dzomlija wrote:
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> ncontorno;571675 Wrote:[color=green]
>> So I had Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed and it worked fine on my
>> home-built
>> PC. My vid card got fried and I decided to do some other hardware
>> upgrades
>> with it. After putting it all together, Vista won't boot at all even
>> into
>> safe mode. Each time I never get to the loading bar and it restarts. No
>> error message, just the message that a recent hardware or software
>> change
>> prevented Windows from loading. Startup repair fails and system restore
>> doesn't do anything.
>>
>> I've tried unplugging everything but the essentials, tweaking settings
>> in
>> the BIOS, disabling firewire/USB, moving around the RAM and cards,
>> memtest
>> and chkdsk. Nothing. I really don't want to have to reinstall Vista. I
>> was
>> just getting used to it!
>>
>> Here's the specs:
>>
>> GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 Mobo
>> 500 Watt Ultra PSU
>> AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 gHz
>> EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT
>> CORSAIR 2 x 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
>> 80GB Maxtor (PATA)
>> 250GB WD Caviar (PATA)
>> LG DVD Burner (SATA)
>> No-name DVD Burner (SATA)
>> Floppy (why?)
>> PCI modem (why?)
>> 4-port USB PCI card
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Nick[/color]
>
> I'm guessing that part of your upgrades was changing the mothboard,
> right?[/color]

He didn't say so, so why are you guessing this is the case?
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> What you should do is put your new scren card into the old
> motherboard, and get that working again (if possible).[/color]

Don't know what a scren card is? Do you mean video card? The one he already
stated had "fried"? How do you suggest he unfry it, you Wintard?

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> Backup all
> essential data, then re-load Windows on the new hardware.
>
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The Windoze way.

Cheers.

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