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

[Geoff H <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Idiot - I replied to the wrong message.

Geoff

Geoff H wrote:
> Why not use a wireless socket, like Bye Bye Standby or similar, to
> switch off power to the TV that isn't currently being used?
>
> Geoff
>
> Nigel Giddings wrote:
>> The Saga continues.
>>
>>
>>
>> Following on from all the suggestions and making no further
progress
>> I decided to go for the PSU yesterday, £24.99 from Maplins...
The
>> only ones I have in the PC graveyard don't have 24 Pin connectors
or
>> the additional 12V 4 way plug for the CPU...
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 the POST and displaying the results, the same issue
as
>> the new MoBo... Grrrr....
>>
>>
>>
>> Looks as if it may have been PSU related, I haven't swapped back
to
>> the original PSU yet to verify with the original board.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am tempted to swap CPU now as one of the few remaining things
that
>> have not been disconnected/replaced. I believe I have another AM2
CPU
>> in another PC....
>>
>>
>> As you can tell I am clutching at straws now...
>>
>>
>>
>> Any reason why I should not change CPU, I don't want two damaged
>> CPUs....
>>
>>
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Rob 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
>>> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>>> <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
>>> Of Paul Gale
>>> Sent: 10 February 2009 08:10
>>> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:%27ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>>> <%27ukha_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%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
>>>
>>>> Of Steve Morgan
>>>> Sent: 10 February 2009 00:20
>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>>>> <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.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%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
>>>
>>>> Of
>>>> Nigel Giddings
>>>> Sent: 09 February 2009 18:59
>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>>>> <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.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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