ASRock 939 mobo system not booting into XP

BPM · 12-06-05, 08:05 PM

I'm building a system and its not booting into Windows XP.

Here are the specs:
-ASRock 929 dual SATA board
-Antec 400W PSU
-Athlon 64 3200 Venice cpu
-6600 GT (128mb)
-Corsair Value Select 1GB (2x512mb) DDR400 RAM

What happens is its posting and getting to process of starting Windows and it restarts.

I suspected RAM at first, so I:
-Removed 1 stick
-Placed that stick of RAM in several slots, trying to boot each time
-Tried my backup Kingston value ram (DDR400) the same way, no luck

I tried booting into safe mode and it restarts when agp440.sys loading (I have selected PCIexpress in the BIOS).

The hard drive I'm using was in a different system and still has XP on it. Is it possible I need to reinstall XP to get the system to boot? Any other ideas?

rseven · 12-06-05, 09:07 PM

Yes, you must reformat and reinstall Windows when you switch motherboards. Even if you were to get it to boot it would remain unstable.

R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3 · 12-06-05, 10:57 PM

rseven is right, you have to repair or reformat/reinstall windows whenever you change chipsets

12-06-05, 08:05 PM	Thread Starter #1
BPM Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX	ASRock 939 mobo system not booting into XP I'm building a system and its not booting into Windows XP. Here are the specs: -ASRock 929 dual SATA board -Antec 400W PSU -Athlon 64 3200 Venice cpu -6600 GT (128mb) -Corsair Value Select 1GB (2x512mb) DDR400 RAM What happens is its posting and getting to process of starting Windows and it restarts. I suspected RAM at first, so I: -Removed 1 stick -Placed that stick of RAM in several slots, trying to boot each time -Tried my backup Kingston value ram (DDR400) the same way, no luck I tried booting into safe mode and it restarts when agp440.sys loading (I have selected PCIexpress in the BIOS). The hard drive I'm using was in a different system and still has XP on it. Is it possible I need to reinstall XP to get the system to boot? Any other ideas? __________________ Lappy - Dell E1505 - 1.6ghz Intel Pro Duo PC - Intel i7 920 - Gigabyte EX58 UD3R - 3GB Corsair XMS triple channel - PNY GTX 260 core 216 - Asus 23" widescreen LCD - Dell 19" LCD - BFG 550w PSU 3DMark06 v.1.1 - 15,850 My Heatware Last edited by BPM; 12-06-05 at 08:13 PM.
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12-06-05, 09:07 PM	#2
rseven Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New Jersey	Yes, you must reformat and reinstall Windows when you switch motherboards. Even if you were to get it to boot it would remain unstable.
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12-06-05, 10:57 PM	#3
R4z0r4mu5 Pr\|m3 Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New York	rseven is right, you have to repair or reformat/reinstall windows whenever you change chipsets
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