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| 594684 | 2007-09-25 07:21:00 | Or at least a Non Destructive Reinstall. :pSorry, I just had to.:) |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 594685 | 2007-09-25 07:51:00 | Yep. Funny thing is if I was actually doing the job I'd catch myself when I tried to go and boot it up to delete the drivers. Sometimes giving advice on the internet is harder than actually fixing computers :p Yeah ! I'll agree with that statement 100% - When actually doing the Job it's almost as if you " Just Do It" without thinking about it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 594686 | 2007-09-25 09:33:00 | Not entirely true, whilst XP doesn't mind small changes to your hardware, replacing a motherboard is a completely different kettle of fish... ok, maybe i have just been lucky every time ive done it. but have never had to do a full re-install from replacing mobo. Have changed from old Socket A to new Core 2 Duo's etc with no problems before. Maybe im lucky? |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 594687 | 2007-09-25 09:40:00 | ok, maybe i have just been lucky every time ive done it. but have never had to do a full re-install from replacing mobo. Have changed from old Socket A to new Core 2 Duo's etc with no problems before. Maybe im lucky? It's 50/50 - either you will have to reinstall or simply just install new drivers. Sometimes I've changed boards that are close and on start up - Blue Screens. Other times as ya pointed out no worries. Must be how you cross your fingers on start up :lol: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 594688 | 2007-09-25 10:00:00 | I suppose it's all about how the original drivers are written. Ie, do they look for the hardware and abort loading if they don't find it, or do they try to load the wrong drivers, performing invalid instructions and crashing the computer? You can't tell until you try it :p |
george12 (7) | ||
| 594689 | 2007-09-25 21:39:00 | I've done the socket A to Core2 swap & XP was useable with no problems. I just think XP is more resiliant to those types of hardware swaps than previous MS OSes. Win 9x or even Win2K would have most likely blue screened. Either way, boot into XP, save any data that you need & do a clean install with new mobo drivers. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 594690 | 2007-09-25 22:05:00 | Only time I did it was my first mobo upgrade in my own PC, from Socket 370 DFI CM-33 (Via KPLE133) -> Socket A MSI KT4V (VIA KT400) I'm thinking it worked because VIA uses a unified driver for all their chipsets |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 594691 | 2007-09-26 08:11:00 | Well thanks for all that. I followed the steps on www.theeldergeek.com and all has worked out fine. | bpt2 (6653) | ||
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