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I haven't upgraded in a while, and came to realize that even though I could
crank up the FSB on my motherboard, the other components might not like it
because the PCI and AGP buses would be too fast, my mobo not having a
PCI/AGP lock. Who knew? So I'm looking into replacing the mobo, and
looking for suggestions, in the under-$75 range. Looking on Newegg, the
Shuttle AN35N-Ultra looks pretty good for $53. Any others like that I
should check out?
Along those same lines... is it possible to replace a motherboard without
reinstalling Windows? I've had my XP Pro installation running smooth for
about 2 years, with tons of stuff installed. It would take me weeks to get
it back to current status. What would I have to do? I'm guessing: remove
all drivers that are mobo related from add/remove programs and also delete
all mobo hardware devices from the hardware manager. What else?
Thanks,
Matt
I haven't upgraded in a while, and came to realize that even though I could
crank up the FSB on my motherboard, the other components might not like it
because the PCI and AGP buses would be too fast, my mobo not having a
PCI/AGP lock. Who knew? So I'm looking into replacing the mobo, and
looking for suggestions, in the under-$75 range. Looking on Newegg, the
Shuttle AN35N-Ultra looks pretty good for $53. Any others like that I
should check out?
Along those same lines... is it possible to replace a motherboard without
reinstalling Windows? I've had my XP Pro installation running smooth for
about 2 years, with tons of stuff installed. It would take me weeks to get
it back to current status. What would I have to do? I'm guessing: remove
all drivers that are mobo related from add/remove programs and also delete
all mobo hardware devices from the hardware manager. What else?
Thanks,
Matt