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From: mwebsurfer on 24 Jan 2008 20:54 I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory. The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.
From: David H. Lipman on 24 Jan 2008 21:31 From: "mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer(a)verizon.net> | I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory. | The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will | there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install | keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will | be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version. You have to check with all the hardware manufacturers and verify they produce WinXP drivers for the motherbboard. If the motherboard is significantly different, that is their respective chip-sets, a repair install will fail. You will just end up in a BSoD condition. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: John Lewis on 25 Jan 2008 02:25 On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:54:35 GMT, mwebsurfer <mwebsurfer(a)verizon.net> wrote: >I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory. You need to double-check that the motherboard AS PACKAGED will handle that particular quad-processor family. Many dual-core motherboards have required BIOS updates for quad-processors. If you get such a motherboard before the BIOS update, you may not be able to boot it to update the BIOS unless you have a processor compatible with the old BIOS -- Catch 22. >The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will >there be any problems using XP Pro? Not physically. >BTW, I want to do a repair install >keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will >be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version. Er, what do you mean by "XP Pro is not an OEM version" ?? You must them mean "Retail". In which case there is no problem with a clean re-install and re-authentication. A repair-install will usually not work at all unless the motherboard chip-set is identical. You can try, but I expect not much luck. You may have to do a full system-reinstall and you will definitely have to install the latest motherboard drivers for the new motherboard. Anyway before any such attempts at installation or repair, I strongly advise a full image backup of your System Partition using your existing motherboard. I also assume that you have the master disks and archived updates for all your current applications. John Lewis
From: Paul on 25 Jan 2008 09:01 mwebsurfer wrote: > I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory. > The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will > there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install > keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will > be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version. You can start by checking the download page for the motherboard. The operating systems each driver supports will be listed on the page. http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us All manner of CPU support can be found here. (Search by processor or search by motherboard model) http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us Paul
From: Natéag on 25 Jan 2008 09:09
If it is a recent board, of course it will run XP. "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> a �crit dans le message de news:gSbmj.285$%x.226(a)trnddc06... > From: "mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer(a)verizon.net> > > | I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory. > | The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will > | there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install > | keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will > | be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version. > > You have to check with all the hardware manufacturers and verify they > produce WinXP drivers > for the motherbboard. > > If the motherboard is significantly different, that is their respective > chip-sets, a repair > install will fail. You will just end up in a BSoD condition. > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > > |