correct me if my understanding of the problem is wrong.
problem is it cannot find hard drive.
here's the summary of what has been done to resolve the issue:
1. HDD tested to be OK - same problem
2. recently reloaded XP - same problem
3. motherboard recently replaced. - same problem
just to clarify, in reloading XP, was it a fresh install (drive formatted and installed with XP)?
here are the things i wish to suggest you try:
1. run Memtest86+ to test the RAM. run the test on one individual RAM module at a time.
2. run CHKDSK /R using XP install CD (recovery console).
problem is it cannot find hard drive.
here's the summary of what has been done to resolve the issue:
1. HDD tested to be OK - same problem
2. recently reloaded XP - same problem
3. motherboard recently replaced. - same problem
just to clarify, in reloading XP, was it a fresh install (drive formatted and installed with XP)?
here are the things i wish to suggest you try:
1. run Memtest86+ to test the RAM. run the test on one individual RAM module at a time.
2. run CHKDSK /R using XP install CD (recovery console).