RE: [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't boot into XP

["Steve Morgan" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is this the same processor as on your old board? I could imagine it
happening if you'd moved from single-core to multi-core as the Hardware
Abstraction Layer is different.

If you disconnect the hard disk, can you boot from a bootable CD or DVD? If
not, maybe your boot sequence is wrong and it's always booting from the HD,
in which case either the HAL or drivers could be the problem.


Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Nigel Giddings
Sent: 09 February 2009 18:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't boot into XP

Well I have just had another chanced to look at this.



I have swapped the memory stick with another just to cover off that
possibility. I have tried booting without the FDD and DVD/CD and on all
counts it boots to the same point... I get the single beep from the BIOS
then see the BIOS report the processor and IDE with the HD listed (it is
a SATA)  it then says verifying DMI Pool Data, the screen goes black and
that is it...



The CPU fan speed does vary, increases slightly as CPU warms as you
would expect...



A friend has suggested it may be a PSU issue, which I can't discount as
I don't have a spare floating around at the moment. In attempt to
further lighten the load I removed the HD power cord and it boots the
same, reports Verifying DMI Pool Data and then reports DISK BOOT
FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.



No real surprise there, it does suggest it is reading something from the
HD when powered up though...



Any more suggestions before I go and buy another PSU to discount that
possible problem.



TIA

Nigel






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