An AMD 64 problem?

[Ferio]

Hello, I've upgraded my uncle's hardware for him to play the newest games, but now I have an odd problem: Windows tells me it couldn't initialize properly the previous time, and prompts me to choose between normal initialization, failure-proof initialization, etc. Then, it tries to init, but instead it reboots the conputer after some driver loading.

But I've got a doubt: before upgrading, this PC was a P-III with an AGP graphic card, and now it's an AMD 64 (double core) with a PCI Express graphic card (I've changed the motherboard, of course); could this odd behaviour be caused by the new 64-bit processor? Maybe by not installing some drivers before upgrading the hardware? Or maybe by not installing the PCI Express drivers?

Thank you in advance.

[Boris]

Have you just replaced the motherboard/CPU/RAM ?

Or have you also done a re-install of the Operating System ?

What O/S ?

[Alan2273]

As you have a dual core processor try these drivers from AMD.

http://www.9down.com/AMD-Athlon-64-X2-Dual...rver-2003-7154/

[Ferio]

Have you just replaced the motherboard/CPU/RAM ?

Or have you also done a re-install of the Operating System ?

What O/S ?

I've replaced the motherboard, processor, RAM, graphic card and power source, BUT I haven't reinstalled the O/S (which is Windows XP Professional); the idea was not having to re-install it.

[Ferio]

As you have a dual core processor try these drivers from AMD.

http://www.9down.com/AMD-Athlon-64-X2-Dual...rver-2003-7154/

Thank you, but I can't install them since I can't really access the O/S.

[Boris]

I've replaced the motherboard, processor, RAM, graphic card and power source, BUT I haven't reinstalled the O/S (which is Windows XP Professional); the idea was not having to re-install it.

That would seem to be your problem then ?

Did you uninstall all the previous drivers before you upgraded ?

If not - it would seem that XP Pro does not know exactly what it has - the new hardware conflicting with the old drivers in the registry.

Try booting up in Safe Mode (hold down F8 key as you boot) and then uninstall all the chipset + graphics drivers via Add or Remove programs.

Then install all the latest drivers that came with your new motherboard + graphics card.

Good luck !

[Ferio]

I've replaced the motherboard, processor, RAM, graphic card and power source, BUT I haven't reinstalled the O/S (which is Windows XP Professional); the idea was not having to re-install it.

That would seem to be your problem then ?

Did you uninstall all the previous drivers before you upgraded ?

If not - it would seem that XP Pro does not know exactly what it has - the new hardware conflicting with the old drivers in the registry.

Try booting up in Safe Mode (hold down F8 key as you boot) and then uninstall all the chipset + graphics drivers via Add or Remove programs.

Then install all the latest drivers that came with your new motherboard + graphics card.

Good luck !

I didn't uninstall the previous nor did I install the new drivers before upgrading; I'll try the Safe Mode, but something tells me it won't work. I'm not used to work with Windows and this lil' problems get me over the hill. Thank you!