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Anybody successfuly replaced motherboards with Vista?

XMan

XMan

Lifer
I've only tried it once (NVidia chipset to Intel) and it didn't work, even trying the repair feature.

Is there any sort of prescribed method to do this successfully? Anyone done it and got it to work?
 
I believe that you have to boot to "Safe Mode" and delete all the chipset specific drivers, SATA drivers, networking controller driver, and the processor driver.

Then boot to Vista and let it find/install its drivers, so you can subsequently install the proper chipset/SATA/network drivers.

Possibly the graphics drivers, too.

I am "kinda" guessing here, but USB and other MB-specific drivers should be replaced as well.
 
Originally posted by: XMan
I've only tried it once (NVidia chipset to Intel) and it didn't work, even trying the repair feature.

Is there any sort of prescribed method to do this successfully? Anyone done it and got it to work?
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earlier this week i swap out my asus m2n-e nforce 5 570 ultra for a biostar TA770+ amd 770 chipset. The system booted right up into windows normally. I didnt even remove the old drivers from the system before I swap the new motherboard in. I was kinda surprise during bootup that it didn't bsod on me. But afterwards I did a full reinstall anyways just to be on the safe side.
 
Originally posted by: JustaGeek
I believe that you have to boot to "Safe Mode" and delete all the chipset specific drivers, SATA drivers, networking controller driver, and the processor driver.

Then boot to Vista and let it find/install its drivers, so you can subsequently install the proper chipset/SATA/network drivers.

Possibly the graphics drivers, too.

I am "kinda" guessing here, but USB and other MB-specific drivers should be replaced as well.
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I'm thinking that's probably what needs to be done. I didn't uninstall anything before swapping.
 
Man, I must have the world's worst luck. Even uninstalling drivers before swapping boards didn't do the trick. I'm waiting on a repair install now, LOL.
 
When I moved from a 650i to my 780i I uninstalled the video and chipset drivers then shut down and swapped. Booted up just fine, reinstalled the drivers then reactivated via phone call. Then I had problems with sp1 and ended up wiping it out twice, the second time I reset the mbr before I reinstalled then installed sp1 before anything else. I was able to activate online since my hardware was the same since the time I called in.
 
I switched from a 680i to an Intel P35 mobo and Vista booted just fine.

I was asked to reactivate, but that was all!
 
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