motherboard and cpu switch

Blade_OO · 10-26-2005, 12:40 AM

Well I just bought a Celeron with an hp motherboard from my friend. I'm tring to swap my entire gateway pentium 2 motherboard with the one i just got.

Ive hooked everything up right as far as I can see, except where the power button connects to but i found a slot for it, I turn it on and everything seems to run right.

It runs through all the memory and detects everything. Then it goes to a screen with a blinking underscore in the upper left corner and stays there. On my pentium 2 it does that too but stops after a few seconds and windows runs.

I do have access to the setup and tried a few things but the same thing happens. If anyone knows whats going on please reply.

Blue · 10-26-2005, 01:57 AM

You reinstall windows after switching things?

Blade_OO · 10-27-2005, 03:17 AM

No, I hooked up my hard drive to the new motherboard

mgoldb2 · 10-27-2005, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade_OO

No, I hooked up my hard drive to the new motherboard

Most of the time a windows installation will not work after switching motherboards. You might have to reinstall windows.

Blade_OO · 10-28-2005, 04:45 PM

Yeah, everything works now. Thanks a lot guys.

10-26-2005, 12:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Blade_OO New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 3	motherboard and cpu switch Well I just bought a Celeron with an hp motherboard from my friend. I'm tring to swap my entire gateway pentium 2 motherboard with the one i just got. Ive hooked everything up right as far as I can see, except where the power button connects to but i found a slot for it, I turn it on and everything seems to run right. It runs through all the memory and detects everything. Then it goes to a screen with a blinking underscore in the upper left corner and stays there. On my pentium 2 it does that too but stops after a few seconds and windows runs. I do have access to the setup and tried a few things but the same thing happens. If anyone knows whats going on please reply.

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10-27-2005, 03:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
Blade_OO New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 3	No, I hooked up my hard drive to the new motherboard

10-28-2005, 04:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
Blade_OO New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 3	Yeah, everything works now. Thanks a lot guys.