Motherboard woes.

Ice · 11th Nov 2003, 10:44 PM

I've purchased an Intel D865PREL motherboard. When I got it, I put it in the case, as usual, and tried it. Nada. After monkeying around, I removed my chip, and then reinsterted it. Bingo.

NOW.

I have a problem with booting into windows. It detects my hard drive, but when it asks how to boot and I select normal, it gives me two beeps and goes back to the startup screen.

Intel D865PREL
Pentium 4 2.26 ghz 478 pin 533 bus
Geforce 4 ti 4400
1 Gig DDR 333 Ram

Help

ragingsamster · 11th Nov 2003, 11:35 PM

Did you format and reload the disk with the new mobo in there? if not that would be the first thing I'd suggest. Trying to adjust the existing OS to the new mobo will only cause you grief and despair.

spm1138 · 11th Nov 2003, 11:59 PM

All the gubbins on your motherboard need drivers (not just RAID controllers or whatever, but everything - have a look at the Device Manager set to "View By Connection" sometime. There's loads of "DDR Memory Managers" and "PCI Bus" thingies in mine) and windows won't just quietly install new ones and carry one working unfortunately.

Because that wouldn't be any fun...

11th Nov 2003, 10:44 PM	#1
Ice Registered User Join Date: Apr. 11th, 2002 Posts: 1,070	Motherboard woes. I've purchased an Intel D865PREL motherboard. When I got it, I put it in the case, as usual, and tried it. Nada. After monkeying around, I removed my chip, and then reinsterted it. Bingo. NOW. I have a problem with booting into windows. It detects my hard drive, but when it asks how to boot and I select normal, it gives me two beeps and goes back to the startup screen. Intel D865PREL Pentium 4 2.26 ghz 478 pin 533 bus Geforce 4 ti 4400 1 Gig DDR 333 Ram Help

11th Nov 2003, 11:35 PM	#2
ragingsamster oldfartis nongratis Join Date: Jun. 4th, 2001 Location: Washington Posts: 669	Did you format and reload the disk with the new mobo in there? if not that would be the first thing I'd suggest. Trying to adjust the existing OS to the new mobo will only cause you grief and despair. __________________

11th Nov 2003, 11:59 PM	#3
spm1138 Irony Is Join Date: Aug. 10th, 2001 Posts: 2,660	All the gubbins on your motherboard need drivers (not just RAID controllers or whatever, but everything - have a look at the Device Manager set to "View By Connection" sometime. There's loads of "DDR Memory Managers" and "PCI Bus" thingies in mine) and windows won't just quietly install new ones and carry one working unfortunately. Because that wouldn't be any fun... __________________

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