Vista won't boot any mode after hardware upgrade, startup repair f

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

ncontorno;571675 Wrote:
> 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

I'm guessing that part of your upgrades was changing the mothboard,
right? What you should do is put your new scren card into the old
motherboard, and get that working again (if possible). Backup all
essential data, then re-load Windows on the new hardware.


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"ncontorno" <ncontorno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72EDCC44-04FA-4F7C-958F-D9967B1468B3@microsoft.com...
> 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

dzomlija wrote:

>
> ncontorno;571675 Wrote:
>> 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
>
> I'm guessing that part of your upgrades was changing the mothboard,
> right?

He didn't say so, so why are you guessing this is the case?

> What you should do is put your new scren card into the old
> motherboard, and get that working again (if possible).

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?


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

Cheers.

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Yep, I've tried Safe Mode, with Networking, with Command Prompt, Last Known
Good Config, and Normal. All no dice.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Did you try Last known Good Configuration?
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "ncontorno" <ncontorno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:72EDCC44-04FA-4F7C-958F-D9967B1468B3@microsoft.com...
> > 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
>
>
>

New mobo, new vid card (PCI Express - old vid card/mobo was AGP)
Fortunately, I have a crappy spare AGP vid card lying around I could use, but
I only want to reinstall as a last resort.

"NoStop" wrote:

> dzomlija wrote:
>
> >
> > ncontorno;571675 Wrote:
> >> 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
> >
> > I'm guessing that part of your upgrades was changing the mothboard,
> > right?
>
> He didn't say so, so why are you guessing this is the case?
>
> > What you should do is put your new scren card into the old
> > motherboard, and get that working again (if possible).
>
> 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?
>
>
> > Backup all
> > essential data, then re-load Windows on the new hardware.
> >
> >
> The Windoze way.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> An HONEST Vista Ad:
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=bzt4wDiVY9E
>
> The Rolling Stones Love Vista:
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=-kql8cWqiv8
>
> Frank - seek help immediately! Visit ...
> http://www.binsa.org/
>
>

NoStop wrote:


....his usual stupid ignorant MS rant. Hey doris, you cross-dressing POS
linux loivn idiot, go see RS over at your open sores chapel...he's
calling for you...LOL!
Loser.
Frank

Hi Nick,

Generally speaking, a new motherboard means a new installation. This is
because of the different hardware and chipset on the board, both of which
might require different drivers. You might be lucky and get it to work
without, but you could run into problems at a later date. My advice would be
to bite the bullet and go for a reinstallation. Fortunately, installing Vista
is much simpler and quicker than previous MS operating systems (including
XP). Note that when you activate, you will probably need to do so over the
phone.
Dwarf

"ncontorno" wrote:

> New mobo, new vid card (PCI Express - old vid card/mobo was AGP)
> Fortunately, I have a crappy spare AGP vid card lying around I could use, but
> I only want to reinstall as a last resort.

> > >> 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
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that part of your upgrades was changing the mothboard,
> > > right?

"ncontorno" <ncontorno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4AC18F3-9849-47E1-9D9B-0077CEE3D7AA@microsoft.com...
> Yep, I've tried Safe Mode, with Networking, with Command Prompt, Last
> Known
> Good Config, and Normal. All no dice.
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Did you try Last known Good Configuration?
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "ncontorno" <ncontorno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:72EDCC44-04FA-4F7C-958F-D9967B1468B3@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>>
>>
>>

Your out of luck. You can not Install a new MB. Reason is all the chipset
drivers are loading and as it's not the same MB It's going to give you a
blue screen every time. Even in safe mode. Safe mode will still load the
same chipset drivers. Only way is to do a new install.

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:49:02 -0800, ncontorno
<ncontorno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> 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!


A new motherboard? Unless it's identical to the old one, that always
means at *least* a repair installation.

Certainly try the repair installation, and keep your fingers crossed.
But be aware that sometimes a repair installation isn't sufficient,
and whether you want to or not, you *have to* do a clean installation.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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