XP not booting after motherboard replacement

Aside from formatting everything and reinstalling from scratch, I don't see any other solution. If your XP was installed with a certain hardware configuration, it's impossible to run it on a different configuration.

I really think that Windows doesn't like it when you change the motherboard without reinstalling the OS. The blue screen can come from an MBR (Master Boot Record) problem (boot error). I managed to recover it by having a boot CD with some tools like Easy Recovery and Partition Magic and by tinkering around. Then, I reinstalled everything just to be safe.

I hope you'll be able to make it too. Good luck

Yvjo

I confirm your statements; XP doesn't like it at all. However, you can change the graphics card and even the CPU; that's fine.

That's for me, that's trumpet.

Hello everyone,

Yes, Microsoft XP doesn't like it when you change the motherboard. It's partly due to Windows' anti-piracy protections...

Little by little we become less little :)

you forget a little thing, what you say is not always true.

but what you forget is that XP does not like old motherboards, so you need to flash the motherboard.

feydakin,
Only the neophyte judges others.

No, for me, this is a problem similar to the one present under Windows 2000: changing the IDE controller family.

So, the trick is to prepare the transfer on the first motherboard by forcing the loading of the standard IDE drivers and not the manufacturer's super ATA. Then you turn off your PC and remove the hard drive.

Next, you can easily transfer the hard drive and let Windows XP search for the best controller for the new motherboard.
You can also do the same for the graphics card driver.
But history has shown that it's less critical.
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Yes, my little one,
so Microsoft (MicroSoft) has tightened license control with the introduction of Windows (Window) XP. Where everything worked beautifully under Windows 95 and 98, they invented a twisted thing: if you move your bootable hard drive to another PC (personal computer), there’s a 9 out of 10 chance it won't boot up again. The main reason is that Microsoft attempts a restart with the same drivers (small pieces of software dedicated to managing a hardware component of the computer) without checking compatibility with the new hardware (physical components making up the computer). Windows (Window) 98 relied on the Plug and Play mechanism (you plug it in and play, I don't care) to check, and failing compatibility, looked for a better solution. But now the boot phase no longer allows this and crashes the PC instead of reinstalling the appropriate program.
To circumvent this, I therefore proposed before transferring the hard drive to remove one of the most important drivers in the boot phase, the one that provides access to the hard drive itself, in order to install the basic driver, the one ensuring total compatibility for all PCs compliant with the PC-compatible standard (Standard IDE driver), that is to say, the one used by Microsoft during the initial installation, before discovering the brand of the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) chipset and installing the more efficient drivers originally provided by this hard drive interface manufacturer.

If this is too much for you. There is, of course, the possibility of not recovering the information from your disk but burning it to a backup CD. Then, you can reinstall the new PC from scratch using your Windows XP license CD. But as far as I know about the XP product activation technique, you are only allowed one active installation per license, with activation being done online via the internet or by phone. Any major change in the installation will trigger the termination of your usage rights: you will then have three days to reactivate your XP license instead of 30 days (meaning you will have to call them, read them, or input a thirty-digit number on your phone keypad and receive an alphanumeric activation code). This phase is particularly humiliating and reminds you that you are dust and that their junk will return to dust, and if their company were to disappear tomorrow, you would quickly lose the ability to continue using the license you believe to be perpetual, at the slightest hardware change in your PC.
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Well, I have the same problem, but it's with a QDI Advance 10T. Not being very knowledgeable, I'm wondering how to do it. If someone has the solution, here is my email address: Malekith_Rom@hotmail.com.
Well, I was thinking of installing 98 on my hard drive and then setting it up on my QDI to reinstall XP from 98. Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed =)

And where can I find the flash of my motherboard? =)

The latest BIOS offered by the manufacturer is at http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/products/Advance10t.htm
This is version 1.6 from February 7, 2002.
You have the same one, but the same as who, as shangy? Tell your story starting from the beginning, and describe the symptoms better.
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Yeah, but how do we change the BIOS without being able to access Windows???? Help meeeeee PPPllllzzzz

I thought I had found the solution but I realize that I will have to give up because my motherboard (QDI Advance 10T) doesn't want to start the XP installation from the CD-ROM, so I thought about creating a boot disk for XP (Yeah, I was happy =) but the problem is that it doesn't read my disk either and to top it all off, my BIOS is locked with a password that I obviously don't know =(.
So I'm stuck with a P2 400MHz.
Well, now that I’ve told you everything, I’m waiting for your help (Plz) Here is my email: Malekith_Rom@hotmail.com :'(

Hello Shangi, I have the same problem of recognition of my old hard drive by my new motherboard p4p800e. Did you find a solution?

I was talking about it on http://www.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-197687-XP-en-panne-apr%E8s-changement-de-carte-m%E8re#8
If you still have the old motherboard, reconnect your hard drive to it and prepare the transfer by changing the IDE driver as I explained there.
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Thank you so much M&M, it worked! Thanks to you I avoided suicide and I can finally enjoy my new setup. Thanks again for your idea, bye ;-)

Hello,

I have a big problem and need help....

I changed the motherboard of my PC, and since then, my screen won't turn on ????

I put my old motherboard back, and now it's even worse, no screen, the CPU won't start ???

So I'm in deep trouble....

How can I find the issue???

Hi,
I have a very good solution for you!
Go see a professional! lol

Otherwise, connect your "new" motherboard with just what it needs to boot up: "power supply + the small power switch cable that's connected to the power button of your ATX case + the speaker (sound)." Check if it's a P4; make sure you have both power cables connected: "the small square 12-volt one (4 wires) and the big one (20 wires)!" Start the motherboard and see if it beeps! If it does, then one of the other components isn’t working! "CPU; memory, graphics card, etc....
There you go!!!

See you!

There is a way to retrieve your Windows XP license without having to call M~. You go to c:\windows\system32 (original directory) in that folder there is a file named "wpa.dbl" you just need to save it onto a floppy disk or another partition. After reinstalling Windows, put this file back in its location and that's it.

Hi, I'm Roland.
I think I can explain the cause of your problem.
If you have a PC with XP installed and you change the motherboard, then the input and output settings are not the same, which triggers this message, valid for Windows 2000 as well. It is a compatibility issue between the electronic components of the motherboard.
So to resolve this problem, you will need to back up your hard drive data and then reinstall Windows XP; this new installation will take into account the settings of the new motherboard. Keep in mind that Windows 2000 and XP are not Windows 9x.
For more details, feel free to write to me at roland_info@yahoo.fr
Thank you.

It must be a knight issue on a hard drive.
:)