Re: Motherboard replacement issue

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From: Jack Gillis (XXXXXXXX_at_widomaker.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:04:43 -0500

Don't despair.

I think you will have to do a Repair/Install (You wont lose any
installed programs or settings.) You might have to do a telephone
reactivation. At least, that has been the case when I replaced at least
two MB's. The process is painless and has always solved the problem at
this end.

Good luck.

"Andrew" <andrewmoran@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eb861e83.0411230948.2e33ebd3@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to replace my Pentium 4 1.8GHz (socket 478) and
> motherboard (PCChips M930 series) with a new AMD athlon 3000+ (FSB
> 333)and motherboard Gigabyte (7NF-RZ).
>
> I installed just the basics to see if I can get that to work, memory,
> video, harddrives. no sound, optical drives, etc. Memory is DDR 266
> (512MB)
>
> Upon start up, it's have issues, it is not getting windows XP to load.
> Note, it is identifying my hard drive that has the Windows XP OS
> correctly (western digital 60GB, etc.), memory is identified fine and
> video appears to work.
>
> I get the following message:
>
> "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start
> successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused
> this. If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or
> was automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose
> Last Known Good Configuration to revert to the most recent settings
> that worked.
>
> ...
> "
>
> I get a few options presented to me
>
> -Safe mode
> -Safe Mode with Networking
> -Safe Mode with Command prompt
> -Last Known Good Configuration
> -Start Windows Normally
>
> None of the above work. Any option I pick, the system restarts and
> comes back to the same screen.
>
> any ideas on what to check for? I installed per the manual and I
> double-checked all the connections.
>
> thanks for your feedback. Andrew

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