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Changing My Motherboard
Kolin Klingon
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I have decided to change my motherboard for several reasons, mostly to get a few more slots and sata ports. I have a suitable replacement on its way right now.
Question: As it's only the motherboard I'm changing (yes I realise that is a BIG thing) and nothing else (all going back as was; will the old windows on the SD Hard drive still load (with quite a few complaints I expect) or do I have to do a reinstall?
Question: As it's only the motherboard I'm changing (yes I realise that is a BIG thing) and nothing else (all going back as was; will the old windows on the SD Hard drive still load (with quite a few complaints I expect) or do I have to do a reinstall?
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However last time I swapped motherboards in a PC I had to reinstall Windows. The PC would not even boot into Safe Mode!
And you may also find that Windows needs to be re-activated because it might think it's a new PC. I had to do that on mine.
Re-Activating windows shouldn't pose much of a problem.
I won't ask..:D:D
It's just all the millions of other programmes and their settings that takes days to get back to how I like them.
If they are the same then it should load windows and then start re detecting all the new hardware items.
If you still have the current machine working you could set the Hdd controller to a generic standard controller and then that should allow it to work.
But it is still a case of try it and see, other factors may prevent it from booting.
Interesting! How do I set the HDD controller to a generic standard one? Somewhere within Device manager?
I'll post a link in case anyone else finds this thread and wants to know:
http://scottiestech.info/2010/03/17/upgrade-your-motherboard-without-reinstalling-your-os/
From: GA-73PVM-S2H
To: ASUS P5QL PRO
The reason I have gone from a Gigabyte to an ASUS is that there was a small problem with a sat card I had and the PCI-e X1 not liking each other. This may fix that being a different make - However, that would be a small plus point as I'm really changing for more slots and SATA ports.
Plus the new board can take more ram if I can ever afford it: up to 16gb as opposed to a max of 4gb that the old board does and currently has.
So it really is an upgrade to get me more of what I need.
If the worst happens, I can just reinstall windows. But I only did it all recently when I brought my SSHD. - All those bloody windows updates!