if i go dual core will i need to reinstall XP?

[otispunkmeyer]

or will it be fine?

just got a bit of tax rebate from the inland revenue, it wasnt much, certainly not as much as id expected, around £200.

so im jus toying with the idea of going dual core, but if its gonna be effort (ie reinstalling windows, ill leave it for a later time)

 

[dionx]

it may be a good idea to reinstall if you go to a motherboard that uses a different chipset.

when i went from an AMD 32it to 64bit, i didn't have to reinstall even though i switched motherboards. i guess the nforce2 chipset was similar to the nforce3 chipset i switched to.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: dionx
it may be a good idea to reinstall if you go to a motherboard that uses a different chipset.

when i went from an AMD 32it to 64bit, i didn't have to reinstall even though i switched motherboards. i guess the nforce2 chipset was similar to the nforce3 chipset i switched to.

i wont be changing motherboard, just updating the bios and swapping cpu

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

Originally posted by: dionx
it may be a good idea to reinstall if you go to a motherboard that uses a different chipset.

when i went from an AMD 32it to 64bit, i didn't have to reinstall even though i switched motherboards. i guess the nforce2 chipset was similar to the nforce3 chipset i switched to.

i wont be changing motherboard, just updating the bios and swapping cpu

As long as all you're changing is the CPU, it should be fine.

 

[corkyg]

Try it and see.

 

[keeleysam]

Yes, I just did it.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Microchips/Q_21672878.html

EDIT: What I mean is that yes, you will not have to reistall.

 

[w00t]

It's better to do a fresh install

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: w00t
It's better to do a fresh install

No, it's unnessary and a waste of time.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf

Originally posted by: w00t
It's better to do a fresh install

No, it's unnessary and a waste of time.

:thumbsup: Yep! Fresh installs are greatly overdone - mostly by those who don't know how to clean a system by scrubbing the Registry.