I have replaced my mobo with a Soyo KT-400 and put a new XP 2400 in also. After installing I get a screen thats says this...

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K7VX4-2AA4

main processor: AMD XP 1800

CPU temp protection is on, current temp: 47 C/ 116 f

memory testing: 524288 ok

memory clock: 133mhz ddr266

detecting IDE drives.......

then it stalls there.
I am running XP and have 2 sticks of Crucial pc2100 (2X256)
ATI AIW 8500
WD 80 GB

Any help would be mucho appreciated.

So, what you're saying??? Is that you've installed a completely new Motherboard and connected the old Harddrive that is totally configured to operate with the old Motherboard???

Hmmmmm......

I think you'd be wise to backup all data on the old harddrive to CDs or whatever, and reinstall XP so that it can be configured to your new Motherboard.

Others might have other ideas....

If you did it like this you should have no problem but if not then do what Whyzman suggested...

1. Choose Start / Run / REGEDIT / Click Ok.
Once your in the Registry Editor..... Open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder...... their you should find a folder by the name of ENUM .

you need to Delete this folder by "right clicking" on it and choosing DELETE....This by all means of the word removes all the Hardware components and allows the system to re-discover them.


2. You need to do this just before you remove the Old Motherboard...... Then you can install the new Motherboard add all your cables back and you should be set to go.

Two things have me wondering: The CPU is not being identified properly, and if it is not even detecting the IDE drives, it seems to me to be stopping at a point before it could even start reading the drives.

I'd like to know if it would boot OK from a floppy.

Otherwise, I agree with Whyzman and Yoda.

All the above being good answers, I want to add an extra.

The HDDs are loaded with info from the other machine and causing a lot of confusion with the new system.

That doesn't mean the data and programs but all the controller info, bios identification and all that. XP will reinstall the right choices if you give it a chance.....

I think he's system is getting stuck in the POST. The post stops in IDE detection, the OS doesn't load. Also his "XP 2400" is shown as "XP 1800". Probably a bios issue, incorrect settings, jumpers etc.

CuratoR.

Originally posted by old dude
XP will reinstall the right choices if you give it a chance..... How, if the computer will not even boot up?

XP will not install the right choices becouse xp is still looking for the OLD Bios.. where it's original installation string ## is.....might be something else going on here?

OK, I am totally clueless here. I thought the BIOS would at least have to find the hard drives. XP Boot Process (http://www.qvctc.commnet.edu/classes/csc277/boot-xp.html).

I will just sit back and watch. :)

Looks like two separate issues to me. First, it's possible the wrong FSB is set in BIOS. Should be 133, but maybe by default on a new mobo, it's set to 100. Enter setup to fix that.

Secondly, we need more information about the harddrive. Is it brand new or is from a previously working system?

If the harddrive is brand new and if it's the only drive on the primary IDE channel, then remove the jumper shunt completely.

Even if the harddrive is from a previosly working system with a working OS, the machine should still be able to boot past the IDE detection phase and will most likely stall at the OS GUI. So it's very possible that the drive is not jumpered correctly.

Also, be sure the IDE Primary Master channel is set to Auto in BIOS.

Originally posted by BigBlue66
Even if the harddrive is from a previosly working system with a working OS, the machine should still be able to boot past the IDE detection phase and will most likely stall at the OS GUI.
I decided to try an experiment. I transferred a Ghost image of a hard drive in a K7S5A XP 1800+ system (with Windows XP) to a different drive in an MVP3 AMD K6-2/400 system (so all hardware was different.)

When the MVP3 booted, it got through the IDE detect and the normal POST sequence. When XP tried to run, it encountered an error (of course). It suggested removing any new hard drive or controller, or check for hard drive corruption or a virus.

I believe Nflmanjs' system should have had the same error, but instead is stopping early in the boot sequence.

I forgot to mention that the mobo before was dead and i had it tested with another processor and memory and confirmed dead, it was a SY-k7V dragon. I pluged the hd ide connector from the primary to the secondary and it booted. I went on to setup the bios on the new mobo and loaded up windows and everything is intact on the hd. The system reads the new mobo and XP2400, I loaded up some new drivers from the Soyo site and its all good now. I still don't understand what the issue was but its up and goin. Thanks for all the input, this site is great. Take care.