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Thread ID: 103469	2009-09-24 10:38:00	Switching motherboards	springa886 (10558)	Press F1

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813401	2009-09-24 10:38:00	Hey guys and gals, I'm in desperate need of another PCI-E x1 slot in my current setup. Only one thing to do... NEW MOTHERBOARD!!! I am currently using an ASUS M2N68-AM (my.asus.com) and am looking at upgrading (ever so slightly) to one of these: ASUS M4N78-SE (my.asus.com). What I want to know is, will all of the stuff from my current motherboard, fit straight into the new one??? If anyone can help me it would be very much appreciated. I would rather I found out it wasn't compatible before buying it!! (I'm buying from TradeMe BTW so I wont be able to ask at the shop lol) Cheers.	springa886 (10558)
813402	2009-09-24 11:50:00	yep should be good to go, what cpu are you using	hueybot3000 (3646)
813403	2009-09-24 19:49:00	You will need a re install of Windows, or (linux) depends which you use as the mobo drivers will be different	gary67 (56)
813404	2009-09-24 20:56:00	You will need a re install of Windows as the mobo drivers will be different Probably he won't. I swapped my friends A8N-VM CSM (AMD) board for a P5B (Intel) and booted straight into her existing XP install. It straight away started updating drivers, I left the Windows wizrads and ran the driver CD install, rebooted and it was all perfect. ASUS boards are great like that. Worth trying anyway.	pctek (84)
813405	2009-09-24 22:06:00	Probably he won't . I swapped my friends A8N-VM CSM (AMD) board for a P5B (Intel) and booted straight into her existing XP install . It straight away started updating drivers, I left the Windows wizrads and ran the driver CD install, rebooted and it was all perfect . ASUS boards are great like that . Worth trying anyway . x2, more than likely you won't have to do anything other than maybe running the new driver disk through . AMD/Asus are very forgiving with this type of thing .	wratterus (105)
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