ARG!!! I/O on boot

[BeauJangles]

I put a new HDD (30 gig) into an old computer (Sony PCV-90, 200 mhz, etc). DOn't ask why, but that's what my dad wanted. Anyway, I installed win98 on the HDD on another computer because it was faster. I turned off the computer after it told me to restart, and brought the drive downstairs to the Sony. I stuck it in, the system posts, and then I/O error. First off, what does that mean? The drive works fine in the computer upstairs. Secondly, could this be because the controller on the motherboard needs an update? I looked to see if there were any new BIOSes but according to intel's site the product has been discontinued.

Intel AG430HX - Motherboard
national semiconductor pc87306b - I/O controller

Any ideas? Please help!

 

[Superwormy]

You can't just install Win98 on a whole different computer, swap the HD and then expect Win98 to work on the other computer, it WON'T (99.99% of the time) work!

 

[CTho9305]

to clarify, windows doesn't work well after you switch mobos. it can handle any other hardware changes just fine usually, but if you swap mobos, you often get issues.

edit: when exactly are you getting this error?

 

[bozo1]

Your problem is that that board doesn't support drives larger than 8GB. You are asking it to read a partition table on a drive that it can't read properly.

You can either repartition it and live with an 8GB drive or you can add a PCI drive controller.

The above issues about swapping motherboards will still remain.

 

[CTho9305]

<< Your problem is that that board doesn't support drives larger than 8GB. You are asking it to read a partition table on a drive that it can't read properly.

You can either repartition it and live with an 8GB drive or you can add a PCI drive controller.

The above issues about swapping motherboards will still remain. >>



ah, if this is the case, check for a BIOS update

 

[BeauJangles]

Thanks for the advice. I thought that might be the problem (the controller can't read partitions larger then 8 gigs). As for the win98 install; it doesn't make a difference. I installed it but did not let it actually configure itself, just copy the necessary files. Thus it will never know the difference between the two motherboards.