ASMS ERROR, HELP!!
 

ok, put second hand motherboard into brothers pc. Formatted HDD using NTFS and got to the installation screen when i get the error something like 'unable to find asms'...

i dont have the original cd of xp atm, i gave it to my mate (on holidays) but i do still have the original xp cd key with me. I am pretty certain this cd is fine because it works on my computer.. i used it just a few days ago.

i have only found this...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...N-US%3BQ311755

and this

http://www.netwerkin.com/cgi-bin/ult...=5;t=000100;p=
(except the links on the forum dont work/i dont know where to find isobuster etc..)

I did try different cd roms btw, but it didnt fix it...

I tried method 1 under ntfs, but it couldnt find regedit.exe so i havent got to try method 2 as the D: drive is only 8gig with 500meg free. I am also not 100% what to do with the method 1 instructions part 7-9. I was wondering maybe someone could edit that file from an xp cd and let me download it and ill reburn xp and overwrite the edited file??

Anyways its been a few days and since i have the same model motherboard but just newer version, i decided i would plug the hdd and install windows from my pc onto his hdd and put it back into his. Worked. Although the thing is i dont want to have to pull his hdd in/out all the time when formatting... i want this thing to be fixed! :( :( :(

Another thing is at the time when installing xp i had the old 40wire, 40pin ide cable connected to my HDD's giving me the UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME error but have now changed it and gotten rid of that error. Im not sure if this would effect the ASMS error, im just saying...


Brothers PC Specs....
CPU = XP2400+
Motherboard = Soltek SL-75FRN2-L without the raid, has onboard sound+lan
Ram = DDR 2100
HDD = 20gig ata100 + 8gig ata33
Video = Geforce2 GTS
1 CD ROM, 1 A Drive

All i have done is swap motherboards.. it use to be a MSI 745Ultra (SIS745 Chip) and thought it would be good to use this Soltek Nforce 2 Chipset... maybe i should go back to the old one???

I donno, i need help
thanks,
chris.

yea i'm thinking that if it works on the old mobo, then the new mobo's the problem...

Did you read this from that website you you posted above ^?

Have you uninstalled the drivers from the old/new mobo?
Maybe its a BIOS issue...

how so? would the bios be incompatible with xp? Anyway, like I said, try the other mobo, and then we can narrow it down from there.

http://vamsftwxp.conxion.com/installation.html
The thing is, the website link dont work! :( :( :(

My old motherboard was fine, no problems... i did update the bios to the latest version two days ago as well. I doubt the motherboard is faulty because its working fine atm, i just really dont want to have to pull in/out the hdd each time i format.