ok im prob misunderstanding but try a repair install of xp .
did you have xp on hard drive from othere mother board?
I'm trying to upgrade from a AMD XP2100+ to a 3000+. My previous motherboard didn't have the required FSB, so I upgraded to an Abit NF7 v.2 (The bios is upgraded to the latest one) I've also upgraded my ram to DDR400. Also currently using Windows XP SP2 if thats any help.
Now to the problem.
I change the Processor, and altered the CPU frequency to the default values for the 3000+. Now it detects everything when it starts up, and it gets to the point where usually it would check the boot drives (Floppy, then CD Drive, then Harddrive). And the screen just goes blank, monitor connection is still in.
When it hasn't done this, it has given me errors during a WinXP install (Wouldn't boot up my installationg currently on), and sometimes can't even find the Harddrive after rebooting from the first problem.
If anyone could help, it'd be much appreciated. I've tried sending back the processor for a replacement and I just got the same one back. Don't want to waste

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