Computer wont boot up anymore after upgrading...

[kerokeroppi82]

I upgraded the CPU in my computer as well as the ram, and now my computer gets stuck when it tries to load Windows XP, I tried running it in safe mode but it gets stuck at mup.sys or something like that in the windows drivers directory. Anyone have any ideas? Also if I need to reformat where can I go to recover my outlook express e-mails? Thanks!!!

 

[Nohr]

Does the bios report the correct cpu speed and fsb?

 

[EmperorIQ]

run dos and go through the directories to look for your e-mails

 

[kerokeroppi82]

yes, it detected the new CPU speed and the new ram chips with the correct mb

 

[MrBond]

Is this a new CPU on the old motherboard or a new MB? If it's a new MB, you'll have to reinstall windows.

I reccomend installing alongside your current install (instead of c:windows, install in c:winxp for example), then you can still access your files and such. Migrate everything then delete the old install.

 

[kerokeroppi82]

its a new CPU on a old motherboard. The thing is, it won't even let me reinstall windows, the screen gets stuck after the drivers are loaded when I try to boot from the windows XP CD. Also I was using outlook express 6, which came with windows XP. I tried looking for my e-mails before but couldn't find the directory that it was stored in, so if anyone knows the default directory or the file its stored in that would be greatly appriciated.

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: kerokeroppi82
its a new CPU on a old motherboard. The thing is, it won't even let me reinstall windows, the screen gets stuck after the drivers are loaded when I try to boot from the windows XP CD. Also I was using outlook express 6, which came with windows XP. I tried looking for my e-mails before but couldn't find the directory that it was stored in, so if anyone knows the default directory or the file its stored in that would be greatly appriciated.

If it won't even let you reinstall windows, there could be some issue with your ram or cpu.

 

[johnjkr1]

Here is the outlook information....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270670

are you sure the ram and bus speed are set correctly? what are they set to?

 

[kerokeroppi82]

The motherboard is a via chipset and I upgraded from a 1.6 duron to a xp 2200+. I had 2 chips of PC3200 unregistered non ecc chips that I changed to 2 new chips, 1 thats PC2700 and 1 thats PC3200 both unregistered and non ecc. Would the differnce in ram speed make a differnce? Note that the motherboard only accepts PC2100 so i'd figure everything would be underclocked to PC2100 anyways, and since the pair of PC3200 ram chips worked fine, I thought the combination of PC2700 and PC3200 would be fine too.

 

[kerokeroppi82]

and I figured out how to transfer my e-mails over, thanks!