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Upgrading just cpu and mobo to 64 bit

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EmperorRob

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I've got a box w/a t-bird in it right now and I'm wanting to replace just the cpu and motherboard (and memory) to a AMD 64 proc. Is there anything else I might need to replace?

That and what changes do I need to make beforehand to my OS configurations. I 2 HDDs dual-booting win2k and Debian.
 
Generally, switching out a motherboard will require a re-installation of Windows as well. I think I have read a tutorial somewhere detailing how you can switch motherboards and not have to re-install but it involved too much tinkering with the OS for my tastes.
 
Originally posted by: stevty2889
What kind of memory do you have? If you aren't using PC3200 DDR, you'll need to upgrade that as well.
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As long as its atleast PC2100 it will work. I used some cheap DDR266 for months befor I got my decent memory.
 
I did the exact same upgrade about 2 months ago. I got a new mobo, chip, and ram and kept everything else the same. I had w2k on there and had to do a clean install since it wouldn't boot with the new chip. I tried it first without removing any drivers then after removing pretty much everything but no dice. Actually, since I upgraded I've been running 64 bit linux about 90% of the time and boot up windows just for games now, so a clean instal was probably a good thing.
 
That sounds exactly like my setup. I didn't think I'd run into any problems on linux and I was hoping so after getting oracle installed. My win2k partition is for dawn of war right now.

I'm still on 266 DDR; this machine is about 3 years old.
 
Originally posted by: Antoneo
Generally, switching out a motherboard will require a re-installation of Windows as well. I think I have read a tutorial somewhere detailing how you can switch motherboards and not have to re-install but it involved too much tinkering with the OS for my tastes.
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Yep! The OP will probably save himself a lot of time and work, by just reinstalling.
If he has XP, there is the option to *try* a 'repair' install.

Lot's of things are changed going from a T-bird to A64. The OS needs to reflect this.
The sheduler needs to save off new added registers. Add support for 3DNow+ (the extensions) and SSE2, etc.

Then there's all the changes to the mobo too, just reinstall...

Edit: Actually, it may be an early version of XP might not fully recognize A64 either. Update Windows fully before installing drivers.
 
Originally posted by: skene
I did the exact same upgrade about 2 months ago. I got a new mobo, chip, and ram and kept everything else the same. I had w2k on there and had to do a clean install since it wouldn't boot with the new chip. I tried it first without removing any drivers then after removing pretty much everything but no dice. Actually, since I upgraded I've been running 64 bit linux about 90% of the time and boot up windows just for games now, so a clean instal was probably a good thing.
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After you got your win2k install up what did your CPU get recognized as?
 
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