Guest sillyputty Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 This is a continuation of a thread where I questioned MS's instructions that require a reinstall of XP after installing a new motherboard/CPU. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125 I just started my puter after installing a Biostar 6100 mobo and AMD 4200 X2 CPU. I went in to BIOS and changed some settings, hit exit & save and WinXP started right up. It found all the new hardware, and installed/reinstalled the drivers, either from WinXP or the CDs that came with the new hardware. Everything seems fine and I didn't have to go through the headache of reinstalling XP and updating - especially since I did it recently. The old mobo/CPU was a gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000. This is the second time I've upgraded the MB/CPU (the first was from an Intel-compatible MB/2.4 ghz CPU) without reinstalling XP. I guess I'm lucky. :)
Guest Ron Martell Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: Reinstalling XP when upgrading MB/CPU sillyputty <karmictaragem@2die4.com> wrote: >This is a continuation of a thread where I questioned MS's >instructions that require a reinstall of XP after installing a new >motherboard/CPU. >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125 > >I just started my puter after installing a Biostar 6100 mobo and AMD >4200 X2 CPU. I went in to BIOS and changed some settings, hit exit & >save and WinXP started right up. It found all the new hardware, and >installed/reinstalled the drivers, either from WinXP or the CDs that >came with the new hardware. Everything seems fine and I didn't have to >go through the headache of reinstalling XP and updating - especially >since I did it recently. > >The old mobo/CPU was a gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000. This is the second >time I've upgraded the MB/CPU (the first was from an Intel-compatible >MB/2.4 ghz CPU) without reinstalling XP. I guess I'm lucky. :) Extremely so. You probably have a Via chipset on both the old and the new motherboards to go with the AMD CPUs. That does increase the probability of making a successful motherboard swap without the need for a Repair Install. But the overwhelming majority of motherboard replacements do end up requiring a Repair Install of Windows XP. The newsgroups are full of posts from users who have found this out the hard way. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."
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