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Upgrading MB and CPU with Windows XP

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I have been reading this post. HAL seems to be the real killer to keeping your current version of XP running. I am running a P4 1.8ghz on a 4g4ai (845g chipset) right now. I will be upgrading to a opteron 144 on a ASROCK dual SATAII board very soon. The HAL for my current install is "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC". What HAL will my new cpu and motherboard be and will it cause a problem?
 
If the CPU is dual-core you'll want to change to the Multiprocessor ACPI HAL, you'll also have to get the storage drivers taken care of.

You should be able to migrate this sytem okay.
 
Yeah I know about changing the IDE controller to standard. So I should change the HAL to "ACPI Uniprocessor PC, ACPI APIC UP HAL" as the opteron 144 is not duel core or leave it at "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC"?
 
I plan to change the HD to standard and maybe change the HAL (that is my question). Then if that doesn't work I will do the repair off the CD.
 
OK I have my Opteron 144 and ASROCK DUAL SATAII board. What should I set the HAL be set to before I install it? Thanks.
 
Well I am installing the board and cpu now and I got the blue screen stop 0x000...007 error, so I think it is a HAL problem. I am back running off my old setup and in windows. When I go to change the HAL it all shows me "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC" and "Standard PC", but I want to choose "ACPI Uniprocessor PC." Assuming that is the correct thing to do I how can I do it?
 
I replaced the hal.dll with halaacpi.dll and now my old system will not boot. I just freezes at first windows progress bar (the monochrome dos looking one). With the HD in my new computer I still get the STOP 0x0000007e blue screen.
 
Booted off disk and did a repair. I still have the same error. I will probly reinstall in a few minutes. Any tips?
 
Originally posted by: CU
Booted off disk and did a repair. I still have the same error. I will probly reinstall in a few minutes. Any tips?
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Yes. Your WinXP will come out with whatever patches your original CD has on it, so if that means WinXP "original" or WinXP SP1, rather than WinXP SP2, it would be a good idea to not expose it to a network connection until you install SP2 on it. You can get the whole SP2 installer file from this page and put it on a CD-R or USB drive if that helps.

If it were me, I'd also take the step of installing SP2 in Safe Mode, since presumably your installation will still be attempting to run security software. Using Safe Mode may help ensure the success of the SP2 installation.

Service Pack 2 would also get you up to DirectX 9.0C. Then you would want to install motherboard drivers, reboot, then video drivers afterwards.

Since your new CPU will have hardware DEP support, you might want to fully enable it by right-clicking My Computer, choosing Properties, and doing what's shown in this pic. You might also like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 🙂
 
I had the original XP disk, so I had to download it all. Fun! Anyway I was behind my router with its firewall turned on when I updated XP, so I don't think I caught anything. It is up and running now. My fps tripled in WOW and doubled in FEAR. I still need to do some more configuring and then let the overclocking begin. Thanks for all the help.
 
I suggest you backup all of your important info and a full format and install. Your system will run cleaner and be setup for your new hardware.

Otherwise you are going to have left over mess from your old hardware, and bugs will probably pop up when they could be avoided
 
Originally posted by: aboothman
I suggest you backup all of your important info and a full format and install. Your system will run cleaner and be setup for your new hardware.

Otherwise you are going to have left over mess from your old hardware, and bugs will probably pop up when they could be avoided
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Most definately. You want to run smoothly with the biggest improvement from your new hardware.
 
Originally posted by: rogue1979
Originally posted by: aboothman
I suggest you backup all of your important info and a full format and install. Your system will run cleaner and be setup for your new hardware.

Otherwise you are going to have left over mess from your old hardware, and bugs will probably pop up when they could be avoided
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Most definately. You want to run smoothly with the biggest improvement from your new hardware.
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Indeed. While it is possible to run on the new platform without reinstalling, problems are very likely to surface, but not necessarily right away. You will be gaming one day and out of nowhere, you get a blue screen, or worse......

It is highly recommended to backup your data and just do a complete format and clean install.
 
What difference does format reinstall versus reinstall without formating make. It overwrites the windows directory correct? I didn't not do the repair option. Actually I tried it just did not fix my problem.
 
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