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

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Saga continues.

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Following on from all the suggestions and making no further progress I
deci=
ded to go for the PSU yesterday, =A324.99 from Maplins... The only ones I
h=
ave in the PC graveyard don't have 24 Pin connectors or the additional 12V
=
4 way plug for the CPU...

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Changed the PSU and exactly the same problem! In desperation I have
changed=
back to the original MoBo with the new PSU... This is now going through th=
e POST and displaying the results, the same issue as the new MoBo...
Grrrr.=
...

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Looks as if it may have been PSU related, I haven't swapped back to the
ori=
ginal PSU yet to verify with the original board.

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I am tempted to swap CPU now as one of the few remaining things that have
n=
ot been disconnected/replaced. I believe I have another AM2 CPU in another
=
PC....=20

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As you can tell I am clutching at straws now...

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Any reason why I should not change CPU, I don't want two damaged CPUs....

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Nigel

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-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R=
ob Iles
Sent: 10 February 2009 23:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't boot into XP

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Download and burn an ISO of Ubuntu / distribution of your choice to see if
it boots?

(Assumes 2nd working PC with DVD/CD burner)

R

2009/2/10 Nigel Giddings <nigel@xxxxxxx <mailto:nigel%40corbenic.co.=
uk> >

> The DVD is from the action pack....
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d%4=
0yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d%40yahoo=
groups.com>] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 10 February 2009 08:10
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:%27ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <%27ukh=
a_d%40yahoogroups.com>'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't boot
into
> XP
>
> Don't know if it's relevant but I have had problems with some DVD
drives
> not reading my MS install DVD's (from the MS action pack installers) -
> must be a DVD compatibility issue.
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d=
%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d%40yahoo=
groups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Steve Morgan
> > Sent: 10 February 2009 00:20
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d%4=
0yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't
boot
> > into XP
> >
> > The boot failure from DVD is very suspicious, as it suggests that
> > either
> > it's not actually attempting to boot from the DVD or that the DVD
> isn't
> > actually a bootable disc (which as Vista install disc certainly
should
> > be).
> >
> > Did you get the message "Press any key to boot from the
CD"? (And if
> > you
> > did, did you press a key before the timeout period?)
> >
> > Are you sure that the DVD drive is included in the boot sequence
list
> > in the
> > BIOS?
> >
> > I'd leave the HDD disconnected until you manage to get a
successful
> DVD
> > boot. There could be all sorts of driver issues booting from the
HDD
> > until
> > you've managed to either repair or re-install the OS over the
top.
> >
> >
> > Steve Morgan
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d=
%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d%40yahoo=
groups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Nigel Giddings
> > Sent: 09 February 2009 18:59
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 <ukha_d%4=
0yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't
boot
> > into XP
> >
> > Hi Thanks for the additional ideas.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have reset the BIOS and then reconfigured in the setup and this
> > appears to be taken OK, show success during next boot cycle but
still
> > won't go beyond black screen immediately after DMI Pool Data
message.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have also tried disconnecting SATA HD, disabling SATA in BIOS
and
> > booting from DVD using a good VISTA install DVD but I get the
message
> > DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > FYI there are no PCI cards installed either, just the MoBo, FDD
> > (currently disconnected), DVD/CD (Connected), and SATA HD
(Currently
> > disconnected), and 1 stick of RAM (1GB DDR2) which shows up OK
during
> > initial booting...
> >
> >
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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