Hardware or Software?

[bugspop1]

I just upgraded my system to an AMD 2600xp, Asus A7N8x Deluxe, Coolmaster X-Dreams CPU fan, 2 x 80mm CoolMaster case fans, 450w Antec Power Supply, 2 x 512mb pc2700ddr for dual channel, ATI Radeon 7500 128mb ddr, ATI TV Wonder, Aopen 48x12x50 cd-rw, (Old hardware I kept)Creative 12x DVD, 2 x 40gb 7200rpm WD hard drives (waiting on the new SATA 10,000 hard drives to arrive), 3.5 floppy, very old ATX thumbscrew case from my first ATX (PII 350mhz), Running XP home! Everything running grrrrreat!

Anyway, upgraded my sons computer with my old hardware. AMD 1.4, CoolMaster CPU fan, Asus A7M266, 2 x 256mb pc2100ddr, Sparkle 350w power supply, 2 x 80mm CoolMaster, ATI 32mb Rage Fury Pro, Aopen 12x10x32 cd-rw. (Hardware he kept) LG 16x DVD, Netgear 10/100 LAN, 15gb 7200rpm WD hard drive, Internal 100mb ZIP & his old ATX case. He's running WindowsME.

Everything went fine with the upgrade. I did find 1 proble. After Windows detected the new hardware I was prompted to restart. When restarting the System HANGS! I can turn the computer Off by holding the power button in for 10 seconds, then turn it back on with the power button. Sometimes the Reset button will work but not always. Hardware or Software???? Any ideas appreciated.

[mugt]

Bugs.

You don't say so I have to ask. Did you format his old drive? If not we will talk.

[bugspop1]

If it was my hard drive, yes I would have formatted. Oh by the way, my XP was with a format and clean install. I did on the ME drive removed all devices in Device Manager on the hard drive in Safe Mode before the upgrade took place. Everything looks fine in Device Manager and also in the BIOS. Just a problem with the restarts and reset button.

[onedaddycat]

if it hangs regularly, I would try doing a step by step conformation boot-up and see what step it stops on.


but windows 98/me don't like what you have done by changing the mobo and not reinstalling, i would convince my son that he needs to reload his machine when the motherboard is changed.

Hope that helps

[bistro]

As onedaddycat implied, it was probably too much to expect ME to accept all that many changes and come out smelling like a rose. Wouldn't be surprised if there are other problems lurking right around the corner in that setup.
Highly recommend a clean install.