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grrrrrrrr

ok, i jus bought a new 1600XP for my a7v133, but silly me frgt to flash the bios to the new XP supporting bios...

so took the HD's to another old mobo i had layin around. couldn't get the win2k to go (i know why this is, some dam nt os thingy...) but the 98 booted up and ran jus perfect. then i got my new mobo

its an a7a266. put the 98 on this one, cuz it should be ok right? well gets past the startup screen and jus freezes. tried to reinstall (clean) with no success. fdisked and every dam thing i can think of. tried to install win2k as that sometimes works betta, still got errors IN THE SETUP! im so pissed. help me out here, ne suggestions? thx guyz

Not sure I understand, but I know this can be real frustrating.

Why would you move the hd's to another mobo? If the main one doesn't work with an xp cpu untill you flash the bios do you have a cpu that will? Or you might try using the xp cpu, reset the cmos and boot up using a start up disk and then flash the bios.

Windoze 'feels' your pc, esPECIALLY your motherboard. With W9x we could wipe out the
hardware registry and have it 'detect' the new MB.. I haven't heard of or tried ( often ) doing
what you tried.

I may be singing to ... the anti choir, but at least with Microsoft OS's you should install a fresh, clean, sparkling operating system when you change mother boards. period.

it CAN work if you don't. But that's like patching the tire on you Ferrari with hot glue. If you are someone who has good luck go for it. I've seen it work. but with every crash I have to wonder if it was
a real problem or my short cut in playing with the OS.

Microsoft stopped giving detailed techincal support when Win 9x came out. Prior to that they would HAPPILY go through your win.ini, etc files to fix your problem. They are smart enough not to just point
a finger at someone else at the first chance they get, but detailed registry support is hard to find.

... Sorry. [rant off]

I can't think of anything specific to your problem. If you remove the 'trasported' OS as a
possible cause of problems 95% of your problems should resolve.

Side Note: have you tried ASUS?



Hope this helps.

hmph

ok, to clear the air it was a dam jumper that i missed. stupid crap things ne wayz

as for the other mobo, i hafta wait for my duron to get here, cuz i have no other procs. i tried clearin the cmos, and flashin it but it would not for the love of god accept the XP. o well, patience is a virtue right?

thx for postin guyz

What revision is your a7v133 ? I think only 1.05 and up support XPs ... you might want to cross check with the ASUS forum at http://www.amdmb.com

ya, thats wat i frgt to flash when i bought my new XP. mines like a 1.02 or 1.03, not high enuf either way, lol

You can't "flash" you revision like the BIOS, there are small changes to the complete mobo layout .... I think you can forget about XP + your a7v133 as long as it is revision below 1.05