Acer MoBo Swapped For an ASRock

wealthyguardian

wealthyguardian

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I had a motherboard on an ACER ASPIRE AM5641-B5506A give out on a customer. Trying to find the same board for this model was difficult, so I swapped it with an ASRock G41M-LE instead. When I boot it from the Hard Drive, it goes into a loop. What must I do to get this thing back in service, oh COMPUTER WIZARDS?
 
when you change the motherboard you have to reinstall the OS.if you would of got the exact same mobo as the one that went out than you wouldent have to reinstall the OS.
 
OK, soooooo...

So, which one is is?

Need to reload the OS (Vista x64)...load the drivers for the new MoBo...run a repair install?

IF the drivers, what files do I need to load (vga, via, lan, inf, etc.)
 
run repair first and see if it works.

If not, then you will needing to be reinstalling windows. It isn't a driver issue, if it won't even POST then it can't be, it doesn't get into a Windows environment or any other OS
 
The only problem you may have after the repair install is having to reactivate windows on a different motherboard. Not sure if MS will give you a new key since its Vista and not XP.
 
Ran Repair + Vista Key

I ran the repair with no luck

I get the following output:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 655370
Problem Signature 05: NoRootCause
Problem Signature 06: NoRootCause
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 2
Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair
Problem Signature 10: 0
OS.Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

And with the thing about Vista, yeah, I'm concerned that MS won't acknowledge the key that came with the Acer PC, since this is a new MoBo

Trying get this thing running to close to previous, and for as little $$$ as possible to the client...

No way I can backdoor this thing by hooking the HD up to a SATA --> USB adapter on my laptop?

BTW, All, Thx for your help so far...
 
You will have to do a fresh install but you'll have to back up any data on the drive.
 
So to switch mobos, you need to reinstall the OS with a key that you request from MS? No need to format your whole drive?
 
You can use an upgrade disc to do a full install. Just boot from the CD, when it asks you to enter a CD key jsut skip it, select the upgrade version (professional, ultimate, etc) and continue installing.

When you've done that, activate windows online with your key.
 
ScottALot said:
So to switch mobos, you need to reinstall the OS with a key that you request from MS? No need to format your whole drive?
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You can partition it and install MS on that partition, but the original one won't be usable (other than for programs), so you would be losing a good few GB of space because of windows files. It would be a better option to format the whole drive and start fresh so you have less issues and to keep all the space

wealthyguardian said:
Would an upgrade version to Windows 7 work...or does it have to be the FULL VERSION?
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You should be able to upgrade, however I'm not entirely sure that it will still ask for activation because vista wasn't activated.
 
like i said, you have to do a clean install.repair or upgrade will not work, it would only work if you would of got the exact mobo that went out.than install all the new drivers for that mobo.

edit-after install just put in the original serial number. if it does not work call MS and inform them that you had to do a reinstall because you got a virus or something.they will give you a good serial number to use, it worked for me plenty of times.
 
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