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Re: New mother board
"Tony" <ballatileandrenovation@bellnet.ca> wrote ...
>I have installed a new mother board (system board) and CPU now vista does
>not start. Even safe mode does not work.
> Old board was flakey and I put a new one New one is a DFI the old one
> Systec board. Do I have to reinstall.
Hi Tony,
Reinstalling Vista from scratch is certainly the most reliable approach.
When you replace the motherboard, you are effectively replacing the whole
computer (especially these days, when so many system components are
integrated onto the motherboard). Even though various hardware interfaces
are supposedly standard - maybe you have a SATA hard disk, for example, and
SATA is SATA, right? - but the hard disk controller, although a standard
SATA device, will probably have a different PnP Identifier from the
controller on the old motherboard. If the PnP identifiers don't match,
you'll get a STOP 0x7B blue screen when you try to boot. And so on. All the
very careful and precise hardware detection which Vista does when you first
install it, you will be effectively throwing away, if you don't re-install.
Basically, the motherboard and CPU are not *fungible* components - unlike
the keyboard, case, power supply etc.
Some folks might respond and suggest ways to hack your existing Vista
installation back into life. This is sometimes possible. But it is likely to
be a less reliable solution in the long run - you'll end up with a bunch of
left-over dead-end device drivers hanging around, registry crud, occasional
mysterious blue screens, etc, etc. If you really, *really* need to resurrect
your existing installation, boot from the Vista DVD, and then do an in-place
"upgrade" of your existing installation. This will preserve your user data
and existing applications. It will repeat the hardware detection and append
the necessary drivers, PnP definitions etc to make the system bootable.
Alternatively and preferably: boot from the Vista DVD, go to a Command
Prompt in the repair console, and back-up your user data to a safe location.
Then reformat the system drive, and re-install Vista from scratch.
There's a certain element of opinion and risk assessment here; some might
disagree with me. But I'm pretty sure this is the best advice for you. It's
what I always do myself, when I replace a motherboard.
Hope it helps,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
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