[pchelpers] Re: Need a diagnosis

Hi Jo,

Sunday, September 26, 2004, 7:51:42 AM, you wrote:

JW> Can this be done AFTER the new MB is installed (it is an AMD - 
JW> VIA)?  Because now I can't even boot it up to get to Device Mgr.

If you put the new board in, and your new board isn't a Via, then you
won't be able to get far enough, even in safe mode, to do anything.

What chipset is on the old board?

If all else fails, get another hard drive, install Windows on it, then
copy over all of the stuff that you want from the old drive.

--Scott.


JW> At 07:40 AM 9/26/2004, you wrote:

>>There is a thing to look out for on the new board and that is the chipset.
>>If you are going to have an AMD processor the majority of the time the
>>chipset will be "VIA" and if you have a Pentium processor they will most
>>likely be an "INTEL" chipset. As long as you know the type of chipset you
>>have on your board what I have done in the past is remove the other chipset
>>that is on the "SYSTEM" heading in the Device Manager and that should be ok
>>and any other headings that relate to the old board. It might also be
>>advantageous to do this in Safe Mode.



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