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New mobo, xp won't load now
I have a nc6000 laptop with xp home on it. I spilled some liquid in it a while back which fried the motherboard. You can see the very small area which was affected - I think the rest of the the hardware is ok. I replaced the motherboard with one that I have been told was tested and works.
I am now able to get through the XP loading screen, but then I get a blue screen with a stop error which says "memory parity error" and something to the effect of "hardware malfunction - contact your hardware vendor for support". There is no error code or other information.
I can start Windows successfully in safe mode, so am I correct in assuming it is probably not a hardware problem and more likely a resource conflict/driver issue? I re-seated the ram anyway, which did not help. I tried updating a few drivers (downloaded from hp), but get errors when trying to install them. I tried System Restore, last known good config, and safe mode with networking, all of which still give the memory parity error. Does this suggest a networking component as the culprit?
In Control Panel, there are two devices with question marks next to them: base system device and pci modem. To my knowledge, there is no modem in the laptop. I tried disabling the pci modem device - makes no difference. Also tried installing a driver for the 'Memory CardBus Accelerator Driver' which someone with the same laptop recommended (to try to fix the 'base system device' issue).
I am not sure what to do at this point. Would reinstalling xp probably solve this problem?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
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