Re: Can't start Windows after installing new motherboard!!!




Ratmuffin wrote:
Hi! I've recently installed a new motherboard, ATI Radeon graphics card and
memory into my XP system, and now I can't seem to load anything!! I've looked
on the web and the problem seems to be with the motherboard. Not only that,
but the BIOS is... scrambled... its in English, but half the letters aren't
right. O's get replaced with G's, so it can be quite hard to make out the
BIOS. Is this faulty?


90% says incompatible or defective video card.

The rest is divided between other compatibility issues with the
motherboard (ram/ processor, power supply), and a plain defective
motherboard, and a short.

Once you solve the BIOS issue, we'll see what happens with windows

.



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