Guest shegeek72 Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 I will be installing a new motherboard/CPU (upgrading from gigabyte GA- K8NS/AMD 3000 to Biostar 6100 M9 939/AMD 4200 X2) on my XP HE box. MS says to reinstall WinXP after the new MB is installed. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125 I just did an in XP repair, reinstalled SP2 and all the updates, which required the reinstall of several of my programs and hours of work, as well as some XP tweaks (from "Windows XP Tips & Tricks, Stuart Yarnnold). When I upgraded to the gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000 from an Intel- compatible MB and 2.7 ghz CPU the computer started and ran fine without any reinstallation/repair of XP. Is the procedure MS recommends really necessary? Thx.
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: MB upgrade requires XP reinstall? It depends a lot on the chipsets invovled. If there is a dramatic enough change, particularly in the hard disk controller chipset, the installation will fail to boot. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "shegeek72" <karmictaragem@2die4.com> wrote in message news:1185741979.105084.161830@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com... >I will be installing a new motherboard/CPU (upgrading from gigabyte GA- > K8NS/AMD 3000 to Biostar 6100 M9 939/AMD 4200 X2) on my XP HE box. MS > says to reinstall WinXP after the new MB is installed. > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125 > > I just did an in XP repair, reinstalled SP2 and all the updates, which > required the reinstall of several of my programs and hours of work, as > well as some XP tweaks (from "Windows XP Tips & Tricks, Stuart > Yarnnold). > > When I upgraded to the gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000 from an Intel- > compatible MB and 2.7 ghz CPU the computer started and ran fine > without any reinstallation/repair of XP. > > Is the procedure MS recommends really necessary? Thx. >
Guest Jerry Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: MB upgrade requires XP reinstall? I would recommend you attempt to do a repair install first. Then, if it doesn't work do a reinstall. Also, go here http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89 and check out AutoPatcher for XP; it has all the updates/hotfixes/patches/etc for XP (after it is upgraded to SP2). Also, the RyanVM Integrator, http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/ can be used to burn a new CD with updates released after SP2 came out. "shegeek72" <karmictaragem@2die4.com> wrote in message news:1185741979.105084.161830@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com... >I will be installing a new motherboard/CPU (upgrading from gigabyte GA- > K8NS/AMD 3000 to Biostar 6100 M9 939/AMD 4200 X2) on my XP HE box. MS > says to reinstall WinXP after the new MB is installed. > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125 > > I just did an in XP repair, reinstalled SP2 and all the updates, which > required the reinstall of several of my programs and hours of work, as > well as some XP tweaks (from "Windows XP Tips & Tricks, Stuart > Yarnnold). > > When I upgraded to the gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000 from an Intel- > compatible MB and 2.7 ghz CPU the computer started and ran fine > without any reinstallation/repair of XP. > > Is the procedure MS recommends really necessary? Thx. >
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: MB upgrade requires XP reinstall? "shegeek72" <karmictaragem@2die4.com> wrote in message news:1185741979.105084.161830@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com... >I will be installing a new motherboard/CPU (upgrading from gigabyte GA- > K8NS/AMD 3000 to Biostar 6100 M9 939/AMD 4200 X2) on my XP HE box. MS > says to reinstall WinXP after the new MB is installed. > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125 > > I just did an in XP repair, reinstalled SP2 and all the updates, which > required the reinstall of several of my programs and hours of work, as > well as some XP tweaks (from "Windows XP Tips & Tricks, Stuart > Yarnnold). > > When I upgraded to the gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000 from an Intel- > compatible MB and 2.7 ghz CPU the computer started and ran fine > without any reinstallation/repair of XP. You're lucky; normally the system will fail to boot because the drivers don't match the hardware. > Is the procedure MS recommends really necessary? Thx. It is definitely necessary to do a repair install, to rebuild system-specific files like HAL.DLL and the registry entries dealing with the hardware your motherboard uses. A full reinstall is not usually necessary, only a repair install, which should leave apps and data in place. Yes, you will also have to install the motherboard drivers right after the repair install completes, then get Windows Updates. HTH -pk
Guest shegeek72 Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: MB upgrade requires XP reinstall? On Jul 29, 2:41 pm, "Patrick Keenan" <t...@dev.null> wrote: > It is definitely necessary to do a repair install, to rebuild > system-specific files like HAL.DLL and the registry entries dealing with the > hardware your motherboard uses. A full reinstall is not usually > necessary, only a repair install, which should leave apps and data in place. I did a repair install, not complete reinstall. Sorry for the miscommunication. It left some of my apps in place, but a significant amount it didn't and on some of the apps it left in place the program's configurations were reset to default. Let me know if this sounds right: If I'm just replacing the MB/CPU then the drivers for the HDs, optical drives, network card, sound card should be the same. Only the MB/CPU and video card (that I'm also replacing) drivers will be different. If I uninstall the video and processor drivers before installing the new MB then XP should at least start? Another question: On a previous in XP reinstall when the computer booted a folder named "Backup," that contained, among other things, video games files and tweaks that took months to assemble, was gone. Is that normal?
Guest Vanguard Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: MB upgrade requires XP reinstall? "shegeek72" wrote in message news:1185741979.105084.161830@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com... > I will be installing a new motherboard/CPU (upgrading from gigabyte > GA- > K8NS/AMD 3000 to Biostar 6100 M9 939/AMD 4200 X2) on my XP HE box. MS > says to reinstall WinXP after the new MB is installed. > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125 The KB article says to upgrade, not reinstall.
Guest shegeek72 Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: MB upgrade requires XP reinstall? On Jul 29, 4:01 pm, "Vanguard" <vanguar...@comcast.net> wrote: > The KB article says to upgrade, not reinstall. I've never seen "upgrade" as an option when using the WinXP install disk. I'm not saying it's not there - just never noticed it. "Upgrade" from MS usually means upgrading from 98 to XP, etc. The upgrade option on the XP disk is specifically for when hardware is changed?
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