Windows reboots

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I am putting a new motherboard and processor into an E-Machine. This is the
third replacement on three different emachines.The other two did not give me
this problem.

The hard drive is running Windows XP home with sp2. 256mb memory, 80gb hd,
70gb free. I am installing an Asus K8M-VM main board and sempron 754 socket
processor.

The windows start to boot and then restarts. the error is 0x0000007e (shut
down to protect system.

I may have made it more difficult because I tried to do a repair install
when I couldn't get it to load in safe mode. Now it reboots instead of
finishing the install.

I hope I have given you enough information.
As always my thanks in advance.
Loretta
 
Sorry, This is probabley the wrong forum.
Loretta
"Loretta" <lorettaa@anderson-computer.com> wrote in message
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>I am putting a new motherboard and processor into an E-Machine. This is the
>third replacement on three different emachines.The other two did not give
>me this problem.
>
> The hard drive is running Windows XP home with sp2. 256mb memory, 80gb hd,
> 70gb free. I am installing an Asus K8M-VM main board and sempron 754
> socket processor.
>
> The windows start to boot and then restarts. the error is 0x0000007e (shut
> down to protect system.
>
> I may have made it more difficult because I tried to do a repair install
> when I couldn't get it to load in safe mode. Now it reboots instead of
> finishing the install.
>
> I hope I have given you enough information.
> As always my thanks in advance.
> Loretta
>
 
Loretta wrote:

> I am putting a new motherboard and processor into an E-Machine. This is the
> third replacement on three different emachines.The other two did not give me
> this problem.
>
> The hard drive is running Windows XP home with sp2. 256mb memory, 80gb hd,
> 70gb free. I am installing an Asus K8M-VM main board and sempron 754 socket
> processor.
>
> The windows start to boot and then restarts. the error is 0x0000007e (shut
> down to protect system.
>
> I may have made it more difficult because I tried to do a repair install
> when I couldn't get it to load in safe mode. Now it reboots instead of
> finishing the install.
>
> I hope I have given you enough information.
> As always my thanks in advance.
> Loretta
>
>

An e-Machines computer is has components designed and built for it. And
an ASUS K8M-VM machine has components designed and built for it. These
two machines are so entirely different that the Windows XP that came from
the e-Machines unit is not expected to run when hooked up to the Asus one.
Moreover, since the version of Windows XP supplied for the e-Machines is
bios-locked specifically for it, it would also be doubtful that it can be
installed in the Asus unit. Or the e-Machines Windows XP cdrom is a disc
recovery set.

Time to get a new retail version of Windows XP Home or a Microsoft OEM
version for new computers without an OS.
 
Your e-machines version of winxp is bios locked to origonal hardware. It
wont work

"Loretta" <lorettaa@anderson-computer.com> wrote in message
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>I am putting a new motherboard and processor into an E-Machine. This is the
>third replacement on three different emachines.The other two did not give
>me this problem.
>
> The hard drive is running Windows XP home with sp2. 256mb memory, 80gb hd,
> 70gb free. I am installing an Asus K8M-VM main board and sempron 754
> socket processor.
>
> The windows start to boot and then restarts. the error is 0x0000007e (shut
> down to protect system.
>
> I may have made it more difficult because I tried to do a repair install
> when I couldn't get it to load in safe mode. Now it reboots instead of
> finishing the install.
>
> I hope I have given you enough information.
> As always my thanks in advance.
> Loretta
>
 
Loretta wrote:
> I am putting a new motherboard and processor into an E-Machine. This is the
> third replacement on three different emachines.The other two did not give me
> this problem.
>
> The hard drive is running Windows XP home with sp2. 256mb memory, 80gb hd,
> 70gb free. I am installing an Asus K8M-VM main board and sempron 754 socket
> processor.
>
> The windows start to boot and then restarts. the error is 0x0000007e (shut
> down to protect system.
>
> I may have made it more difficult because I tried to do a repair install
> when I couldn't get it to load in safe mode. Now it reboots instead of
> finishing the install.
>
> I hope I have given you enough information.
> As always my thanks in advance.
> Loretta
>
>


Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are
*not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting),
unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same
IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP
installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair
(a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than
120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.



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DL wrote:
> Your e-machines version of winxp is bios locked to origonal hardware. It
> wont work


.... unless the replacement motherboard is an identical model obtained
from eMachines, that is. ;-}



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killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
 
I posted a reply to Anna in the Help and Support section Subject Windows Xp
Reboots.
Loretta
As usual you are all great.
Thanks
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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> Loretta wrote:
>> I am putting a new motherboard and processor into an E-Machine. This is
>> the third replacement on three different emachines.The other two did not
>> give me this problem.
>>
>> The hard drive is running Windows XP home with sp2. 256mb memory, 80gb
>> hd, 70gb free. I am installing an Asus K8M-VM main board and sempron 754
>> socket processor.
>>
>> The windows start to boot and then restarts. the error is 0x0000007e
>> (shut down to protect system.
>>
>> I may have made it more difficult because I tried to do a repair install
>> when I couldn't get it to load in safe mode. Now it reboots instead of
>> finishing the install.
>>
>> I hope I have given you enough information.
>> As always my thanks in advance.
>> Loretta
>
>
> Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
> installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are
> *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting),
> unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE
> controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP
> installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair
> (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:
>
> How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
>
> Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
>
> The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
> licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
> You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If you
> don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a Cape
> Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style foundation. It
> just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as
> "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware
> configuration you throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the
> specific hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire
> WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group.
>
> As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
> important data before starting.
>
> This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
> Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than
> 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
> likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been
> less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
> Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot
 
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