Hey guys,
Here is the situation:
I want to upgrade my current AMD 64 3500+ to a X2 4600/4800+ and my current mother (MSI K8N Neo/Platinum SLI) doesn't not support the X2 processor until a BIOS update. I also have Acronis True Image 9.0 installed for backing up my main harddrive (SATA).
So I went to the MSI site, downloaded the latest BIOS (MS7100 v3.A), and tried to update the BIOS. I followed the instruction and the update went fine. When I rebooted the machine and tried to boot to WindowsXP Pro, I got an error. The error appears right after the "Press F10 to go to Acronis restore manager" line (or something like that) in the DOS/black screen. The error message said it can't find a boot partition and something about MBR error. And it asked for disk with an OS. I pressed a key and then it printed out some garbage characters.
I double checked the settings in the new BIOS and everthing seems to be in place like before. I rebooted again and the same error showed up. Luckily, I backed up the old/original BIOS and put in back into place. It rebooted fine and went into Windows like nothing happened.
Anyone have encountered the same problem like mine before? Or had anyone updated their motherboards BIOS with Acronis True Image 9 installed in their system?
Or am I screwed and am stuck with my current processor?
Need help. Thanks.
Update: Sorry, I didn't notice the "Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum".
I posted the same thing in there instead.
Here is the situation:
I want to upgrade my current AMD 64 3500+ to a X2 4600/4800+ and my current mother (MSI K8N Neo/Platinum SLI) doesn't not support the X2 processor until a BIOS update. I also have Acronis True Image 9.0 installed for backing up my main harddrive (SATA).
So I went to the MSI site, downloaded the latest BIOS (MS7100 v3.A), and tried to update the BIOS. I followed the instruction and the update went fine. When I rebooted the machine and tried to boot to WindowsXP Pro, I got an error. The error appears right after the "Press F10 to go to Acronis restore manager" line (or something like that) in the DOS/black screen. The error message said it can't find a boot partition and something about MBR error. And it asked for disk with an OS. I pressed a key and then it printed out some garbage characters.
I double checked the settings in the new BIOS and everthing seems to be in place like before. I rebooted again and the same error showed up. Luckily, I backed up the old/original BIOS and put in back into place. It rebooted fine and went into Windows like nothing happened.
Anyone have encountered the same problem like mine before? Or had anyone updated their motherboards BIOS with Acronis True Image 9 installed in their system?
Or am I screwed and am stuck with my current processor?
Need help. Thanks.
Update: Sorry, I didn't notice the "Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum".
I posted the same thing in there instead.
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