computer nightmare

**Praetor** · 05-05-2005, 03:23 PM

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When I replaced the motherboard on my computer, it froze up once it showed the windows xp boot screen. I found out that I had to reformat the hard drive for it to work. Once I did that, it worked fine.

Yeah when you make a massive change like that a format is usually quite required

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how do I do a voltage test?

Well ideally with a multimeter but if the problem is serious you can usually notice in the BIOS --> Hardware monitor that your voltages are fluctuating like crazy

toyotaboy · 05-05-2005, 07:22 PM

oh no, I totally formatted and reinstalled windows when I replaced the motherboard.. I meant I need to reinstall since the freezing probably caused some errors. I don't think I've ever been able to boot after replacing the motherboard.

toyotaboy · 05-18-2005, 04:36 PM

hmm.. well I installed a 20-24 pin adapter, still froze.. replaced the last piece of hardware I possibly could (hard drive), reintalled XP, hasn't froze running 2 days straight.. I'm gonna leave it on to make sure the freeze is gone. I decided to switch from a hitachi drive to seagate barracuda since I had such good luck with that brand back in the late 90's. really stinks that I had to go through all this trouble but I'll be glad if my system is stable.

**Praetor** · 05-20-2005, 08:05 PM

Glad you got it working, what PSU do you have btw?

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05-05-2005, 07:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
toyotaboy New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5	oh no, I totally formatted and reinstalled windows when I replaced the motherboard.. I meant I need to reinstall since the freezing probably caused some errors. I don't think I've ever been able to boot after replacing the motherboard.

05-18-2005, 04:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
toyotaboy New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5	hmm.. well I installed a 20-24 pin adapter, still froze.. replaced the last piece of hardware I possibly could (hard drive), reintalled XP, hasn't froze running 2 days straight.. I'm gonna leave it on to make sure the freeze is gone. I decided to switch from a hitachi drive to seagate barracuda since I had such good luck with that brand back in the late 90's. really stinks that I had to go through all this trouble but I'll be glad if my system is stable.