Already built, but...

I have a system already setup, the specs are as follows:

ECS G33T-M2 Mobo
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800
Intel E2140 CPU 1.6ghz OC'd to 2.0ghz
WD 500g SATA HD

I went ahead and bought a few upgrades that include:

EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail

My question is, if I swap mobos/CPUs would it still boot to my original OS or would I have to start new?

Any help/answers/comments are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Dylan Bell

I recently had a total success swapping OUT an EVGA 680i for a Gigabyte P45 under Vista. No prep, just swapped and booted. Vista did what it needed to do.

I'm told XP is less intelligent when it comes to this kind of thing. You can Google-up a couple of guides on how best to do it. The prep is extensive and points out the risks.

Even if you have short term success . . . there may be conflicts below the surface.

Bottom line - it ain't exactly recommended.

XP is easy to save . Much easier than a re-install
Vista you cant do this since MS decided people swapping hard drives to new machines were probably pirates .

but for xp follow these instructions

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

after that XP wont update till you have done this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

after that its all done , and you have saved hours of work reinstalling all your games and other software

you should have read my post .

You did not do a repair installation of vista

Fair enough .

I was trying to help the OP with his XP installation , not dispute your experience with Vista . I think its great your upgrade was so smooth

Did you have to reactivate Vista ?

Is it an oem or retail copy you bought ?

or was it preinstalled by your computer manufacturer ?

When Vista was first released there was quite a variation in licenses and how you could use it .

Im running OEM XP and MS have been really good about the hard disc cloning and core system changes .

I think you are right that all they care about is that you dont use it on more than one PC

For him, it's a $100 opportunity, give or take.

Idle is on the high side of OK.

Load is fine if that's 100% load after an hour lol. But since the diff between idle and load is only 5 degrees or so, I would doubt it.

What case are you using? What cooler?

Using a XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler & a Thermaltake Shark Case. On "load" I mean after 8+ hours of running Warhammer with music playing and the occasional alt tabbing to pull up the browser.

Maybe HWMonitor is reporting the wrong temps?

*EDIT* Turns out I may have gotten a little sloppy with my thermal paste when I seated my new CPU. I'm going to clean my heatsink/CPU today and reapply some AS5 in a professional manner. Will report back with lower CPU Temps hopefully.

*UPDATE* Hmm, cleaned all the old mess up with 91% Isopropyl & Q-Tips, reapplied a smidgen of AS5 and spread it evenly. Idle at 50 now ><. I'm thinking of trying the stock cooler to see if it does any better, maybe this Xigmatek doesn't like how it fits on my mobo or something.

*UPDATE #2* Well I guess I'm a big idiot and forgot to change my voltages in BIOS from the Auto setting, I set my CPU Vcore down from 1.3xxx to 1.175 and now it idles at 40-41. I don't know if I can get it any lower haha.