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vista x32 repeating startup issues

by azn5man Dec 20, 2009 6:33AM PST

----i apologize for any bad grammar----

from the beginning:

i broke my motherboard by sticking a vacuum hose into it...static electricity....

so i went to get a new board

i have a core 2 quad at 2.24
x32 vista
and 3 gb of ram
i got a cheap gigabyte board (S series G41M-Es2H)

it worked fine on my old mobo but when i replaced it, it gave me error messages of doom.

when i start it up, it doesn't recognize my keyboard

then it tries to start up..the issues start here...

i get a flash of bluescreen, and it restarts again

then it goes into a startup repair window
the startup repair doesn't give me any help whatsoever because I've tried 5 times, i did a system restore with now luck

since my keyboard doesn't get recognized, i cant get into the bios to see anything but it does recognize my hard drive

please help me diagnose this problem so i can fix it!! PLEASE!!!

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That's well known.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 20, 2009 10:23AM PST

Changing the motherboard does cause such problems. While you can research repairs be sure you have what you can't lose backed up BEFORE the repairs.

For your research -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=cnet&q=CHANGE+MOTHERBOARD+WITHOUT+REINSTALLING+VISTA

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