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

[Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxxxx>]

This runs a very faint bell, I think it's not getting to the OS, the
message
is coming from the BIOS.
IIRC you need to clear the CMOS on the mobo...



On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Steve Morgan <steve@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>   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 <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
> Nigel Giddings
> Sent: 09 February 2009 18:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> 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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