XPS 720 New Motherboard problems continuous reboot

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zray5 wrote:
When I start up normally I get continuous restarts with A04 or A03 bios. I have reinstalled the system, Windows Home premium. I have run memtest all night - no problems, run dell diagnostics for 3 days - no problems reports, repaired windows vista - no problems reported. Reset CMOS. Any suggestions for trouble shooting in safe mode. Now while in safe mode I keep getting a continuous run of "Windows explorer has stopped working" messages followed by the "windows explorer is restarting" messages that keep recurring over and over. Dell XPS 720 8800GT 512 2GM memory E6750 Vista Home Premium

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zray5 wrote:
did the windows vista reformat of the drive before install - it doesn't take very long. Also, I think I did the new install over the A04 bios. I see y0u did the motherboard upgrade - did it go completely smooth for you> This is my fourth motherboard including three put in by Dell technicians (who did a terrible job of it, they unscrewed the motherboard from the system board tray and then sxrewed in the new one). I put the last one in and followed the video and it was very simple. Every motherboard has acted the same way re continuous restarts with the new bios. The prior boards installed by dell came with eh A02 bios on them and the latest I did had the A03. Did you do a windows reinstall over the new motherboard. I did although Dell in home tech told me I didn't need to.

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I ahd the same thing where teh tech unscrewed the motherboard,

but mine came with version A03 installed.

 

I have had no problems at all, apart from my RAM was defective after a while which they supplied me with new and that was that.

 

how many hard disks have you got? if you have another I would see if you can install on that instead, it could be that the drive u are curerently trying to install it is on the way out.

 

it would also be helpful as well to see if you are getting other problems, like diag lights showing.

 

but I would thing it is software related. are you installing windows on its own? i.e no other software, installed, would it be possible to look in problems and solutions to see if there are any error logs mentioned?

 

or even in the event log, it might also be wise to make sure the CD is not scratched.

 

it is advisable that when installing windows onto a PC with a new board thata clewan installed is done. this is to avoid software problems, and also drivers may not be compatible with the new setup. it is after all inaffect that you have a new PC i.e 700 to the 720. they use different boards.