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ntldr missing after new processor
Name: s_y_l Date: January 13, 2009 at 07:33:15 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: athlon 3200, 2g of ram Product: Amd / ATHLON 64 Subcategory: General
Comment:
Hi,
I upgraded my sempron 3000+ to an athlon 64 3100+ and now I get an error message saying ntldr is missing on boot.
the system worked fine prior to upgrade. I am running XP pro sp2, installed on a sata hard drive, and a gigabyte k8vm800m motherboard.
Name: s_y_l Date: January 13, 2009 at 07:43:07 Pacific
Reply:
Whem I put the old processor back in I still get the same error message
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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer Date: January 13, 2009 at 07:57:14 Pacific
Reply:
Processor doesn't effect boot.
Reseat all of your cables and check the bios hard drive settings to make sure they are the same as before the processor change.
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Response Number 3
Name: s_y_l Date: January 13, 2009 at 08:44:05 Pacific
Reply:
Thank you, I just disabled the IDE drive in the bios, fixed it right up. strange that the IDE never caused a problem before, maybe something in the bios did change. thank you again!!!!!
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Response Number 4
Name: wanderer Date: January 13, 2009 at 09:19:09 Pacific
Reply:
removing/replacing card/ram/cpu can cause the same type of short that clears the bios. Cleared bios and you are back at factory defaults which rarely are what were being actually used.
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