Vista - Vista won't boot any mode after hardware upgrade, startup repair f

So I had Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed and it worked fine on my home-built
PC. My vid card got fried and I decided to do some other hardware upgrades
with it. After putting it all together, Vista won't boot at all even into
safe mode. Each time I never get to the loading bar and it restarts. No
error message, just the message that a recent hardware or software change
prevented Windows from loading. Startup repair fails and system restore
doesn't do anything.

I've tried unplugging everything but the essentials, tweaking settings in
the BIOS, disabling firewire/USB, moving around the RAM and cards, memtest
and chkdsk. Nothing. I really don't want to have to reinstall Vista. I was
just getting used to it!

Here's the specs:

GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 Mobo
500 Watt Ultra PSU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 gHz
EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT
CORSAIR 2 x 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
80GB Maxtor (PATA)
250GB WD Caviar (PATA)
LG DVD Burner (SATA)
No-name DVD Burner (SATA)
Floppy (why?)
PCI modem (why?)
4-port USB PCI card

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Nick

I'm guessing that part of your upgrades was changing the mothboard, right? What you should do is put your new scren card into the old motherboard, and get that working again (if possible). Backup all essential data, then re-load Windows on the new hardware.

Did you try Last known Good Configuration?
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"ncontorno" <ncontorno@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yep, I've tried Safe Mode, with Networking, with Command Prompt, Last Known
Good Config, and Normal. All no dice.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

Hi Nick,

Generally speaking, a new motherboard means a new installation. This is
because of the different hardware and chipset on the board, both of which
might require different drivers. You might be lucky and get it to work
without, but you could run into problems at a later date. My advice would be
to bite the bullet and go for a reinstallation. Fortunately, installing Vista
is much simpler and quicker than previous MS operating systems (including
XP). Note that when you activate, you will probably need to do so over the
phone.
Dwarf

"ncontorno" wrote:

"ncontorno" <ncontorno@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C4AC18F3-9849-47E1-9D9B-0077CEE3D7AA@xxxxxxYour out of luck. You can not Install a new MB. Reason is all the chipset
drivers are loading and as it's not the same MB It's going to give you a
blue screen every time. Even in safe mode. Safe mode will still load the
same chipset drivers. Only way is to do a new install.

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:49:02 -0800, ncontorno
<ncontorno@xxxxxx> wrote:

A new motherboard? Unless it's identical to the old one, that always
means at *least* a repair installation.

Certainly try the repair installation, and keep your fingers crossed.
But be aware that sometimes a repair installation isn't sufficient,
and whether you want to or not, you *have to* do a clean installation.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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How do you know that when your vidcard fried it didn't cause other damage
to your machine as well?


"ncontorno" <ncontorno@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, try repairing your system. Boot from your Windows Vista DVD, select
the System Repair Option > on the setup screen, select 'Repair Computer >
Select your installation of Windows > select Startup Repair option and
follow instructions.
--
Andre
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http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"ncontorno" <ncontorno@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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