| Post ID |
Timestamp |
Content |
User |
| 215864 |
2004-02-16 00:59:00 |
I'm replacing my old ASUS A7V, Athlon 1GHZ board with a new Gigabyte GA-7N400 board and Athlon 1800+ CPU. Can I just swap boards and boot to the same Hard Drive (Windows XP Pro)? I'm hoping I don't need to re-install XP. Can I get round it by just installing the new drivers over the old ones? Also the CPU box set says thermal paste is not necessary when using the AMD cooler....correct? |
wattie (613) |
| 215865 |
2004-02-16 01:00:00 |
Oops, that should be a 2800+ CPU..... |
wattie (613) |
| 215866 |
2004-02-16 01:42:00 |
nope most likely the boards will have different mobo drivers etc and xp wont like that .........also it may mean you'll have to 'reactivate' xp cause if you change too much hardware it dont like it either.........lol.........LUCK |
drcspy (146) |
| 215867 |
2004-02-16 01:43:00 |
if the cpu came in a box with a heatsink and fan and has a heat 'pad' under the heatsink then you dont need paste with it.......specially if it says 'paste not needed'......jsut make damn sure you seat it properly |
drcspy (146) |
| 215868 |
2004-02-16 02:52:00 |
while XP is the first MS os that is designed to handle motherboard swaps it dosn't always work to well.
firstly BACKUP everything in case you have to format and reinstall. before installing new motherboard delete everything out of device manager. swap the motherboards and it should ask for new drivers on startup. if it shits itself try booting from cd choose new install then upgrade (little rusty here) this should upgrade the HAL. if all else fails format/reinstall. |
tweak'e (174) |
| 215869 |
2004-02-16 06:59:00 |
When fitting the heatsink remember to remove the cover(sticker) from the pad underneath. |
geeman (5280) |
| 215870 |
2004-02-16 07:21:00 |
HAL? |
wattie (613) |
| 215871 |
2004-02-16 08:14:00 |
HAL= Hardware Abstraction Layer |
drcspy (146) |
| 215872 |
2004-02-16 08:15:00 |
www.annoyances.org |
tweak'e (174) |
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