Tim H
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- Mar 27, 2001
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My comp was the victim of a lightning "attack" last Saturday morning. I thought the whole thing was gone, or at least the motherboard and processor.
I borrowed an old motherboard from my dad, plugged my video card and RAM into it and loaded XP with no problems. On a lark, I plugged in the modem that was in my computer when the lightning came through, just to see if it would still work. I did that and when I turned the computer on, it just more or less sat there...fans running but wouldn't post, which is the same problem when I first turned my computer on that Saturday morning. So I thought "Hmmmmm".
My inquisitive nature getting the best of me, I decided to take my dad's mobo out and put mine back in without the modem, just to see if my problems were simply the result of a bad modem. Well, what do you know it posted and started booting up.
I then formatted the drive and tried to install XP. No go. Multiple files not copying from the CD...various blue screen errors...physcial memory dumps...what have you. I tried booting from the XP CD, letting it do the formatting. I've formatted the drive myself, then started XP from DOS. Nothing works! I then tried my Windows 2000 CD with the same results. (Weird thing is 98SE will install, not that I want to keep that OS.)
So my question is....if every component and cable that I used with both motherboards is the same, would my installation troubles be caused by some faulty aspect of my motherboard? My logic tells me this is the case, but my dad disagrees with me. That seems to be the only way I can wrap my head around the problems I'm having.
I only have my video card and memory sticks in the motherboard while I'm trying to install. I know the video card is good because it worked in my dad's motherboard when I got XP loaded. And the memory registers ok when the computer posts.
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions
I borrowed an old motherboard from my dad, plugged my video card and RAM into it and loaded XP with no problems. On a lark, I plugged in the modem that was in my computer when the lightning came through, just to see if it would still work. I did that and when I turned the computer on, it just more or less sat there...fans running but wouldn't post, which is the same problem when I first turned my computer on that Saturday morning. So I thought "Hmmmmm".
My inquisitive nature getting the best of me, I decided to take my dad's mobo out and put mine back in without the modem, just to see if my problems were simply the result of a bad modem. Well, what do you know it posted and started booting up.
I then formatted the drive and tried to install XP. No go. Multiple files not copying from the CD...various blue screen errors...physcial memory dumps...what have you. I tried booting from the XP CD, letting it do the formatting. I've formatted the drive myself, then started XP from DOS. Nothing works! I then tried my Windows 2000 CD with the same results. (Weird thing is 98SE will install, not that I want to keep that OS.)
So my question is....if every component and cable that I used with both motherboards is the same, would my installation troubles be caused by some faulty aspect of my motherboard? My logic tells me this is the case, but my dad disagrees with me. That seems to be the only way I can wrap my head around the problems I'm having.
I only have my video card and memory sticks in the motherboard while I'm trying to install. I know the video card is good because it worked in my dad's motherboard when I got XP loaded. And the memory registers ok when the computer posts.
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions