Here's my old PC and what i changed each component to today. Intel C2 E8200 HD 5770 XMS2 DDR2800 2x 1gb C4 RAM (i added 2x 1gb of the same RAM but it was C5) WD 320gb HDD WIN7 Ultimate 32bit (i know it won't see 4gb RAM) GigaByte P31-S3G mobo (changed to an gigabyte P43-eS3G) The system POSTs and gets to the black "loading windows" load bar but then reboots. I'm currently running the startup repair though nothing seems to be happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did you reinstall windows after you changed the components? You will probably have to. You're trying to run Windows on new hardware, when you still have the old drivers installed.
no do i have to do a clean reinstall? i have the mobo's drivers disk and have manually added a few "setup information" files in startup repair. could i simply add all of these and save a reinstall. if so which ones do i need? (will more RAM speed up installation as i only have 1gb stick in for troubleshooting?)
With XP you could normally do a repair install, but Windows 7 is less forgiving. Somewhere down the line you will have problems. Do a clean install. I changed motherboards a couple days ago and had to clean install because i kept getting a BSOD. As for the RAM, install all the sticks you intend using, and then clean install.
you need to do a fresh install with win 7 and i would also change all your ram timeings to cas 5 b4 the new installation as you have 2 sets with diferent timeings.
