a new Pentium
(Prescot)
> system.
>
> I bought a new motherboard (Abit), processor (Prescot P4 at 3GHz) and
memory
> (512Mb of DDR3200).
>
> I managed to install the new mobo, CPU and memory without problems (I've
> done a few). But I have problems...
>
> My PC reaches the POST OK and everything checks OK (I can also access the
> BIOS) but then nothing.
>
> Windows XP (SP2) tries to boot but the system resets when I reach the
> Windows logo.
>
> I tried to boot from CD (to re-install Windows) but the PC hangs when I
get
> the message: "Boot from CD:".
>
> One strange thing. The first message I get is: "Verifying DMI pool
data..."
> and some times I get "success" and other times I get nothing before it
tries
> to boot from CD (and fails). Is this normal?
>
> Help! I've tried everything including resetting the BIOS. I've checked all
> of the cables too. Everything seems to be fine - but the damn thing will
not
> boot.
>
> BTW I have two lights on the mobo - a green one when a power cable is
> connected and a red one (according to the manual this simply means that my
> system is switched on). Should this LED be red or green?
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
> Bobby
>

You need to do a repair install of XP. It doesn't recognize the new
hardware.

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