Cant restore with new motherboard.

[vegasgmc]

The motherboard and power supply in my moms eMachine died. The mobo from eMachines was on back order so I bought an Intel board with the same specs. After the restore the computer wont boot into Windows. It just keeps rebooting. I cant even get into Safe Mode. I know the board is good because Ive installed Win 2000 and Vista Beta on this system. I think it might be a driver conflict. Thanks

 

[Nodsu]

Windows as a rule does not work on a different motherboard ("same specs" doesn't say much). You have to do a repair install or a clean install to make it work.

Also, even if you got a compatible motherboard, the RAM, hard drive or any other peripherals may have been damaged by the PSU death too. Test them all.

 

[Exonimus]

yeah, windows(with little exception) gets messed up when you install a new motherboard. I'm not sure about the repair install, but a new windows install should probably fix the problem

 

[Tedster]

https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62782.html