win8 keeps crashing after changing motherboard/cpu

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libertaire

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I am a win7 user, noob with Windows 8. Usually when i ugrade hardware with win7 i just install the new drivers and everything works correctly. Never needed to format.
This is the first time i upgrade hardware on a Windows 8 machine and i don't want to format.


I have an HTPC that was running an AMD A8 APU with Windows 8.
I just ugraded to a brand new AMD A10 7850K APU with a new motherboard. All other hardware including RAM stays the same.

I installed the new drivers with the CD and got the latest version using MSI LiveUpdate.
But now my HTPC keeps getting a blue screen a few seconds after booting into windows, then it reboots and does the same thing.

I managed to get into safe mode and remove everything on the startup (old w7 msconfig trick)
So far safe mode is still the only way to boot Windows 8 without instantly getting a blue screen because booting normally will get me a blue screen a couple of seconds after getting into windows (hapens 90% of the time)

New MSI motherboard has an option in BIOS called "Enable Windows 8/8.1 Feature"
If i enable it, then the HTPC won't even boot Windows 8, it stays stuck on the EFI Shell page

Config is:

AMD A10 7850K APU
MSI A78M-E45 FM2+/FM2 AMD A78
Samsung SSD x2
1tb black
Windows 8
2x GSKILL 4GB 1600 RAM
 
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"Sometimes required", not "always required".

But since this seems to fall into the bad side of 'sometimes'....reinstall.
For your game customizations, etc....this is what backups are for.

If you did not save any custom/personal/critical data beforehand, you have 2 options:
1. Live with it and reinstall the OS and applications.
or
2. Put the system back together as it was, boot, copy any custom/personal/critical data elsewhere. Reinstall the new hardware, reinstall the OS and applications, and then bring up your critical data from wherever you saved it.

Either way....your particular hardware combinations dictate a full reinstall.
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When you change the mobo, chances are with Windows 7 or Windows 8 that you will need to "repair" the installation or reinstall Windows completely. There are drivers to each mobo that are proprietary, and will cause Windows to crash when loading. Most of the time, the repair doesn't work for me - the only thing I can do is reinstall Windows.

To fully take advantage of Windows 8, the UEFI boot option and the secure boot should be enabled - and booting from the Windows DVD (you can download it if needed) you can install Windows.

Before trying anything - you should make sure you have a backup of your data files - it is a possibility when repairing/installing Windows that you lose the entire contents of the drive....
 
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When changing the motherboard a windows re-install is always REQUIRED.
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False.
I upgraded motherboard on dozens of PC on Win7 without ever having to format.
Right now i am tying this from my main PC on Win7. I changed the motherboard 4 times and i'm still on the same Windows installation.


When you change the mobo, chances are with Windows 7 or Windows 8 that you will need to "repair" the installation or reinstall Windows completely. There are drivers to each mobo that are proprietary, and will cause Windows to crash when loading. Most of the time, the repair doesn't work for me - the only thing I can do is reinstall Windows.
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How do i repair with Win8 ?

Also, does that means that i will lose my installed programs and my start menu tiles ? I spent a lot of time creating custom tiles for my games.


To fully take advantage of Windows 8, the UEFI boot option and the secure boot should be enabled - and booting from the Windows DVD (you can download it if needed) you can install Windows.
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If i set the boot to UEFI i will get stuck in the EFI shell and Windows8 won't boot.
I have to set it to UEFI+Legacy or else it doesn't boot at all.

Same thing for secure boot mode.
 
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"Sometimes required", not "always required".

But since this seems to fall into the bad side of 'sometimes'....reinstall.
For your game customizations, etc....this is what backups are for.

If you did not save any custom/personal/critical data beforehand, you have 2 options:
1. Live with it and reinstall the OS and applications.
or
2. Put the system back together as it was, boot, copy any custom/personal/critical data elsewhere. Reinstall the new hardware, reinstall the OS and applications, and then bring up your critical data from wherever you saved it.

Either way....your particular hardware combinations dictate a full reinstall.
 
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