CPU change ...vista issues ??

I have 3 H/D 's XP on one , Vista 32 on one and vista 64bit on the other .
My dual core AMD cpu stopped working (? overheating as the fan stopped !!!)
so as a temp measure I put back the old AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU . Now the
vista h/d's will not boot ...can I do anything about this and why is this
happening? .....ps the xp h/d boots ok .

Vista won't boot because it doesn't recognize the CPU.
It's looking for the dual core and it doesn't exist.
Your options are to replace the CPU or reinstall Vista.

--
Steve Easton



"rjocall" <> wrote in message
news:5CB6A4E1-66B2-40D4-9A35-...
>I have 3 H/D 's XP on one , Vista 32 on one and vista 64bit on the other
>.
> My dual core AMD cpu stopped working (? overheating as the fan stopped
> !!!)
> so as a temp measure I put back the old AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU . Now the
> vista h/d's will not boot ...can I do anything about this and why is this
> happening? .....ps the xp h/d boots ok .

you can do an upgrade in place of vista to allow it to recognize the difference in cpu's.
this would be similar to repair in XP.







"rjocall" <> wrote in message news:5CB6A4E1-66B2-40D4-9A35-...
I have 3 H/D 's XP on one , Vista 32 on one and vista 64bit on the other .
My dual core AMD cpu stopped working (? overheating as the fan stopped !!!)
so as a temp measure I put back the old AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU . Now the
vista h/d's will not boot ...can I do anything about this and why is this
happening? .....ps the xp h/d boots ok .

Hi,

Can you boot into safe mode ??

If so press windows button+r (for run dialog) and type msconfig (click ok)

Under the boot tab click "Advanced Options"
and select "Redetect HAL"
Exit MSConfig and reboot.

I hope it works.



"rjocall" <> wrote in message
news:5CB6A4E1-66B2-40D4-9A35-...
>I have 3 H/D 's XP on one , Vista 32 on one and vista 64bit on the other
>.
> My dual core AMD cpu stopped working (? overheating as the fan stopped
> !!!)
> so as a temp measure I put back the old AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU . Now the
> vista h/d's will not boot ...can I do anything about this and why is this
> happening? .....ps the xp h/d boots ok .

sshi , no it will not boot into safemode ...it starts the process checking
off drivers? or summat ! but then stops and says please wait a moment or
summat but then nothing it just sits there

"DX" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can you boot into safe mode ??
>
> If so press windows button+r (for run dialog) and type msconfig (click ok)
>
> Under the boot tab click "Advanced Options"
> and select "Redetect HAL"
> Exit MSConfig and reboot.
>
> I hope it works.
>
>
>
> "rjocall" <> wrote in message
> news:5CB6A4E1-66B2-40D4-9A35-...
> >I have 3 H/D 's XP on one , Vista 32 on one and vista 64bit on the other
> >.
> > My dual core AMD cpu stopped working (? overheating as the fan stopped
> > !!!)
> > so as a temp measure I put back the old AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU . Now the
> > vista h/d's will not boot ...can I do anything about this and why is this
> > happening? .....ps the xp h/d boots ok .
>