Win XP - SP2 install problem

[SitFlyer]

This is driving me bonkers.

I had Win Xp installed with all the same hardware and everything was fine.

I did reinstall to a new hard drive and now it flat out refuses to recognize any NIC.

Won't detect even after supplying the drivers.

This is for onboard SIS or Add-on LinkSys, DFE, realtek......

When I do through add hardware wizard it says Code 10 - won't start.

I've tried sfc /scannow, repair & complete reinstall.

HELP!!!!!!!!! I'm going crazy.

[cjolley]

Corrupted file on your XP CD?

[degrub]

i assume it loaded the correct chipset drivers ?

[Greebe]

I'd be back looking at what it installed for the MB (as above

[SitFlyer]

I didn't have to install any drivers on the original install. It even managed a dynamic update at that time.
Out of frustration and because it's less goofy, I tried a Win 2k install and I think the MB is toast.
It's not recognizing any hardware plugged in to any PCI slot

A simple rebuild, started 2 weeks ago, has gone the way of Murphy's Law.

Thanks anyways for the suggestions.

[Chucky Cheese]

...try loading defaults in your bios...save and exit

then boot windows

cc

[KeiFront]

Clear your cmos/bios via the jumper setting on your mobo, much better then restoring bios defaults.

[SitFlyer]

It's no use. It won't recognize anything new except the onboard audio, usb and the whatever is in the agp slot.
Funny........ I can hook up the old hard drive, with the original install, and everything works.

[Jon P. Inghram]

Probably not the issue, but... when I first got my current motherboard (an Asus K8N4-E Deluxe) it was having all sorts of wierd PCI problems. Turned out the BIOS locked the PCI bus to the wrong multiplier when not overclocking which ended up running at 100 MHz. Overclocking slightly fixed the problem, and eventually they put a proper fix in a newer BIOS.

[SitFlyer]

I swapped motherboard with identical model and that one sees everything okay.

[Wombat]

Could be that one was set to ACPI and the other wasn't?

[SitFlyer]

Both boards were tried with identical BIOS settings. (CMOS cleared)

If I disable ACPI on the 'bad' MB the computer won't boot.

[Gurm]

Could have gotten bad MPS data into the NVRAM, I suppose. I bet it'd be salvageable, but if you can replace the board... *shrug*