RE: WinXP reboots after installing new motherboard and CPU

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From: Andrew E. (eckrichco_at_msn.com)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:39:04 -0800

 With new boards,one should 1st,clear the CMOS,put the jumper pin on the
 board from 1-2 position to the 2-3 position for 20-30 seconds,then move
 back to 1-2,you should remove the battery before.Then start computer,enter
 the BIOS to adjust time,date,etc..Unless its the exact same board,a new xp
 installation is a must,boot to xp cd,select at info page,install xp,new
copy,delete
 partition,create one,then xp formats and installs auto.

"Reb" wrote:

> I recently upgraded my MB and CPU in my system. When i tried to boot WinXP
> the first time the system rebooted and then went to the menu screen with
> options to boot in safe mode, last known good config, etc. I tried to boot
> normally again but it would continue to reboot. It would get to the first
> WinXP screen (the one with the blue squares in the box as the OS loads)
> I was able to boot in safe mode with no problems. I even tried reinstalling
> the OS (started in safe mode) but it would reboot as well.
>
> The board is a 925 board from Intel. They origianl was also a 925 board. I
> didn't use any special Disk or RAID drivers on the original drive. I checked
> to make sure BIOS settings were the same.
>
> Any suggestions?

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