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    XPS M1330 - Replaced motherboard but got a problem..

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bboy1, May 27, 2010.

  1. bboy1

    bboy1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I just replaced my nvidia motherboard with an intel one. The nvidia one is still working fine, I just wanted the intel one so that it won't fail on me.

    I just spent 2 hours changing it while looking at the dell service manual as a guide. When I first booted it up the bios screen came up asking me to put in a service tag which I did. Once I quit the bios I tried to start up windows, but everytime I do this it freezes for a second on the Windows 7 splash screen then flashes to a BSoD before coming up with the Windows Error Recovery screen which I've attached below. The BSoD flashes really quickly so I recorded it and I've also attached a screenshot below (the best I could get). I tried the windows error recovery but it just keeps searching and can't seem to find what the problem is.

    I tried to reformat but when I try to boot from the disc the same thing happens.

    Any ideas? Is there something I need to do with the hard drive? I'd be annoyed if this motherboard is faulty after spending all this time..

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    Edit: I took the hard drive out, put it in an external case and connected it to my other laptop. Reformatted it then put it back in and I was able to reinstall Windows. Guess it was some hard drive problem.
     
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  2. aj84

    aj84 Notebook Consultant

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    Well done for fixing it
    I was going to say that in any motherboard changes I have done be it laptop or PC, despite it being the same, there are always "unique" identifiers which windows does not want to let go.
    As a result, a BSOD almost always happens until a reinstall is carried out
     
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