Before you swap out the current motherboard go to
device manager and select the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller
and select your current storage controller.Â
Right click, select update driver and select install
from a list or specific location. Click don't
search I will choose the driver to install and select
the standard dual channel IDE controller.
This will prevent the inaccessable boot device blue
screen. I have done this multiple times on
different platforms with no problems.
Also I found that booting the first time with the
new motherboard is best done in the Safe mode where
XP will install the drivers it needs and at the same
time you can install the new motherboard drivers from
its CD.
This saved me doing a repair or a reinstall of XP.
My whole system came right up and worked great and
very stable.