[zgmorris]

I just upgraded my mother board and cpu to an ECS 945GCT-M and to a pentium core 2 duo 2.2 GHz. I followed the instructions on installing all of the components and am pretty sure i connected everything right, but when i go to start my computer the error STOP: 0x0000007B pops up and i can't do anything, i think it as something to do with the setup of the motherboard but i'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions?

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Under Win2000, XP and Vista, you cannot just change the mainboard and expect it to work. You must perform a Windows Repair on it from your XP CD.
Details here: http://www.geekstogo...ws-XP-t138.html

[Neil Jones]

Under Win2000, XP and Vista, you cannot just change the mainboard and expect it to work. You must perform a Windows Repair on it from your XP CD.
Details here: http://www.geekstogo...ws-XP-t138.html

[zgmorris]

thanks it worked

[Tomax Blade]

Same issue ... but with Vista (ultimate 32 bit)

I have not done any troubleshooting with Vista before, so am blundering my way through.

I did try the "overly user friendly" "repair my system" option ... that showed me nothing but a little progress bar & the words "repairing your system" ... but then it didn't work.

I did attempt to add drivers ... but still nogo

(I miss my good old clunky looking recovery console!)

I tried a chkdsk /F ... no problems.

All SATA is disabled (IDE drive)

I'm considering simply installing over the current version or seeing what options it gives me if I continue with an install instead of attempting a repair.

Any other suggestions on how to run the repair or get it running without a full re-install?

Thanks!