precautions for switching motherboards?

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AnthonySanchez

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I recently bought a biostar A85W mobo and found out that it was giving me issues, so now i'm looking to replace it with an msi motherboard but I'm not sure how I would go about replacing it without causing any issues for my computer. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
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I would recommend to backup all your important files and reformat your hard drive to start fresh.

You can technically go through and try to remove the drivers and software associated with the Biostar board, but I think it's a huge hassle and sometimes you're left with gremlins you can't get rid of. It's just better to start fresh.

The only problems I can foresee is if the new motherboard doesn't have all the connections you would need, but it's hard to tell if there will be any problems without knowing what your current build is.
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Well it depends on if this is a new build or an existing build.

If this is a new build and you haven't installed the drivers and software swapping over should be easy.

If this is an old build and things are going wrong, swapping will be harder since Windows will recognize that you've changed the board and will want to be reinstalled. Also, the drivers you have currently installed are specific to the Biostar board and will cause errors when you install the MSI board.
 
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AnthonySanchez

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It's an existing build so is there any way to avoid causing problems?
 
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I would recommend to backup all your important files and reformat your hard drive to start fresh.

You can technically go through and try to remove the drivers and software associated with the Biostar board, but I think it's a huge hassle and sometimes you're left with gremlins you can't get rid of. It's just better to start fresh.

The only problems I can foresee is if the new motherboard doesn't have all the connections you would need, but it's hard to tell if there will be any problems without knowing what your current build is.
 
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