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From: Mike on 2 Mar 2006 18:26 I have an e machine with a dead motherboard. I have an MSI PM8M-V that I'm planning on replacing it with. Is there a painless way I can just pop the new MB in, replace some drivers & go? Both old & new boards have everything onboard. Since I have extra HDs laying around, my next choice was to install everything new on another HD & copy Docs & Settings from old HD. I am open to any other suggestions!
From: Pen on 2 Mar 2006 19:15 "Mike" <mikey117(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:iaLNf.164$n%2.142(a)tornado.texas.rr.com... >I have an e machine with a dead motherboard. > > I have an MSI PM8M-V that I'm planning on replacing it with. > > Is there a painless way I can just pop the new MB in, replace some drivers > & go? > > Both old & new boards have everything onboard. > > Since I have extra HDs laying around, my next choice was to install > everything new on another HD & copy Docs & Settings from old HD. > > I am open to any other suggestions! > Your last suggestion of a clean install is the best idea. far fewer hassles than trying to use the old windows setup. Make sure you have all the mobo drivers before you start.
From: DaveW on 2 Mar 2006 19:16 If you change the motherboard in a computer that has a version of Windows loaded on the harddrive, then after changing the motherboard you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you will experience ongoing nasty data errors and system malfunctions. -- DaveW ---------------- "Mike" <mikey117(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:iaLNf.164$n%2.142(a)tornado.texas.rr.com... >I have an e machine with a dead motherboard. > > I have an MSI PM8M-V that I'm planning on replacing it with. > > Is there a painless way I can just pop the new MB in, replace some drivers > & go? > > Both old & new boards have everything onboard. > > Since I have extra HDs laying around, my next choice was to install > everything new on another HD & copy Docs & Settings from old HD. > > I am open to any other suggestions! > >
From: kony on 2 Mar 2006 20:44 On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:16:12 -0800, "DaveW" <somewhere(a)zero.org> wrote: >If you change the motherboard in a computer that has a version of Windows >loaded on the harddrive, then after changing the motherboard you MUST >reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. Otherwise you will >experience ongoing nasty data errors and system malfunctions. We've been through all this before, no that is not necessarily true. If he buys another motherboard with the same chipset, odds are windows will boot up and it'll simply have to replug-n-play a few bits. He may need to uninstall some drivers from add/remove programs, maybe even boot safe mode (but I doubt it). Worst case with that situation is to do a repair install. It's far more likely to be necessary with a different motherboard chipset. Format the hard drive and do a fresh install is the "you don't know how", not the "it's necessary" answer.
From: ~misfit~ on 2 Mar 2006 22:46 kony wrote: > On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:16:12 -0800, "DaveW" > <somewhere(a)zero.org> wrote: > >> If you change the motherboard in a computer that has a version of >> Windows loaded on the harddrive, then after changing the motherboard >> you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS. >> Otherwise you will experience ongoing nasty data errors and system >> malfunctions. > > > We've been through all this before, no that is not > necessarily true. > > If he buys another motherboard with the same chipset, odds > are windows will boot up and it'll simply have to > replug-n-play a few bits. He may need to uninstall some > drivers from add/remove programs, maybe even boot safe mode > (but I doubt it). Worst case with that situation is to do a > repair install. It's far more likely to be necessary with a > different motherboard chipset. > > Format the hard drive and do a fresh install is the "you > don't know how", not the "it's necessary" answer. I agree. It also depends on the version of Windows. XP is the fussiest, 98SE you could change the mobo, graphics card, NIC, sound card all at once and often it'd boot up and install new drivers just fine. -- ~misfit~
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