[TechAssist] Re: Computer problem: Mainboard upgrade trouble
- From: "David Lessard" <mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:20:23 -0500
Art,
Installing a hard drive that has already been configured with W2K into
another system (motherboard) is not recommended. Sometimes you get lucky and
all the driver rearranging is successful however most of the time you end up
with a system that is unstable. Your best bet is to backup all your personal
data, fdisk/format the drive, and start from scratch. This is the only
option once things get that screwed up. Think about all that time you
already spent trying to get things working as they were on the other
motherboard. One word: FORMAT C:/S
Good luck
David Lessard
Alexandria Electronics
Ontario, Canada
mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of art bevilacqua
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 2:51 PM
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TechAssist] Computer problem: Mainboard upgrade trouble
This is something I only do once every 3 or 4 years, but it seems to get
harder each time. Usually there are drivers to rearrange etc but this
time I'm stuck.
The original motherboard is an ASUS AB-AX5 with a 200Mhz processor, Scsi
adapter (currently only going to a CD-ROM and scanner), 1 IDE hard
drive, 1 IDE CD-ROM, 1 IDE Zip Disk, floppy, 192Mb memory.
I installed a new Intel D845GEBV2 motherboard with a 1.8Mhz processor,
512Mb memory. This board has audio, LAN, and video built in.
The machine starts to boot off the hard drive (the operating system is
Windows 2000) with the bar that advances across the bottom, and then the
box that says windows is starting up, but the machine crashes with a
"STOP" error saying "boot device is inaccessible". There is no help for
this on the Intel web site.
I stripped everything out of the machine except for the hard disk,
keyboard and mouse, but no change.
I put the old motherboard back, and can see that the video drivers and
Lan drivers had been modified. I'm guessing its getting to an area where
it's trying to do something with the IDE drivers and is locking up
there.
Can someone recommend a reasonable sequence of removing/installing
drivers, or of starting up after the upgrade that will get things
running?
Thanks very much, Art
Art Bevilacqua
Essex Radio and TV
40 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
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