Mobo won't boot fully

Timmie

Timmie

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Alright my problem today is I bought a mobo and CPU from a friend and put it into my rig today, but when I try to boot it, it'll go through the usual stuff then it goes to the black screen with the flashing white prompt line at the top and rather then going away, it stays there. I know the PSU, GPU, DVD drive and HDD are fine. I think the problem is my ram, you see this mobo is rated for 2100 and below and I'm trying to run 2700.
My friend told me he had it running with 3200 just fine, and if that is the case then I have no idea what is wrong so here I am.

Any help is appreciated.
 
If its 2100 and below then you may have to use 2100 and below, I know some types of RAM downclock but I'm not that sure.

I'm thinking towards "faulty RAM"
 
So your ram is capable of running faster than the motherboard's rated speed right? then it shouldn't be a problem, newer RAM sticks downclocks. Have you got the boot order right?
 
did you do install a fresh copy of xp onto your hard drive after you installed the new motherboard and cpu? if not try doing that
 
Jabes said:
did you do install a fresh copy of xp onto your hard drive after you installed the new motherboard and cpu? if not try doing that
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Exactly, If you did not do a fresh install of your OS, then that's your problem.

Unless the motherboard has the same chip type as the old one, you will almost always have to reinstall windows.
 
Most likely a new fresh install. So back up what you can and install away.

What I usually do is buy a new hard drive, (they are so cheap now so why not) Install the new OS on it, hook the old HD up as a slave and take what files I need from it so I do not loose anything.

After I take what I need off the old drive I just reformat it and use it as a storage drive.
 
yep do what paratwa said because it is always best to do a fresh install of xp when you change your motherboard but you might have to call Microsoft to activate it I do it all the time
 
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