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Originally Posted by cyrnel
What happened to the drive from your original office machine? It was the same MB model before, no? I'm missing something between taking out the board as a server spare and replacing it with the new board. If you're installing because of a HAL issue it can be fixed without a fresh install.
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I wasn't clear. Two identical machines, one a server, one a workstation. The server's board fried. I took the workstation, put in the hard drive from the server, and it became the server.
They were e-machines, and out of warranty. So I was replacing the mobo on the one that was to become my workstation. With the new chipset and all, Windows XP was way too confused. Hence, the need for a format and install.
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The 2K install... it hangs right after you specify all your preferences or some other time? If it fails during HW detection that's often a hardware issue, or a BIOS/setting conflict.
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Before I specify anything. Please--no more hardware issues.
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New MB, but did you update the BIOS before getting started? Bring it up to date and load safe defaults. I know, but I have to ask. Those Fry's guys like to put surprises in your dinner.
Did anyone run memtest on the assembled box or are we assuming the new memory is good?
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The BIOS was dated 8/8/05. He ran through it and from what I could see, had it configured well. Obviously had done it a lot. We did not test the new memory, but everything worked once I got the old memory out.