Recently purchased a new motherboard for my PC so that i could install a better processor. When i installed the motherboard it fitted perfectly, i screwed it to the base of the case installed all other comonents and wires, the only thing i had trouble with was the wires leading from the front of the case for the power button and front USB's, but i worked around this by leaving off the connection from the front USB ports and just installed the power on button and speaker leaving the light off. After everything was installed i switched on the pc, it ran through to a black windows screen with alot of options in how to boot up the pc, i tried start windows normally but this just runs to a screen which breifly shows the windows loading page but then the pc restarts itself, im pretty sure everything is fine in the BIOS, the hard drive has VISTA installed on it but i dont think this is the issue as i have tried a hard drive with Windows XP installed on it, why is this not working?
2007-03-06 20:56:25 · 5 answers · asked by chaffers231 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Starting with XP, Microsoft made it to where windows will detect changes in the computer's hardware ( drives, RAM, video, etc. ). When you first installed windows ( whether XP or Vista ), the setup program gathered information about your system and its installed hardware so that it would know what drivers for what hardware it need to include in the install job. As you added things like a new hard drive, external drives, etc., windows automatically detects that new hardware was installed and attempts to find a compatible driver to install. When you activated windows online, it generated a key hash that would be sent to Microsoft, while online, so that their server would send you an activation code to "validate" your copy of windows. This validation code was sent, matching the hardware ID coded in your key hash - in other words - microsoft was sent a general ID that identifies how much memory, size of your harddrives, how many, video card RAM, and other plugged in peripherals as well as your BIOS identifying information. Windows XP and Vista allow you upto three different hardware changes before you have to re-validate your installed copy of windows. However, if windows discovers that it is running on a different motherboard ( usually by reading your BIOS identifiers ) than from what it was originally installed on, it thinks that this a copy that was pirated from another computer ( or copied from ).
All you need to do ( and I have done this many times over for others ) is to reboot your install CD and go to install. Then opt to "repair" your current windows installation ( yes you will have to reenter your CD-key ) and let setup finish the repair install. You will probably have to go online and reactivate to revalidate your copy of windows again. If you do this correctly, you should not lose any of your important files. Just remember to "repair" your current install of windows and you should be golden!
Good luck, Cheers!
2007-03-06 21:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by Jim S Smith 2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to perform a fresh installation of Windows. The drivers for the new motherboard components will install after Windows full loads, but that's IF you can get it to load. Even then, the old drivers usually don't go peacefully. Migrating an existing installation of Windows to a new mobo/processor is never a good idea.
2007-03-06 21:04:27 · answer #2 · answered by whatdoitypehere 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easiest way is to do a fresh install of the operating system.
Two typical reasons for replacing a motherboard are to upgrade an existing one and to replace a failed one. In either case, you must reconfigure Windows to work with the new motherboard and its components because not all motherboards use the same hardware abstraction layer (HAL), integrated device electronics (IDE) controllers, basic input/output system (BIOS), and other components.
2007-03-07 00:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
windows is trying to load drivers associated with your old board....you might (i strees the word might) be able to do a repair installation with the windows disc....being that it will scan your hardware and install the appropriate drivers in that stage. You just boot with the cd and choose the repair option...In xp you select install first then after the disc scan you'll get the option to repair current installation....haven't yet done it in vista but prop similar process
the beneifit being you wouldn't have to install all your other programs again and system settings would remian intact....if it doesn't work out then you'll need to do a complete re-installation of windows.
2007-03-06 21:10:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try going to your bios and put settings to default, save it and try again.
check to see if all your cables and memory is connected snug.
make sure the powersupply cables are snug also.
when you put a mobo into a case it cant be touching the case directly or it will short out the mobo causing it not to work correctly. you have to use those riser screws that keep the back of it from touching the case. make sure u do that also.
good luck!
2007-03-06 21:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by sadeyzluv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋