Hello, so I have changed motherboard in clients PC, from some intel with i865 to asus k8u-x and, windows doesn't want to load, hangs and auto restarts on agp440.sys, but as far as I remember some PC's were starting normally in safe mode after changing mobos, so I want to ask, is there some way to reintegrate/force windows to use default drivers offline, like from recovery console?
Since you have switched the mobo from Intel to AMD, it seems it's more related to IDE/SATA/Raid controller problerm rather than agp440.sys or it could be a mixture of the both. I meen, may be agp440.sys is one of the causes to boot failure but its not the only one. You should first install the missing disk controller drivers before trying anything else. anyway, if you couldnt manage to boot windows, come back here and I'll try my best to help you.
ok, I will check it. Windows is more or less automated OS not like Linux, so I think if to "press the right button" it should work some post googled: P.S. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But I'm trying that for the first time (with different CPU brands)
those mobos are both ACPI and MPS compliant so HAL should not be a problem. Although Intel CPU driver (intelppm.sys) may cause boot failure. in that case it could be disabled.
Take a look at this: hxxp://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 The solution in that article only works if your new mobo sata ports can operate in legacy IDE mode. If they can only operate in AHCI or RAID mode, there is still a solution. you can make your own registry script that targets k8u-x AHCI/RAID controller by extracting your mobo's AHCI/RAID controller VEN and DEV numbers from driver inf file. I've done this for Intel AHCI/RAID controllers before. see this thread: hxxp://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/enabling-ahci-raid-mode-after-installing-windows.11549/ I cant post links, so I've prefixed them with hxxp
XP doesn't have sysprep, well, if HT technology is called multicore, then I will be facing problems. CPU specs - was: Intel s478 P4 3.0GHz with HT enabled, would be nice to do: Sempron 2600+ s754 Thanks, I think I will need that! Hmm... and smart question, how can I do that?
Thanks again, I will need that about image the drive, I think I need that, but don't have software for that
read the first replay DAZ posted: hxxp://support.microsoft.com/kb/324764 This article describes how to disable agp440. you can do the same with intelppm but its too early for disabling any of these services. you have to solve it step by step. dont jump in to the middle of the solution. it may not be nessasary or even it may cause new problems. 1. The first concern is about HAL. but since both your old and new mobos are ACPI Multiprocessor mobos, the HAL is the same. please note that switching between Single Core and Multi Core processors does not cause any problems. Windows will always load the approprate kernel and hal, provided that the underlying harware architecture is the same(ACPI, APIC, PIC,..) And yes, Hyperthreading is considered multicore. So HAL is not a problem. 2. The second concern is the presence of critical boot drivers. (SCSI, IDE, RAID, AHCI,...). if thay are not installed windows can not go any further. my previous post contains the solution. I can prepare the registry script and required driver files for you. It will not take much time. but you have to import the settings in to your windows registry before attaching the Harddisk to your new mobo. if the old mobo is still functional, the simplest way to do this is to boot windows by your old mobo, import the settings to the registry and copy driver files to system32\drivers directory and attach the Harddisk to the new mobo. if its not possible to boot by the old mobo, things will get a little tricky but its not too hard. but at this this time I cant go any further. I need to know if your old mobo is functional and you can boot with that or not. 3. After you've done completing the step 2, there is a high chance that windows will able to boot. But if failed, its time to identify the driver(s) that causes the problem. Since you have switched from Intel to AMD, the first candidate is intelppm.sys and there may be other drivers that will cause the failure. this should be checked after completing step 2.
Motherboard is still able to boot using that hdd. It would be great if you can prepare the registry script, because I've tried to boot using "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and got 0x0000007B(usually SATA driver problems)
Here you go: Generic IDE Registry script and drivers: hxxp://mediafire.com/file/ayx7s7nhg0742m1/Generic_IDE_Merge.zip Asus K8U-X M5289 SATA/RAID Controller Registry script and drivers: hxxp://mediafire.com/file/e7z0do9z3h7l8z9/K8U-X-M5289_SATA-RAID_Merge.zip As you said, while you are booting with your old mobo you can disable intelppm and agp440 services. setting the value HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\intelppm\Start to 4 will do the job. Good Luck.
Works. I have only integrated IDE/SATA drivers. CPU driver switched automatically. windows was restarting in normal mode, but loaded and reconfigured drivers in safe mode. Thanks a lot sepehrst, you are genius! UPDATE: still keeps restarting in normal mode BSOD with 0x00000007E Disabled Intel CPU driver, starts in normal mode, everything's fine. After turning on Windows in normal mode it gave me error with code 7e saying something about TCP/IP, reinstalled network drivers and added IPV6, now works without any glitch leaving PC overnight with Prime95 to further testing.
While XP can be moved from ANY to ANY hardware without re-install, in place upgrade is a way better option if the hardware differ a lot sebus
everything is fine, that 7e error I almost always got on MB's with ULi sata raid... hope it will go well motherboard is runing prime95 for about 30hours for now. Still no bugs.
Sounds like you are sorted but, assuming you had XP CD and the matching key, a Windows repair would have been less hassle. All your apps etc would still be installed and Windows Update ought to have picked up latest drivers for the new mobo.
It's XP, windows update very rarely can find drivers. And repair would cause a lot of registry errors, like lost licenses of installed software.
I have never lost application licences or setups / preferences as a result of a Windows repair. I admit I normally download and install the latest drivers just as for a clean installation rather than relying on Windows update.