Originally posted by: IMHawaii
I hope this a an ok forum..
I just got in on the K7VTA3 (v8) / 2500 barton deal at fry's. I can't get the thing running. I admit I'm a newbie but I just need to be pointed in the right direction. I've installed the cpu and some memory, floppy, and HD. The harddrive is from another system and already has win2k installed.
When I try to boot I get through the mem test and the post screens but as soon as windows starts to load (right at the beginning of the splash screen) the machine with go to blue screen with a "can't find disk" error... any suggestions? I got something similar on another machine and it turned out to be a HD config error (wrong sector size). I've run all the disk untilities to do the faking to the bios and that didn't seem to help.
Any Ideas? Is it a bad mobo or cpu? Please help...
Thanks.
I would guess the windows install on the drive can't get itself in sync with new motherboard. sometimes it is very difficult to migrate a win install to a new different motherboard. I usually do a fresh windows install whenever i change motherboards. Whenever i have changed boards with different chipsets without doing a fresh install of windows it has been problematic if it worked at all.Originally posted by: IMHawaii
I hope this a an ok forum..
I just got in on the K7VTA3 (v8) / 2500 barton deal at fry's. I can't get the thing running. I admit I'm a newbie but I just need to be pointed in the right direction. I've installed the cpu and some memory, floppy, and HD. The harddrive is from another system and already has win2k installed.
When I try to boot I get through the mem test and the post screens but as soon as windows starts to load (right at the beginning of the splash screen) the machine with go to blue screen with a "can't find disk" error... any suggestions? I got something similar on another machine and it turned out to be a HD config error (wrong sector size). I've run all the disk untilities to do the faking to the bios and that didn't seem to help.
Any Ideas? Is it a bad mobo or cpu? Please help...
Thanks.
Originally posted by: NesuD
I would guess the windows install on the drive can't get itself in sync with new motherboard. sometimes it is very difficult to migrate a win install to a new different motherboard. I usually do a fresh windows install whenever i change motherboards. Whenever i have changed boards with different chipsets without doing a fresh install of windows it has been problematic if it worked at all.Originally posted by: IMHawaii
I hope this a an ok forum..
I just got in on the K7VTA3 (v8) / 2500 barton deal at fry's. I can't get the thing running. I admit I'm a newbie but I just need to be pointed in the right direction. I've installed the cpu and some memory, floppy, and HD. The harddrive is from another system and already has win2k installed.
When I try to boot I get through the mem test and the post screens but as soon as windows starts to load (right at the beginning of the splash screen) the machine with go to blue screen with a "can't find disk" error... any suggestions? I got something similar on another machine and it turned out to be a HD config error (wrong sector size). I've run all the disk untilities to do the faking to the bios and that didn't seem to help.
Any Ideas? Is it a bad mobo or cpu? Please help...
Thanks.
It's not crazy, I answered your PM... that should tell you why it's not crazySo you guys don't recommend changing the voltage? Keep it at stock 1.65v while you have a 11x200 setting? Thats crazyness!
To overclock the FSB alone you don't need anything except a motherboard capable of running at a 200 Mhz FSB. To overclock a processor you need a decent heatsink/fan. Contrary to what some people seem to think, AMD's retail heatsink/fans do a decent job. While I'd recommend getting a better one, there's no harm in using it if you leave the voltage at the default of 1.65 because they're the same heatsinks that ship with retail XP3200's, and that's essentially what you're turning your XP2500 into by setting the FSB to 200.What type of cooling is necessary to overclock the FSB to 200?
Originally posted by: IMHawaii
I hope this a an ok forum..
I just got in on the K7VTA3 (v8) / 2500 barton deal at fry's. I can't get the thing running. I admit I'm a newbie but I just need to be pointed in the right direction. I've installed the cpu and some memory, floppy, and HD. The harddrive is from another system and already has win2k installed.
When I try to boot I get through the mem test and the post screens but as soon as windows starts to load (right at the beginning of the splash screen) the machine with go to blue screen with a "can't find disk" error... any suggestions? I got something similar on another machine and it turned out to be a HD config error (wrong sector size). I've run all the disk untilities to do the faking to the bios and that didn't seem to help.
Any Ideas? Is it a bad mobo or cpu? Please help...
Thanks.
Originally posted by: CraigRT
Originally posted by: IMHawaii
I hope this a an ok forum..
I just got in on the K7VTA3 (v8) / 2500 barton deal at fry's. I can't get the thing running. I admit I'm a newbie but I just need to be pointed in the right direction. I've installed the cpu and some memory, floppy, and HD. The harddrive is from another system and already has win2k installed.
When I try to boot I get through the mem test and the post screens but as soon as windows starts to load (right at the beginning of the splash screen) the machine with go to blue screen with a "can't find disk" error... any suggestions? I got something similar on another machine and it turned out to be a HD config error (wrong sector size). I've run all the disk untilities to do the faking to the bios and that didn't seem to help.
Any Ideas? Is it a bad mobo or cpu? Please help...
Thanks.
you need to format.. previous windows install can't find itself cause it doesn't recognize the new IDE controller. no boot like that.
if you want, you can try putting the hdd in your old PC and installing the new computer's drivers. then put hdd back in new PC and try booting.
otherwise, re-install windows.
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: CraigRT
Thanks.
you need to format.. previous windows install can't find itself cause it doesn't recognize the new IDE controller. no boot like that.
if you want, you can try putting the hdd in your old PC and installing the new computer's drivers. then put hdd back in new PC and try booting.
otherwise, re-install windows.
Originally posted by: IMHawaii
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: CraigRT
Thanks.
you need to format.. previous windows install can't find itself cause it doesn't recognize the new IDE controller. no boot like that.
if you want, you can try putting the hdd in your old PC and installing the new computer's drivers. then put hdd back in new PC and try booting.
otherwise, re-install windows.
He doesn't NEED to... see my post just a couple above this. Repair install of Windows should work.
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
It's not crazy, I answered your PM... that should tell you why it's not crazySo you guys don't recommend changing the voltage? Keep it at stock 1.65v while you have a 11x200 setting? Thats crazyness!
To overclock the FSB alone you don't need anything except a motherboard capable of running at a 200 Mhz FSB. To overclock a processor you need a decent heatsink/fan. Contrary to what some people seem to think, AMD's retail heatsink/fans do a decent job. While I'd recommend getting a better one, there's no harm in using it if you leave the voltage at the default of 1.65 because they're the same heatsinks that ship with retail XP3200's, and that's essentially what you're turning your XP2500 into by setting the FSB to 200.What type of cooling is necessary to overclock the FSB to 200?