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| Thread ID: 82478 | 2007-08-28 21:14:00 | replacing CPU | NZHawk (4093) | Press F1 |
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| 585718 | 2007-08-29 01:01:00 | Depending on the differences between the old board and new will depend on what needs to be done. I do try to match the boards if possible, but sometimes its not possible. Very true. However the last swap i did was from an old AMD Socket A (GIGABYTE 7V-AXP ULTRA) to an Intel 775Dual-VSTA. So a there is a reasonable difference in boards and it worked perfectly fine! :lol: |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 585719 | 2007-08-29 01:43:00 | At the end of the day , some times it works fine other times it doesn't.:rolleyes: | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 585720 | 2007-08-29 04:22:00 | No you will not need to change anything to do with your operating system. You will boot-up and windows will go through the motions of 'detecting new hardware' then you will need to install the drivers for the cpu. Same applies to a motherboard if you where to replace this. I have done this several times and have never had to do anything with the OS, just install some new drivers. Since when do CPUs have drivers? I wonder if I'm about to learn something amazing........ My answer is 'no' - just put in the new CPU, and I would expect it to start up as normal, like nothing happened, with a possible Found New Hardware box, but not one requiring any user input. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 585721 | 2007-08-29 04:24:00 | Since when do CPUs have drivers? ok, let me re-phrase that. CPU utilities etc. Such as: Cool 'n Quiet, CPU Monitor etc (thats what i have anyway) |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 585722 | 2007-08-29 05:04:00 | I usually uninstall all current motherboard etc drivers, then replace the motherboard and let it go through the motions of 'found new hardware' and things (for me) have worked fine. I haven't done it as often as you are, but have never had problems before. but problems often don't arise till sometime later down the track and the person may not bring it back to you to fix. i've had to fix several of those before today. mind you XP is a whole lot kinda than 9x was in this reguard. used to get quite a few hatchet jobs where a company has swapped out a faulty mobo for a new(different) one without touching the software. Since when do CPUs have drivers? I wonder if I'm about to learn something amazing........ cpu have drivers. generally provided by MS tho sometimes AMD etc do actually release new ones. if you run windows update it sometimes upgrades MS cpu driver. (and i'm not talking about AMD cool@quiet etc) |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 585723 | 2007-08-29 05:27:00 | but problems often don't arise till sometime later down the track and the person may not bring it back to you to fix. Exactly,:thumbs: thats why I prefer to do a Non - Distruct reinstall at the minimum esp if its a new board, also depending on the state of the original system if its in to much of a mess, usually a fresh install works better in the long run. Moto - Happy customers return. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 585724 | 2007-08-29 06:03:00 | ok, let me re-phrase that. CPU utilities etc. Such as: Cool 'n Quiet, CPU Monitor etc (thats what i have anyway) These are motherboard utilities. They may control/monitor the CPU but they don't come with it......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 585725 | 2007-08-29 07:42:00 | These are motherboard utilities. They may control/monitor the CPU but they don't come with it......... True story. kinda what i meant but didn't make it from my head, down my fingers, and onto the keyboard correctly! lol |
Bozo (8540) | ||
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