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A question about replacing mobo

IllogicalGlory

IllogicalGlory

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One of the PCI slots broke on my motherboard (Asrock z77 extreme3), so I decided to replace it. I don't know much about motherboards, but I'm told that if I buy the exact same model, there will be no need to reinstall windows. Have I got this right?

If this is the case, then I assume I can just install it along with all my other components and it should work the same as it always did, right?

Like I said, I'm kind of clueless about this stuff. Any help is appreciated.
 
IllogicalGlory said:
One of the PCI slots broke on my motherboard (Asrock z77 extreme3), so I decided to replace it. I don't know much about motherboards, but I'm told that if I buy the exact same model, there will be no need to reinstall windows. Have I got this right?

If this is the case, then I assume I can just install it along with all my other components and it should work the same as it always did, right?

Like I said, I'm kind of clueless about this stuff. Any help is appreciated.
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Even if you use a different board, Windows will still boot then find/load the new drivers. I think if you use different ram, that may cause bsod.
 
You can read the post I'll link below. I just upgraded a couple weeks ago from a P55 chipset/I7-870 to a Z87 chipset/I7-4770K. I imaged my main SSD and installed by just changing the MB and CPU and by using sysprep. Both worked without a problem I just had to re-register Windows and office on both installs.
I ended up just using the sysprep install because it cleans out the drivers I didn't need but again both installs worked fine. If you have a WD/Intel/Seagate drive or SSD they all have imaging software on their sights for free so back up an image before hand and your golden.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2362452
 
To answer your question, it will be an easy swap as long as you keep the same chipset. Even if you get a different chipset it probably won't be a problem in your case (Intel chipsets are usually pretty flexible) but sometimes drivers have to be removed to make it work.

Getting the exact same board? Cake.
 
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