Motherboard Swap with OEM Vista

[cwconrad78]

Hi,
I have a MSN-SLI Deluxe MB and looking to update to a newer chipset MB that will allow me to take full advantage of a quad cores FSB. I would also like a newer "more power efficient" board.

I have Vista 64 ultimate OEM. If I replace the MB, will I absolutely have to buy a new OS with it as well?

Anyone have any tricks up thier sleeve to get around this?

thanks

 

[Dooyas]

Install as normal. If it says you need to do a manual update, phone the 1-800. If a support person asks why you are reinstalling, tell them you were having technical issues and felt it was time for a new install.

If it does not work, call back and tell them your mobo died.

 

[Yoosty]

Yes you can get around the Vista oem licensing. Just tell them that you replaced a dead motherboard and they will give you new key code.

looking to update to a newer chipset MB that will allow me to take full advantage of a quad cores FSB.

Will you be sticking with AMD or changing to Intel for the Quad core fsb.Let us know so we can make some recomendations to you.

 

[cwconrad78]

was thinking about going this route:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186134

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249

right now i have a 4850 card and some gskill 1080DDR2 i would add to it. i'm actually using the gskill 1080DDR2 right now on a DDR2800 board. I did this because you can overclock the PSU and tighten the RAM timings down to 4-4-4-12 and just set it to run manually at 800. ..and the ram will run just fine without being a contributing factor to any overclocking issues as the speeds increase over 800mhz from overclocking the processor.

 

[cwconrad78]

Also, thanks for the info. now here is the kicker.
I have my Configuration just the way I like it and backed up using the system backup tool onto a seperate hard drive.

Will I be able to install windows onto a new motherboard using the PC restore tool or will it only work installing a fresh copy of windows and then having to do all the updates/driver installs etc etc (etc times a thousand!)?

 

[liubros]

i think you will have to call the 1-800 number anyway. vista can dectact major hardware changes and deactivat the window automaticly

 

[shkyjakepolo]

will this work if you only have a backup/recovery disk? if not can you use someone else's install disk but call the 1-800# with your own original product code?