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


Ratmuffin wrote:
Compatible with the Motherboard. XP (Or any other OS) will NOT be
stable until you resolve your hardware issues. Once you get the BIOS
screen stabilized, THEN put on OS on that thing. THere ore no XP tweaks
to solve this. One (or more) part(s) are causing this problem. IT must
be changed out, or set in the BIOS correctly. Changed out is more
likely. It is entirely possible you have a defective part. Good news,
they're new and under Warrenty!

The graphics card and motherboard are both brand new and from the same
manufacturer, Gigabyte. Since installing those into the case XP has been
unable to load, so no drivers have been installed.

Just because they're new doesn't mean that they aren't defective! Every
company has a percentage of their cards DOA.


I've seen your issue in a small handful of machines. It is usually a
video card problem. On integrated video systems, it may be a RAM
problem. Another poster said you should check the power supply. This is
a VERY good idea. When people replace thier motherboard, they often get
a faster one, a more powerful CPU, or a few other upgrades. Faster
usually means it will require more juice. This means a a power supply
with more watts. 350 is probaly safe. Unless you're running a whole
bunch of stuff.

The original power supply had to be replaced for the new processor (had a
fan at least 4 times as big as the old one!), so a new one has has just been
installed. Before that there weren't any LED's showing.

I had an older hard disk with Me installed on it. Switching the hard disks,
the computer did boot Me with the motherboard and graphics card, although the
graphic are VERY basic, with random blue lines running horizontally down the
screen.

Hi! That's a dead video card! Possibly a bad power supply. Exchange for
ones that work!


OK, so Me loads - a key problem here is that the CD drive has disapeared
from My Computer so I can't load XP and troubleshoot the MB from there.

Loading XP will get you nowhere. You have a bad part. Period.

.

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