Flipping Motherboards, same chipset, reinstall?

[sgrim80]

Hey guys,

I am replacing my motherboard, going from a soyo 865pe to a msi 865pe. Will i need to reinstall winxp or is it possible my old install will work?

 

[Matthias99]

Please search; asked all the time.

There is an AT FAQ for doing this, and MANY existing threads; there are a few methods of getting Windows to relearn your hardware. Usually this works fine, and a reinstallation is not necessary. I've only had problems with it once, and in that case I ended up RMAing the new motherboard...

 

[sgrim80]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Please search; asked all the time.

There is an AT FAQ for doing this, and MANY existing threads; there are a few methods of getting Windows to relearn your hardware. Usually this works fine, and a reinstallation is not necessary. I've only had problems with it once, and in that case I ended up RMAing the new motherboard...

Search terms????

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: sgrim80

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Please search; asked all the time.

There is an AT FAQ for doing this, and MANY existing threads; there are a few methods of getting Windows to relearn your hardware. Usually this works fine, and a reinstallation is not necessary. I've only had problems with it once, and in that case I ended up RMAing the new motherboard...

Search terms????

I might suggest a combination of 'motherboard' with 'install', 'reinstall', 'replace', 'upgrade' or 'os'. This isn't rocket science.

long, recent thread in OS forum

 

[jimbob200521]

should work fine, we do it quite a bit here

 

[sgrim80]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
should work fine, we do it quite a bit here

Just go ahead and set the hdd controller back to a generic one and swap boards?