Re: Windows 2000 hangs at startup after processor change

Yes, we did. And I have more information. My friend got my package
including an original Win2000 CD. He puts in the CD, computer boots from
the CD, he hit F10 to enter repair console, and the computer locks at the
same place. Is that the right way to enter the repair console, or do you do
it from Advanced Options?

Personally, I am starting to think the problem is in the BIOS settings.
Maybe, when he put in the new CPU, it auto-changed something that doesn't
work now. But, I would think reseting the BIOS to defaults should have
fixed that. Although, when he did that and booted the PC, he had to allow
the BIOS to reset itself to what it thought was correct before he could
boot. Maybe something isn't set right.

"job" <headon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Head Hunter" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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So what in the BIOS could be causing this problem? It is an ASUS board,
not
sure of exact model number.

"JAD" <kapasitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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bios update to offically accept the new CPU

there would be no reason for windows to be the culprit, and certainally
a
re install is not going to fix it.



"Head Hunter" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No more ideas? Not even "yup, you need to reinstall/repair"?

"Head Hunter" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, guys, I have a wierd one here. A friend of mine is running a
home-built with an Athlon 2400+ XP CPU. He wanted to upgrade his
CPU
higher, and his manual said he could go upt to a 3000+. I found him
one
on E-bay and sent it to him. The CPU would start, and he could go
into
the BIOS, but it wouldn't boot. Oh, well, he swiched back to his
old
CPU.

However, now when his system starts, it goes through the BIOS, he
gets
the
single beep, it goes to the black "Starting Windows" screen, the
white
bar
goes across the bottom of the screen, and the system stops. No
error
messages, no other beeps, nothing. He left it sitting for 2 hours
one
to
see if it was just thinking really hard. Nothing.

We have tried resetting the BIOS to defaults. No change. We cleared
the
CMOS. No change. We disconnected the cables and re-seated them.
No
change. He tried creating the 4 startup floppies on another
computer
and
using them. It goes through all 4 floppies, gets to the blue
Starting
Windows screen, and stops. We can't swap momory, because his
motherboard
only has one DIMM and, with only one, it only works in one
particular
memory slot.

He can't re-install Windows at the moment because his CD has a
crack.
I
am sending him mine (he has him own key code) but he is in Colorado
and
I
am in Calif, so he won't get until next week. I am also sending him
a
spare HD I have that has Win2000 on it, in case he need to boot from
it
to
repair his drive.

Can anyone out there give me any other ideas? We are stumped. We
saw
in
one old post on the ASUS web site about running fixmbr, but that
assumes
his CD works and/or it will boot from the floppies.

HELP? Anyone? Thanks in advance.



All I can say is try either re-installing the original BIOS or updating to
the newer version. Can't think why the original cpu won't work.
You put it back with heatsink and new thermal paste?




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