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New motherboard (GA-EP43-DS3L) now Vista 32 won't boot

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nigelmercier   07-09-2009 at 05:55:46 PM

I have just replaced my motherboard with a GA-EP43-DS3L. The system will no longer boot. Vista starts to load, briefly flashes a blue screen, then restarts. I have run Repair on the Vista DVD, but no change.

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MartenKL   07-09-2009 at 06:17:11 PM
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I think you have to reinstall the OS. I don't think it is recommended or even possible to change motherboard without doing so. To get the correct drivers for the motherboard etc.

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nigelmercier   07-09-2009 at 06:21:56 PM
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Hi Marten,

I've never had to do this before, always got around it somehow.

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bilbat   07-09-2009 at 06:33:49 PM
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MartenKL is correct, you will need/want to reload your OS to a fresh partition, load the drivers from the disk that shipped with the MOBO (uncheck the power saver, and do the automatic install - that way it will be sequenced correctly - some drivers need other drivers to be loaded previously, to enable 'dicovery' of the hardware - it will reboot several times during this process...)and then restore your data from backups (you do have backups?) - might be a good time for the switch to Windows 7 - you'll never go back to Vista!

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zipzoomflyhigh   07-09-2009 at 06:41:14 PM
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You should always re-load windows when replacing a mobo. You have drivers that will conflict with your new hardware on the drive.

Bye the way, I love vista64, best OS I ever owned and I've had them all (except windows 3.1). Never had a single problem with it or any hardware nor does it hurt the performance of my games. I pre-ordered windows 7 and then cancelled it because I realized I dont need it. Especially with Google coming out with a free OS.


Message edited by zipzoomflyhigh on 07-09-2009 at 06:42:43 PM
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bilbat   07-09-2009 at 07:16:34 PM
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I use BootItNG to select from: (courtesy of TechNet)
DOS (for the occasional old command-line utitity that won't run under any flavor of windoze...)
UbuntuX86
UbuntuX64
XpProX86
XpProX64
VistaUltimateX86
VistaUltimateX64
Win7βRC1X86
Win7βRC1X64

Haven't booted from anything but 7/64 in weeks since it was released to TechNet; have only re-booted for program/driver installs or trips to the BIOS to check on things for advice here...

Fast, robust, powerful; run both flavors of Ubuntu and XpX86 in virtual boxes; total of three bug reports to MS (and one of those was actually ATI's problem) so far, and I run over a hundred programs!

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