Please help!

[8bit Chaos]

Ok so my friend bought a $300 pc from a guy (Specs below) and it had some old parts so i was going to replace them for him. When i replaced them like 3 days ago it had this thing happening when we booted it up it would goto the "Start windows normally or repair" screen and i would choose run normally and it would begging starting then blue screen for about a half of a second, so i tried doing the repair and it told me to restore so i clicked the restore and waited 30 minutes and it still was saying attempting repair. So i turned it off and decided to try to boot it up in safemode but it would just go back to the start windows normally screen. So im kinda of stuck i think maybe in the restore when i turned off the pc it corrupted the hdd or deleted everything including windows 7. Soo to test i put the system back how it first was with the old parts and it would boot up but not display anything which makes me think windows was deleted...

 

Specs of the build at first:

AMD phenom2 x2 555 @ 3.2

Nvidia geforce gts250 

Coolmax psu but it says 581w and 3 12v rais at total 42a

ASUS motherboard (not sure what model)

Seagate 750gb hdd

 

Replacement parts:

Nvidia geforce gtx760 4gb

Asrock 970 extreme 3 mobo

 

 

So please help because i dont know how just a mobo and gpu could fuck up the whole rig.

[JoshM]

Find out the model of the mobo, as he needs to upgrade the cpu and gpu 

[brob]

Ok so my friend bought a $300 pc from a guy (Specs below) and it had some old parts so i was going to replace them for him. When i replaced them like 3 days ago it had this thing happening when we booted it up it would goto the "Start windows normally or repair" screen and i would choose run normally and it would begging starting then blue screen for about a half of a second, so i tried doing the repair and it told me to restore so i clicked the restore and waited 30 minutes and it still was saying attempting repair. So i turned it off and decided to try to boot it up in safemode but it would just go back to the start windows normally screen. So im kinda of stuck i think maybe in the restore when i turned off the pc it corrupted the hdd or deleted everything including windows 7. Soo to test i put the system back how it first was with the old parts and it would boot up but not display anything which makes me think windows was deleted...

 

Specs of the build at first:

AMD phenom2 x2 555 @ 3.2

Nvidia geforce gts250 

Coolmax psu but it says 581w and 3 12v rais at total 42a

ASUS motherboard (not sure what model)

Seagate 750gb hdd

 

Replacement parts:

Nvidia geforce gtx760 4gb

Asrock 970 extreme 3 mobo

 

 

So please help because i dont know how just a mobo and gpu could fuck up the whole rig.

 

You need to reinstall Windows since you've made low level hardware changes (motherboard).

[8bit Chaos]

You need to reinstall Windows since you've made low level hardware changes (motherboard).

So if i switch out the mobo it wipes windows and all the other memory?

[8bit Chaos]

Find out the model of the mobo, as he needs to upgrade the cpu and gpu 

i know its a am2 socket with ddr2 ram

[JoshM]

i know its a am2 socket with ddr2 ram

Probably go a new build... any current gpu will be bottlenecked by that cpu 

[8bit Chaos]

Probably go a new build... any current gpu will be bottlenecked by that cpu 

yes i know this but he is cheap and just wants to get by with his cpu til he can upgrade.

[JoshM]

yes i know this but he is cheap and just wants to get by with his cpu til he can upgrade.

How much does he have to spend? currency? 

[brob]

So if i switch out the mobo it wipes windows and all the other memory?

 

No nothing is erased from the ssd and/or hdd. When one changes hardware one needs to make sure that the appropriate drivers get loaded.

 

If you are using the system drive from the old system with the new motherboard and gpu the motherboard drivers being loaded will be those needed for the old motherboard, not the new. Also, if you did not uninstall the gpu drivers before installing the new gpu there may also be issued.

[8bit Chaos]

No nothing is erased from the ssd and/or hdd. When one changes hardware one needs to make sure that the appropriate drivers get loaded.

 

If you are using the system drive from the old system with the new motherboard and gpu the motherboard drivers being loaded will be those needed for the old motherboard, not the new. Also, if you did not uninstall the gpu drivers before installing the new gpu there may also be issued.

ok so if i have him reinstall windows 7 then reinstall all his drivers it should all work?

[8bit Chaos]

Also would he be able to use his old key?

[brob]

ok so if i have him reinstall windows 7 then reinstall all his drivers it should all work?

 

 

Also would he be able to use his old key?

 

Best would be to use a spare drive. Put it in the new system as only drive, install Windows, etc. see if everything works.

[8bit Chaos]

ok and then if it works put in old hdd and see if everything is on it still

[brob]

ok and then if it works put in old hdd and see if everything is on it still

 

Yes.

[8bit Chaos]

alright i will try this tomorrow and if it works then thank you if not i will post on here saying id didnt work.

[8bit Chaos]

Actually i have one more question after i put back in the original hdd can i just delete the old drivers off of it then install the new ones directly to the original hdd and then take out the spare one?

[brob]

Actually i have one more question after i put back in the original hdd can i just delete the old drivers off of it then install the new ones directly to the original hdd and then take out the spare one?

 

When changing motherboards it is best to do a clean install. However, if you search the internet you will find several sets of instructions on how to manually update the necessary "drivers".