Upgrading CPU + Mobo / Effects on XP Pro

[Wiloden]

Hey folks,

In the near future, I plan on upgrading my CPU and mobo (currently an AMD 1.1 TB + Gigabyte 7IXE4 mobo), and I am trying to gather information on what effects the change-out will have on the XP Pro system.

I have one person that said that in their experience, XP Pro simply went out and installed the proper drivers and that it was a painless experience.

However, I'm not assuming that's the case across the board.

Whatcha think?

Thanks!

 

[FishTankX]

Copy all of your critical files to another partition.
Reformat
Reinstall new motherboard
Reinstall XP pro
Relocate all of your critical files to current location
Done.


Sorry man, it's just a good idea to reformat when installing any new mobo..

 

[RPB]

no problem here going from tusl-c pIII 1gb to p4b266-c p4 1.6gb.

it's still best to start with a clean install.

 

[Wiloden]

Thanks for the replies folks. If anyone else has any experiences they'd like to share, please let me know.