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wombatman · 01-04-2005, 03:37 PM

I'm upgrading my dad from a P3 900mhz computer to a 2.8C. We bought an Antec case and I put my old D875PBZ Intel motherboard in there with the processor. I also moved his hard drive, DVD drive, and CD-RW drive into it. It starts up fine, everything is powered, and I can get into the bios. Windows, however, will not start. I get a blue screen error.

I'm figuring this is caused by the motherboard change. I have tried using chkdsk /r, fixboot, and fixmbr commands from the Windows bootable CD. Chkdsk does a bunch of stuff (advanced checking/recovery, whatever that entails) and fixboot and fixmbr do their thing. This has not resolved the problem, however.

Formatting the drive is absolutely the last resort, if at all possible.

Any suggestions?

01-04-2005, 03:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
wombatman Insane	Blue screen error with new mobo and processor I'm upgrading my dad from a P3 900mhz computer to a 2.8C. We bought an Antec case and I put my old D875PBZ Intel motherboard in there with the processor. I also moved his hard drive, DVD drive, and CD-RW drive into it. It starts up fine, everything is powered, and I can get into the bios. Windows, however, will not start. I get a blue screen error. I'm figuring this is caused by the motherboard change. I have tried using chkdsk /r, fixboot, and fixmbr commands from the Windows bootable CD. Chkdsk does a bunch of stuff (advanced checking/recovery, whatever that entails) and fixboot and fixmbr do their thing. This has not resolved the problem, however. Formatting the drive is absolutely the last resort, if at all possible. Any suggestions?