Interimo Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 I ordered a new motherboard for my computer (ASUS M5A97 R2 LE), and I'm intending to replace my current (M4A79-XTD Evo) with it tonight. However, I'm not sure if my OS is going to accept the new MoBo. Reason is, I got my copy from a friend who bought it for around $60 via some corporate deal, and then sold it to me when he found out he didn't need it. I'm going to be using the same HD I've always used, so there's no problems there. Just checking to know if I'm going to have any trouble. Thanks, Interimo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 it may possibly ask you to re-activate it... best thing to do is uninstall all drivers and do the swap... I've gotten lucky half the time where I swapped the boards and it went fine and other times I have had to re-activate... its always went though for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interimo Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 If I have to re-activate, will that reset any data on my HD, such as game data, music files, pictures, etc etc? Also, which drivers are you talking about uninstalling, and what program should I use to do so? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 no it will not... drivers would be motherboard chipset drivers, LAN and Audio drivers... you can do it via the Device Manager... beings its an Intel on Intel swap it would prolly be fine to just swap boards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interimo Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Which of these would I be deleting? BTW, it's an AMD on AMD swap, though I don't think that's much of a difference. Edited September 29, 2012 by Interimo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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