[CS-FSLUG] Really Odd Computer Behaviour

[Nathan T.]

Is the copy of Windows 2000 OEM? An OEM copy of Windows, particularly  
XP will simply reboot the computer instead of starting up if the  
hardware is significantly different from the time it was installed/ 
activated to the present. A change in motherboard would be exactly  
the kind of change required to cause this behaviour.

Windows XP on the other hand will start the installation process, but  
ask you to insert a floppy disk with SATA controller drivers during  
the installation process, another common problem with XP is that  
preparing SATA drives for use isn't as easy as with IDE drives, it  
requires some extra work in the computer management application  
initializing the disk and setting up the partitions in there.


On 26-Feb-07, at 3:32 PM, Christopher Rose wrote:

> I am hoping that somebody can explain this to me. Yesterday my  
> brother bought an MSI Micro-ATX motherboard. He is using a SATA  
> drive with it. Here is the problem (if you want to call it that).  
> It would not boot the Win2000 install he previously had on the  
> SATA. Furthermore, it would not allow him to reformat the SATA for  
> Win2000 or XP. The only thing he could install was Mandriva (which  
> worked flawlessly). Any ideas on what happened? Could this  
> motherboard be a Linux only board? I can not explain how a change  
> in the motherboard would prevent the installing of windoze. My  
> brother and I would love to hear what everyone thinks of this one.