comp. boots but wont go to Windows screen

[Techstar]

please. someone help me. I recently bought alot of expensive stuff for my computer. This includes my new motherboard. However, when i boot the computer it never makes it to the windows screen. Instead, it idles at the screen that showt the mobo type and tells you to press delete to evter setup. If i press delete nothing happens.

[Gecko]

It sounds like there might be a hardware conflict or driver issue going on here.

Do you have an IDE hard drive or a SATA hard drive?
Have you installed the drivers for the motherboard yet?
Can you get into the BIOS? (start hitting the delete key at power on)

Try disconnecting some of the peripherals to see if you can get it to boot.

FYI if you have replaced the motherboard then the currently installed windows xp will not boot.
You will have to do a repair reinstall of xp, do you have a windows xp cd?.

[Techstar]

ty for your reply. the computer boots fine but when i tap the delete key nothing happens and the computer will not load to the windows screen. I do have a copy of windows that i could use.

[icecube]

If you have replaced the motherboard, I would recommend getting a new hard drive and do an new install. Then hook up the old drive as a slave and pick the data off that you want.

What Gecko's saying, is that you need to install windows over the top to get your system running. This is where you do a new install to the same directory. At that point windows finds the old install and gives you the option to repair. What this does, is re enumerate all of the drivers on your system. That needs to be done or your system is going nowhere.

This sounds straight forward unless your XP cd has Service pack 1 on it and the hard drive has been updated to service pack 2. Installing windows over the top in this case will fail. You need to get a copy of XP that has service pack 2 slip streamed into it. Add to that, the fact that there are 6 different versions of XP, this can turn into a real nightmare.

The biggest reason for doing a new install over a repair, is the added speed your system will have.

Any body thinking of replacing the motherboard needs to do a little advanced planning before you switch out the motherboard. Disconnect any secondary drives. Remove SP2 if you don't have XP with SP2 and remove or disable the virus scan software then install windows over the top.

[Techstar]

but how am i going to do all of that if i cant even get the computer to boot to the windows screen?

[Gecko]

In order to help you resolve this issue I will need some more information.

1.Do you have an IDE hard drive or a SATA hard drive?

2. Is your keyboard wireless?

3. What is the make and model number of the new motherboard?

4. Do you hear any beeps coming from your case speaker when trying to boot up?

[icecube]

Step one would be to hook your hard drive up to the old motherboard and prepair the hard drive for the transfer.

Step two would be to hook up the drive to the new system

Step three would be to boot from the XP cd and do a new install to the same directory. At that point you should see the message "found windows operating system. At that point you get the option to repair. this is when XP will re enumerate the new drivers it needs for the motherboard.

Still need the info that Gecko asked for, there are might be some other issues here.

Its not a hard as it looks, its just time consuming.