Re: Windows keep rebooting after hardware upgrade

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"SunnyLeo" wrote:

| In the quest of trying to quiet down my old PC, I accidentally burnt my CPU
| when putting on a heatsink incorrectly. Since it's fairly old, I decided to
| move on and get a new CPU, which requires a new motherboard and RAM. So
| basically I got a bunch of new hardware upgrade at the same time.
|
| The first time after the upgrade, I got to the XP Pro login screen and it
| said that I need to activate the copy of the Windows to use it. I recall the
| activation checks for hardware component so I decided to not activate it at
| that time as I was still planning to add other hardware upgrade. I shut the
| system down and went on to get the other hardware components. While doing
| this, I got a great deal on CPU/MB combo so I exchanged what I purchased last
| week with this new CPU/MB combo.
|
| After I putting in the new CPU/MB combo last night, Windows would just boot
| into a text screen telling me that the last boot was unsuccessful and asked
| me to choose between safe mode, safe mode with network, last known good
| configuration, etc. However, whatever I choose, it booted into a blue screen
| and rebooted itself. The blue screen lasted a fraction of a second and I
| couldn't read anything off of it. The system just cycle through this: asking
| me to choose what mode to boot, got into a blue screen that I couldn't read,
| and reboot.
|
| 1. How do I troubleshoot this?
| 2. Is there anyway to make the blue screen stay so I can do better
| troubleshooting? The pause key doesn't work as it passes so fast and I could
| never caught it at the right time.
| 3. Is it because of the hardware or CPU upgrade? I went through an old
| Athlon 1 Ghz to an Athlon 64 2800+. Could the new 64 bit CPU be part of this?
| 4. I have the original installation CD of my Win XP Pro? Can I use that to
| repair my system?
| 5. If re-install over the existing copy, will my application still work?
| 6. Do I need to re-activate my Win XP and Office XP? Will this hadware
| upgrade cause my system to be considered a new one and therefore, activation
| would fail?
|
| Thanks for any help.
|
| Leo
.

Relevant Pages

  • TuxOS (Debian-Based)
    ... separate matter, whereupon the hardware detection ... tools (Linux, Windows, DOS, whatever) meant specifically ... or Debian or TuxOS. ... For a distro that wants to install ...
    (comp.os.linux.security)
  • Re: Crashes and the Blue Screen of Death!
    ... but the most common cause is hardware failure. ... The most common cause of this is hardware memory corruption. ... are listed on the Windows 2000 Hardware Compatibility List. ... recommended that all users install them as they become available. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
  • Re: upgrade c: from pata to sata with vista ultimate 64bit upgrade dis
    ... "How to Clean Install Windows Vista with Upgrade Media ... When I began inquiring into various Windows Vista installation options late last year, Microsoft and its representative grew quiet and seemed to begin selectively answering my questions. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices)
  • Subject: Re: Linux sucks?
    ... > the applications I run in my field do not run on Linux. ... I have cygwin on Windows ... so Windows users only hit this rarely at install. ... XP users hit this when they add hardware and the 'automatic ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: Xhrmy.exe
    ... > You need to clean your system of this infestation and then take measures ... > known issues as well as your interface with your hardware is as good as it ... > What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2 ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Loading