New Mobo

[Guest]

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What kind of setup problems with the HDD's (2) will I incurr when the
motherboard and PSU are replaced? Both HDD's were bootable by WinXP with
the old mobo. Will WinXP be able to see the change?

 

[HarrY]

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The PSU should be OK, but the Moo might cause a few problems. If the
change in Mobo is small (ie replacing a Asus KT333 chip mobo with a
Asus KT400 chip mobo) then you should be OK.

Be ready to do a XP repair if you have any odd lockups or crashes.

Harry

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:42:48 GMT, "Doug" <fabien@toast.net> wrote:

>What kind of setup problems with the HDD's (2) will I incurr when the
>motherboard and PSU are replaced? Both HDD's were bootable by WinXP with
>the old mobo. Will WinXP be able to see the change?
>

 

[Guest]

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If you change the motherboard in an existing XP based computer, you MUST
reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of XP or you will suffer
ongoing nasty Registry errors.

--
DaveW



"Doug" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
news:a4f9ec9a8c247a4567bcb4a4a7a71be0@news.teranews.com...
> What kind of setup problems with the HDD's (2) will I incurr when the
> motherboard and PSU are replaced? Both HDD's were bootable by WinXP with
> the old mobo. Will WinXP be able to see the change?
>
>

 

[James]

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Not true! If you DO NOT boot from the hard drive the first time after
installing the new motherboard and boot from XP's CDROM and Select Install
and then when it detects the current installation on the hard drive, Select
Repair Installation, XP's install program will UNINSTALL drivers that don't
match the new motherboard and install either the drivers for the new
motherboard or generic drivers that will work until you can install the
drivers that came with the new motherboard. I have done this several times
and have NEVER experienced ongoing nasty Registry errors.
That usually happens when you allow XP to bootup from the hard drive and
then try to install the drivers for the new motherboard.
Fresh installs are good, if you can or don't mind reinstalling all your old
applications, but, it is not mandatory to do so in order to get XP back up
and running properly.
james



"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
news:3TMxc.2952$2i5.1795@attbi_s52...
> If you change the motherboard in an existing XP based computer, you MUST
> reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of XP or you will suffer
> ongoing nasty Registry errors.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>
>
> "Doug" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
> news:a4f9ec9a8c247a4567bcb4a4a7a71be0@news.teranews.com...
> > What kind of setup problems with the HDD's (2) will I incurr when the
> > motherboard and PSU are replaced? Both HDD's were bootable by WinXP
with
> > the old mobo. Will WinXP be able to see the change?
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Thanks a lot. You saved me from really screwing up.

"james" <jjames700ReMoVeMe@earthlink.net> wrote in message
newsENxc.27419$Tn6.12636@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Not true! If you DO NOT boot from the hard drive the first time after
> installing the new motherboard and boot from XP's CDROM and Select Install
> and then when it detects the current installation on the hard drive,
Select
> Repair Installation, XP's install program will UNINSTALL drivers that
don't
> match the new motherboard and install either the drivers for the new
> motherboard or generic drivers that will work until you can install the
> drivers that came with the new motherboard. I have done this several times
> and have NEVER experienced ongoing nasty Registry errors.
> That usually happens when you allow XP to bootup from the hard drive and
> then try to install the drivers for the new motherboard.
> Fresh installs are good, if you can or don't mind reinstalling all your
old
> applications, but, it is not mandatory to do so in order to get XP back up
> and running properly.
> james
>
>
>
> "DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
> news:3TMxc.2952$2i5.1795@attbi_s52...
> > If you change the motherboard in an existing XP based computer, you MUST
> > reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of XP or you will suffer
> > ongoing nasty Registry errors.
> >
> > --
> > DaveW
> >
> >
> >
> > "Doug" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
> > news:a4f9ec9a8c247a4567bcb4a4a7a71be0@news.teranews.com...
> > > What kind of setup problems with the HDD's (2) will I incurr when the
> > > motherboard and PSU are replaced? Both HDD's were bootable by WinXP
> with
> > > the old mobo. Will WinXP be able to see the change?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

[James]

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Glad I could help.
james

"Doug" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
news:747e623d3afab39c70863bc847b0b8cb@news.teranews.com...
> Thanks a lot. You saved me from really screwing up.
>
> "james" <jjames700ReMoVeMe@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> newsENxc.27419$Tn6.12636@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > Not true! If you DO NOT boot from the hard drive the first time after
> > installing the new motherboard and boot from XP's CDROM and Select
Install
> > and then when it detects the current installation on the hard drive,
> Select
> > Repair Installation, XP's install program will UNINSTALL drivers that
> don't
> > match the new motherboard and install either the drivers for the new
> > motherboard or generic drivers that will work until you can install the
> > drivers that came with the new motherboard. I have done this several
times
> > and have NEVER experienced ongoing nasty Registry errors.
> > That usually happens when you allow XP to bootup from the hard drive and
> > then try to install the drivers for the new motherboard.
> > Fresh installs are good, if you can or don't mind reinstalling all your
> old
> > applications, but, it is not mandatory to do so in order to get XP back
up
> > and running properly.
> > james
> >
> >
> >
> > "DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
> > news:3TMxc.2952$2i5.1795@attbi_s52...
> > > If you change the motherboard in an existing XP based computer, you
MUST
> > > reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of XP or you will suffer
> > > ongoing nasty Registry errors.
> > >
> > > --
> > > DaveW
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Doug" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
> > > news:a4f9ec9a8c247a4567bcb4a4a7a71be0@news.teranews.com...
> > > > What kind of setup problems with the HDD's (2) will I incurr when
the
> > > > motherboard and PSU are replaced? Both HDD's were bootable by WinXP
> > with
> > > > the old mobo. Will WinXP be able to see the change?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Guest]

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yes, it will detect the change, you will need to re=activate

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"Doug" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
news:a4f9ec9a8c247a4567bcb4a4a7a71be0@news.teranews.com...
> What kind of setup problems with the HDD's (2) will I incurr when the
> motherboard and PSU are replaced? Both HDD's were bootable by WinXP with
> the old mobo. Will WinXP be able to see the change?
>
>