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| ciscokid79 2003-11-12, 6:58 pm |
| I just installed a ECS K7S5A Pro motherboard in my machine and now I cannot boot into Windows XP pro. I cant even boot into safe mode. I tried to reinstall OS but I got a STOP error that said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. What the hell does that mean? What should I do? | |
| curiousgeorge 2003-11-12, 7:12 pm |
| Did you flash the BIOS on your new motherboard?
I would start there.
Also, do a google search on your stop error. You'll find the source/ solution. | |
| enforcer 2003-11-13, 6:51 am |
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Originally posted by ciscokid79
I just installed a ECS K7S5A Pro motherboard in my machine and now I cannot boot into Windows XP pro. I cant even boot into safe mode. I tried to reinstall OS but I got a STOP error that said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. What the hell does that mean? What should I do?
Did you have XP installed already with a previous MB?
If you have replaced a MB you normally need to do a clean install of the OS
Win 9x you could sometimes get away with, but NT based OS's do not like having the MB changed. | |
| gauji 2003-11-19, 11:46 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by ciscokid79
I just installed a ECS K7S5A Pro motherboard in my machine and now I cannot boot into Windows XP pro. I cant even boot into safe mode. I tried to reinstall OS but I got a STOP error that said IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. What the hell does that mean? What should I do?
This is most likely a hardware proplem, having seen this before I think I remember this had sometething to do with the jumper settings on the hard drive or CD, think this was a ibm drive that was set to master with a cd on the same cable as slave, the thing was that I had to set the hard to "force slave present" also it could be some wrong settings in CMOS setup, try to disable the smart test | |
| jkhnwspec 2003-11-19, 12:43 pm |
| Unless the old board is completely FUBAR, you might try putting it back in and trying this. Then try using the new board again. Just an idea.  | |
| ruscorp 2003-11-19, 12:45 pm |
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Originally posted by enforcer
Did you have XP installed already with a previous MB?
If you have replaced a MB you normally need to do a clean install of the OS
Win 9x you could sometimes get away with, but NT based OS's do not like having the MB changed.
I got away with doing that on Windows 98, but not on Windows 2000. | |
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| To do this on W2K or WXP use sysprep first with -pnp then switch the board. | |
| ciscokid79 2003-11-19, 3:34 pm |
| Yeah I just did a clean install, must have been a driver conflict or something. I upgraded motherboards before in windows 2000 just fine so I thought it would be no problem with XP. |
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