goreblast Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 As the title suggests. Anyone tried just swapping motherboards and installing whatever new drivers are needed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centy Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 I haven't tried with those particular motherboards, but I have gone from an nforce 2 board to nforce 3 without formatting. I simply removed the motherboard drivers, graphics card drivers and sound drivers, before taking the old motherboard out. You'll have to do this for each OS you have. I did format a couple of weeks later though so everything was 'perfect' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 I don't think so. It's a completly different Chipset and remember there is the ULI Southbridge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centy Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 You remove the chipset drivers though before you remove the mother, as soon as it boots up with the new motherboard, it detects the hardware again and asks you to use the windows wizard to install hardware, I cancel these then install the relevant driver pack exes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goreblast Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Its worth a shot I suppose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 NO you cannot the motherboard chipsets are completely different Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skruB Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Yea, dude....I'd reformat... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urufu_Shinjiro Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 Ahhhh, reformat, so fresh and so clean clean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diverge Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 it will work, i've done it plenty of times. i have a separate hard drive that i use for testing purposes on all my various motherboards, with the same install of windows XP. it's been used on my dfi expert, asrock dual-sata, sapphire PI-A9RX480, and some others as well. it will just find new hardware (chipset) upon loading into windows. While I don't use it for my main system drive, only for testing/overclocking new boards, ect. It's probably best to do a clean install, but it does work just fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 it will work, i've done it plenty of times. i have a separate hard drive that i use for testing purposes on all my various motherboards, with the same install of windows XP. it's been used on my dfi expert, asrock dual-sata, sapphire PI-A9RX480, and some others as well. it will just find new hardware (chipset) upon loading into windows. While I don't use it for my main system drive, only for testing/overclocking new boards, ect. It's probably best to do a clean install, but it does work just fine. i hate to say such a thing openly but this is just plain bad advice (to just jam a new motherboard in and expect your boot OS to...boot properly) While I don't use it for my main system drive, only for testing/overclocking new boards, ect. this is what you should say instead of just telling someone something that too many of us know is just not true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHorse Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 i hate to say such a thing openly but this is just plain bad advice (to just jam a new motherboard in and expect your boot OS to...boot properly) Yeah AngryGames is right. however, I have made a few motherboard swaps without too many headaches, but there always have been some. I swapped an Asus a8n (nf4) with a LP nf4 SLI-DR. Same chipset so no biggie. Then I removed an a8n32 (nf4) and replaced it with the MSI k9n DP (nf4). Then I put an Asus a8r32-MVP (RX 3200) in the puter that had the MSI. I always remove CS drivers and in the case of the RX3200 and nf4 switch, I was changing from SLI to CF so I cleaned the gpu drivers. I always forget to remove the ODM utilities for the boards. Like I had Digicell and MSI Core on my Asus, and Asus Probe and Update on my MSI. Even though I replace the board, and try to iunstall their repective utilities without reinstalling the OS, sometimes, the utility will claim that I am not using the board of the repective manuf. I have to make reg changes, etc. Nonetheless, I usually have not had to reinstall through 3 changes. My systems are mutiple OS and mutiple partitions, so it is a beeyotch when I have to. Nontheless, it is something I recommend, but if you can get it to boot, more power too you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goreblast Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 Its all because I dont wanna have to phone Microsoft for activation again! And I am lazy by nature, but I know you are correct AG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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