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Question about upgrading CPU and Mainboard
I am about to replace my Ausu A7A166 mainboard and AMD1.6+ cpu with somethin
faster (havent decided on what yet) I just want to do a straight swap into my case keeping all of the cards I have now including a GF5900fx. I am running XP pro. My question is will the hard drive chuck a wobbly the 1st time it is started with a new mainboard installed? Is there a good way to do this? Thanks for any help Craig |
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Craig Gobbi wrote:
I am about to replace my Ausu A7A166 mainboard and AMD1.6+ cpu with somethin faster (havent decided on what yet) I just want to do a straight swap into my case keeping all of the cards I have now including a GF5900fx. I am running XP pro. My question is will the hard drive chuck a wobbly the 1st time it is started with a new mainboard installed? Yes. Each and every time till you do a 'repair' resintall from your CD, which will save your programs and settings, to redetect the hardware. Is there a good way to do this? Boot your XP CD and say no to the first 'repair' question (rescue console or rescue floppy) and go on as if installing fresh. When it detects the existing XP installation on the hard drive it will ask if you want to repair it. Say yes and follow the instructions. (If it doesn't ask if you want to repair then you have a problem with your existing installation. In that case, do NOT continue unless you want to wipe out the existing install.) Since you'll be reinstalling from the original CD you'll loose your service packs (they aren't on it), including media player and I.E. updates, and need to redo those. Note: if your original CD is pre service pack 1 then after the repair reinstall you'll be confronted with applications complaining and installer attempting to reinstall things. Don't panic. Ignore those and cancel the installer's 'installing' attempts. Everything will automagically work again after SP1 (or SP2) is reinstalled (as that's what's 'missing'). Downloading the 'IT professionals' full install (not small. SP1 is 133 meg and SP2 is 266 meg)) of the service pack before you change the system is a good idea as it'll then already be on your hard drive and avoid any internet problems you may run into after changing the hardware. Burn your full service packs, including media player and I.E. updates, to CD and keep with your XP CD in case you ever need to do another repair (or fresh install for that matter). Thanks for any help Craig |
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If you change the motherboard that a harddrive with the OS on it uses, then
you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you can look forward to ongoing nasty Registry errors on your system. -- DaveW "Craig Gobbi" wrote in message ... I am about to replace my Ausu A7A166 mainboard and AMD1.6+ cpu with somethin faster (havent decided on what yet) I just want to do a straight swap into my case keeping all of the cards I have now including a GF5900fx. I am running XP pro. My question is will the hard drive chuck a wobbly the 1st time it is started with a new mainboard installed? Is there a good way to do this? Thanks for any help Craig |
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DaveW wrote:
If you change the motherboard that a harddrive with the OS on it uses, then you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you can look forward to ongoing nasty Registry errors on your system. You may safely ignore DaveW's uninformed and invalid babblings on this subject. |
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OK thanks, I was tring to avoid that but, if I must.
Ta Craig "DaveW" wrote in message news:nehdd.499133$8_6.422140@attbi_s04... If you change the motherboard that a harddrive with the OS on it uses, then you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you can look forward to ongoing nasty Registry errors on your system. -- DaveW "Craig Gobbi" wrote in message ... I am about to replace my Ausu A7A166 mainboard and AMD1.6+ cpu with somethin faster (havent decided on what yet) I just want to do a straight swap into my case keeping all of the cards I have now including a GF5900fx. I am running XP pro. My question is will the hard drive chuck a wobbly the 1st time it is started with a new mainboard installed? Is there a good way to do this? Thanks for any help Craig |
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"Craig Gobbi" wrote in message
... I am about to replace my Ausu A7A166 mainboard and AMD1.6+ cpu with somethin faster (havent decided on what yet) I just want to do a straight swap into my case keeping all of the cards I have now including a GF5900fx. I am running XP pro. My question is will the hard drive chuck a wobbly the 1st time it is started with a new mainboard installed? Is there a good way to do this? Thanks for any help Craig "DaveW" wrote in message news:nehdd.499133$8_6.422140@attbi_s04... If you change the motherboard that a harddrive with the OS on it uses, then you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you can look forward to ongoing nasty Registry errors on your system. -- DaveW David Maynard wrote: You may safely ignore DaveW's uninformed and invalid babblings on this subject. Craig: You can install a new motherboard/processor/RAM in your system and perform a Repair install of the XP OS. It's a near certainty that the system will not boot (thus resulting in a "chuck a wobbly" hard drive, I guess) until you perform this Repair install which will maintain your present programs and data. Needless to say, there's no absolute guarantee of this so it will be prudent for you to backup whatever programs and data that are important to you before you undertake the Repair install. You will, of course, need to have available any drivers that may be needed for your new components after performing the Repair install. In nearly every case there is no need to do a "fresh install" of the OS and you need not "look forward to ongoing nasty Registry errors..." should you perform a Repair install. You can obtain detailed instructions on how to perform a Repair install by doing a Google search of "windows xp repair install". Art |
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I did a new motherboard, video card, memory, and CPU and just left the
old harddrive in and it fired up found all of the new hardware (although I had to re-register with Microsoft) and I am still running strong 5 months later... |
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