motherboard insanity

[nutxo]

My x370 motherboard died and the only thing I could find in a hurry was a b450. I swapped everything out and turned it on and it went straight to the bios. I accidentally hit the wrong key and it rebooted so I went to the bathroom and when I got back the computer was sitting on the log in screen. I logged in and everything freaking works. When the redacted did this happen? I know Ill still have to reload but it used to be even if you swapped out an identical motherboard you had to reload your OS.

I haven't backed up in over a month so this makes me happy as pig in mud.

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[DigDog]

that .. is surprising nice news. i came expecting a completely different type of post.

 

[13Gigatons]

Maybe Windows is improving?

 

[Captante]

Not shocking really but always a pleasant surprise ... I've had this work when the MB in question used the same/similar chipset drivers all the back to XP.

Of course I've had it NOT work many more times!

 

[EXCellR8]

Same. Surprising when it works but not so much when it doesn't...

Similar chipsets can produce these types of results on the regular.

 

[Topweasel]

Starting with Windows 7 this got a lot better. For one basic drivers in Windows has a lot more support for multiple HDD controllers. NVME is basically a driverless experience and since XP its been primarily the the HDD controller that caused reload issues (in 98 a new keyboard could keep it from booting correctly).

Now X370 to B450 probably are so similar (where the change is more in wiring specs then controller differences), that they might as well be the same. Anything with a larger gap even if it works I'd recommend a full reinstall.

 

[MrTeal]

When I swapped my Intel X99 system for AMD X570, I backed up everything to a couple places, and got everything all set up. Before getting all the water cooling bits hooked up I just turned it on with the old OS image to make sure it would post and everything.

Booted right into Win10, and everything just worked. The monitor wasn't even displaying VGA resolution. Other than later on installing the chipset drivers, I still haven't done a clean install and am running that OS. I was as shocked as anyone.

 

[SamMaster]

Windows 10 is fantastic for chipset compatibility. I was able to upgrade someone from a core 2 duo to a b350 chipset without the need to reinstall. Just installed the chipset drivers and that's it.

 

[Furious_Styles]

Starting with Windows 7 this got a lot better. For one basic drivers in Windows has a lot more support for multiple HDD controllers. NVME is basically a driverless experience and since XP its been primarily the the HDD controller that caused reload issues (in 98 a new keyboard could keep it from booting correctly).

Now X370 to B450 probably are so similar (where the change is more in wiring specs then controller differences), that they might as well be the same. Anything with a larger gap even if it works I'd recommend a full reinstall.

Why? Win 10 is even more kind than 7 to major HW changes. I've updated the mobo/CPU 4 times on my current PC and it still runs great.

 

[ElFenix]

windows is much more robust than most people give it credit for. i've done intel to amd, amd to intel, core2 to ivy, ivy to ryzen, with no ill effects.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

windows is much more robust than most people give it credit for. i've done intel to amd, amd to intel, core2 to ivy, ivy to ryzen, with no ill effects.

Can confirm, it is SOP for me. You can clone old systems HDD onto a new laptop, all-in-one, or desktop and no worries. The exception being some of the latest Lenovos I have worked with. Worst case I have to disable secure boot, and PTT to work on other major OEMs I have done it on. DIY it is all gravy.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

This was similar to my case: new MB, CPU, RAM, booted into old windows and everything worked.

I prepared by uninstalling all the old drivers before the hardware swap, not sure if that would've changed anything.

Windows 10 worked some magic in compatibility and not needing to deal with CD Keys / activation etc.