Installed a New Motherboard Now PC Will NOT Go To Windows XP

Hello Out There,

I just installed a (ABIT NF7-M AMD 1.1GHz) motherboard in an old tower for my step daughter. I know it works because it was fine in my friends PC before he upgraded and gave me this one.

I finally, got it to power up. I can get into the BIOS however, I can not get to Windows XP Pro. The PC is caught in a loop. It continually resets as if I am hitting the reset button. The black screen with white letter appears, it seems to recognize the hardware and offers an option to enter the BIOS by depressing the "DEL" key. If I do this I get the BIOS but, if I don't depress the "DEL" key the PC continues to the black screen with white lettering which offers options for starting the various safe modes or starting normally. No matter which option I select the final result is the same. Things look as if they are going okay - then the Windows XP logo appears for all of a nano second, and then, the PC starts all over again. Since I don't know how to wisely configure my BIOS/CMOS I am surmiseing this is the problem. However, I am not sure.

Any one out there??? Please help.

Much appreciated,

Signed,

Baffled in Los Angeles.

 

I responded in your other thread.

 

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Now that the motherboard has been replaced it's time to power on the machine. Rather than let the machine go through the entire boot process, you want to enter the BIOS setup screen and make some changes. How you enter the BIOS setup depends on the motherboard, but the manual should give specific instructions for the procedure. The most common method is to power on the machine and then repeatedly tap the Delete key until you see BIOS setup appear. Most systems contain a message on the boot screen that also explains how to enter BIOS setup. If all else fails, read the manual.

If you miss getting into the BIOS it's important not to let the system continue booting into XP at this point, assuming it would even do so if allowed to continue, which it probably wouldn't. Either use a quick Ctrl+Alt+Del keystroke sequence to restart the boot process and try again, or power off the system quickly. Either way it shouldn't do any damage to the system. Just try again until you get into the BIOS setup utility. Once you are in there are certain items to set and verify.

* Make sure the system date and time are set correctly.
* Ensure the settings for the CPU are set correctly if the board doesn't use an automatic detection scheme.
* Verify the hard drive detection settings. Again, most boards do this automatically so ensure that AutoDetect or something similar is selected.
* Finally, make sure the boot sequence or boot order of the system is set so the CD ROM drive is the first place the system will look for the operating system when booting. Most systems and boards are set to look at drive C: first and this is what you want to avoid. Once you find the settings there will likely be many choices available by using a combination of the arrow and PageUp/PageDown keys. Select an option that looks similar to [CD ROM/C/A] which would set the boot order for the CD ROM first, drive C: second, followed by drive A, the floppy.
Once the settings are configured, exit the BIOS Setup Utility making sure to select an option to save the settings that were just configured. Many boards use a specific F key to accomplish this task, asking you to verify that you wish to save the current settings. Once the setting changes are confirmed the system normally initiates a system restart.

 

If you just simply replaced the MB without formatting the HD then WinXP is still assuming you have the old MB in there and is looking for the old hardware and MB drivers.

I suggest that you format the HD and put on a fresh copy of WinXP, then use the driver CD that came with the MB. Then put in all the drivers needed for the other hardware you have in the computer.

I hope this helps.