new MB chipset, without a full reinstall.

[QueBert]

upgraded my MB + CPU today. My old chipset was NF2, my new is VIA. I've always had somewhat problems in the past switching chipsets without a clean install. I'm thinking if I uninstall the Nforce drivers, swap out the MB and boot I shouldn't get a crash and can just install the 4in1's. Is there any program I should run prior to clean files/reg settings out? I know when I went from a Gforce to Radeon it was a nightmare getting all the Nvidia crap off my system.

thanks

 

[Bozo]

I think I would do the normal stuff. Chkdsk and defrag to make sure everything is in good shape. Then install your new drivers.
In device manager I would delete the IDE and floppy controller. Don't reboot. Then shutdown the computer and make the change.
I've done this before but it was moving from an Intel D845 chipset to a D915 chipset.

Bozo

 

[boomerang]

A quote below from this guide.

Misc. Notes:

- Reportedly, Windows 2000 and XP can be tricked into doing this stuff for you. The procedure is this: Shut down, install your new hardware, power on, and enter your system BIOS. Make sure your First Boot Device is set to CDROM. Insert the Windows 2000/XP setup CD and boot from this disk. (You may have to "press a key to boot from CD" as the prompt says.) Skip the initial prompt asking to repair your existing installation. Then proceed to the screen where you select a partition, and choose your existing Windows partition. Setup will detect your existing installation and ask you to repair. Say yes. When Windows Setup is complete, you should have a fully working installation with all your old user and application profiles. Everything should be intact, except your hardware and driver settings, leaving it fresh for your new motherboard.

I have used this numerous times with a 100% success rate.

 

[Phoenix86]

All that and a bag of chips.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
All that and a bag of chips.

You can do all that, and that's the best way to handle it if this fails:

Boot the HDD in the old PC one last time. Change your IDE hard disk controller to PCI Standard IDE. Shut down the box (don't reboot it!) and put the hard drive into your new box. If the HALs are the same, you should be able to boot it and it should work fine.

* This assumes your new PC has a IDE controller supported by Windows XP in-the-box. If it's a SATA controller, typically the driver isn't in the box, and this won't work. If you have to hit F6 to specify a hard disk controller driver to install when booting the XP CD on the new box, then your HD controller doesn't have an in-box XP driver.

 

[QueBert]

I screwed up the XP reinstall and didn't select the "repair" option. so I a clean install, oh well

thanks for the responces

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
All that and a bag of chips.

i am going to swap m/bs out tonight, would you all agree this is the best way? my o/s is running so smoothly i don't need a reinstall and the new m/b is the same chipset, but from a different manf...

 

[bob4432]

anybody?

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
All that and a bag of chips.

i am going to swap m/bs out tonight, would you all agree this is the best way? my o/s is running so smoothly i don't need a reinstall and the new m/b is the same chipset, but from a different manf...

I'm the author of that link, of course I agree.

If it fails, you can run a repair install. It takes longer, and you will need to re-patch the machine as well. The sysprep method works a lot, and takes little time to see if it will work.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
All that and a bag of chips.

i am going to swap m/bs out tonight, would you all agree this is the best way? my o/s is running so smoothly i don't need a reinstall and the new m/b is the same chipset, but from a different manf...

I'm the author of that link, of course I agree.

If it fails, you can run a repair install. It takes longer, and you will need to re-patch the machine as well. The sysprep method works a lot, and takes little time to see if it will work.

i tried it last night, and it worked changed out m/b in less than 1:30 and still have all the functionality of all my programs. man, you save a ton of time as this is my main machine that has my adobe suite on it, lots of plugins, numerous video encoding programs, my office suite and games. that is an excellent tutorial, and because it was so simple i was a little skeptical, but it worked just like you said it would

out of the 4 option at the botton where pnp and mini setup were, i did select the option to not create some security item, but left the registration one unchecked. i probably should have checked that one to save time as i am assuming it would have just loaded up and not asked me for the key.

thanks again for all of your hardwork :beer:

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
All that and a bag of chips.

i am going to swap m/bs out tonight, would you all agree this is the best way? my o/s is running so smoothly i don't need a reinstall and the new m/b is the same chipset, but from a different manf...

I'm the author of that link, of course I agree.

If it fails, you can run a repair install. It takes longer, and you will need to re-patch the machine as well. The sysprep method works a lot, and takes little time to see if it will work.

i tried it last night, and it worked changed out m/b in less than 1:30 and still have all the functionality of all my programs. man, you save a ton of time as this is my main machine that has my adobe suite on it, lots of plugins, numerous video encoding programs, my office suite and games. that is an excellent tutorial, and because it was so simple i was a little skeptical, but it worked just like you said it would

out of the 4 option at the botton where pnp and mini setup were, i did select the option to not create some security item, but left the registration one unchecked. i probably should have checked that one to save time as i am assuming it would have just loaded up and not asked me for the key.

thanks again for all of your hardwork :beer:

Glad it worked for you. :beer:

 

[DuceGT]

ive never done a via to nvidia swap before, but i was able to do the below with simply switching hardware and lettings xp take care of the drivers itself...


VIA KT333 Instal to VIA KT266A
Various NF2 Board Swaps
NF2Ultra to NF3Ultra - no problems at all

good job bob