Fried MOBO

Hello,
Turned on my computer this morning, and my mother board fried. When I replace the MOBO, and get it set up, CPU, Memory, BIOS, ect. Will my HDD work with the new Mother Board? Will it boot up? Will there be a problem with the new MOBO and the data in the old drive? Is there anything I need to do before I do this? All help greatly appreciated.
Old MOBO SY-K7V Dragon Plus, Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB DDR 2100 Memory, 80GB Maxtor.

 

Hi Coyote,

"my mother board fried "
Unusual. How do you know?
"Will my HDD work with the new Mother Board? "
Yes.
"Will it boot up? Will there be a problem with the new MOBO and the data in the old drive? "
If the new mobo is exactly the same, all will be well. If it's a different brand or model windows may think it's in a new computer and refuse to run, in which case you'll have to reinstall windows.

 

There is a large burn spot on the mobo. It had just finished bootup, I heard a ssst sound everything stopped. When I opened it up, I could smell it. The new mobo will not be the same. The old one was 3 years old. I plan to use a Soyo- KT600 Dragon V.20 Socket A VIA- KT600. Do you know anything of this board? If I have to reinstall windows, how should I do this? Thank You.

 

Hi Coyote,

My biggest worry is your power supply. They aren't expensive, and I feel that it's good insurance to replace it as well as the mobo. It may well be the cause of the burn-out. Take a look at the label on it. If you have an oem (compaq, hp dell,etc) you may have to replace it with another from the same source, but it sounds like you build your own; in that event, you need or have already, a standard case which takes a standard power supply.

You're using a new standard mobo; it sounds like you're already a builder. I've not used a Soyo mobo, so can't help you there. Someone who has will chime in.

IMO, the best way to reinstall windows is to repartition and format the disk and install fresh from the CD. Ideally you'll have a new HDD to use so all your data will be preserved on the old disk which can be reconnected and re-jumpered as the slave after the install.

 

try to get a new mothreboard with the same IDE controller as your old one. If you get a STOP:0x0000007B when booting Windows, its because the IDE controlooers are different. As long as it is the same brand, it should be fine.
EDIT: You do not have to reinstall windows if you get this STOP Error. Microsoft.com has a KB Article about adding the new IDE Controllers Registry Key to your drive, so you could try that. Not sure if you can tho....

 

Not necessarily so, unless you have a horeshoe in your back pocket, stand 3' tall and have pointed black boots to go along with that green suit and floppy hat.

As to the KT600 - solid board but nothing fancy - just a basic, solid Socket A board. Did one just before Christmas.

 

I will have a new HDD. You are saying, I should connect the old drive with the data as slave and then transfer all the data to the new drive?

 

No need to transfer the data. It's available on the old drive for XP to use. I would just disconnect the old drive for the installation so as not to confuse the installer, then re-connect it and windows can use it.

 

Thanks to everyone for you'r help.
Coyote