Re: Help! P4 upgrade problem

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From: Bobby (bobby_at_europe.com)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:26:33 -0000

I might be getting somewhere...

I think that my PC resets during the Windows boot (from HD) because I've
changed the mobo and CPU. Is that possible? I gather XP does not like major
hardware changes.

So the problem comes down to why the CD will not boot. My POST screen passes
so quickly that it's very hard to read but I think it reports a problem with
"an 80 pin cable" on the second IDE channel (IDE1 is fine). All my IDE
devices are reported correctly (one HD, two CD/DVD drives and an LS120).

I've disconnected the IDE2 cable and substituted that cable. No difference.
So it's not the cable.

But could it be the IDE connections on the mobo? If there's something wrong
with either (?) of these, would that prevent my PC booting from CD?

I'm at the stage when I intend to return the mobo, CPU and memory and get an
Athlon 64 rig in its place.

Thanks to everyone who has tried to help.

Bobby
"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
>

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