New 680i Mobo, Vista Won't Boot...

[Pez D Spencer]

Yesterday I installed a new EVGA NF68-AI mobo in my computer. This mobo replaced my old Intel D915. I've never done a mobo swap with intentions on saving the current OS, but I assumed I could just swap the mobo's reboot into Vista and vista would delete/reinstall any drivers as needed. However this wasn't the case.

When in intially booted after installing the new mobo I got a BSOD. I popped in the Vista installation disc and did a startup repair but I'm still getting a BSOD. The BSOD is saying to run CHKDSK but of course running CHKDSK did nothing to help.

Finally I ended up using diskpart to shrink the partition where Vista is installed, and installing a new copy of Vista on that new partition which is where I am now.

I think maybe if I had unistalled all the drivers for the Intel board before installing the new EVGA board I might have had more luck but unfortuneately I didn't do that. I'd really like to fix my previous installation of Vista if possible because it took me literally months to get it all set up and starting all over is not really an option unless there is no other way to fix it.

I can browse to the partition where my previous Vista install is and I think if I just knew what to delete then I might have a chance. But the problem is that I don't know what I should delete or change and was hoping you guys might have some advice.

Thanks in advance.

 

[tylerw13]

have you installed the hotfix for ram on a 680i ??? i dont know if it is just for the 680i but i couldnt even boot with more than 1gig in my computer the hotfix is kb929777 i believe...other than that i dont know what you is wrong...ive done that before and it worked fine for me!!

i honestly dont like the 680i just for weird problems that i have had with it but it does work alright for me know.

you can always boot into vista on your other mobo...change and create a new partition on your hard drive and just install vista on the new partition...then copy over all your files you need but i would just try taking out your ram you have accept for like a gig and see if that works!

 

[TheBeagle]

Good Evening Mr. Spencer.

The sad truth is likely that you will be unable to get your rig to boot with this transition. The fundamental drivers that control most all the basic function of your rig are previously set for Intel coded software. Obviously, the nVidia drivers are a whole different coding scheme, and thus, the machine doesn't know how to communicate with the various components in the PC.

Had you stripped out all the available Intel drivers BEFORE you removed the old board from your rig, you might have been able to get it "clean" enough to allow Vista to install a basic set of drivers which may have been enough to get it to boot. However, you sound like you are way past that point now.

In the long run, you'll be MUCH better off with a clean install of Vista in your refurbished rig. May I suggest that you consider installing Vista 64 rather than the 32 bit version. I have been running Vista 64 Ultimate for several months now, and it performs great and the memory functions are especially stable. Good luck with your new endeavor. Have a nice weekend. TheBeagle :beer: