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Did you remove the existing Windows directory on the hard-disk before you
attempted a re-install? If not, you may be fighting the vestiges of your
previous motherboard's configuration.
> > I recently swapped out an Abit BH6 motherboard from my computer and
> replaced it with a BE6r2 by the same manufacturer. I have had no success
in
> getting the new board to run properly. As it attempts to boot up it goes
> through the POST and suddenly freezes to a black screen with the error
> message "While initialising device vcomm, windows protection error. you
need
> to restart your computer."
> > No matter how many timesI attempt to restart I still get the same
message.
> >
> > In desperation I tried to reinstall Windows 98SE but as I get to the
point
> where hardware is being set up it initialises the driver database but as
it
> attempts to set up hardware and any PnP devices I have I get the dreaded
> blue scree telling me that "a fatal exception 0e occurred at 0028:c143f9e8
> and that the application will be terminated" No matter what I do I can get
> no further than this point.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction and give me some clue as to
the
> next step?
> >
> > System: Abit BE6r2 board, 128Mb sdram, Maxtor hd(1) @ 8Gb, Maxtor hd(2)
@
> 10Gb,Matrox G220 Pci video card, Adaptec AVA 1505 scsi card, UDMA66 ide
> controller disabled in bios, SB Audio PC164V sound card and external USB
> Robotics modem.
> >
> > Gerry Coburn
>
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