Changing motherboard

[Tönne]

Hi.

Im going to upgrade my computer with a new motherboard and wonder if my
installation will survive. In Windows XP this was no problem. I got a few
questionmarks to correct but that was is. My old motherboard is a ASUS P5W
DH with 975x chipset and my new motherboard is a ASUS Maximus Formula with
x38 chipset. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I don't want to do a new
installation if I don't have to. Anyone who has done a similar operation?

/Tönne

 

[DP]

You may run into some activation issues. Do you know if your copy of Vista
is an OEM version?

 

[Bistey Csaba]

Well, happend to do that just about a week ago was not really a success
story.

Upgraded my Asrock P4V88+ (VIA PT880 Chipset) to MSI-FISR (MS-6758
v1.0). After Vista Ultimate did not boot up, nor in normal, nor is safe
mode. Tried repair installation but after repair it still could not boot
up. So tried clean install, but thanks for Microsoft's revised upgrade
policy it told me cant use key for clean install (even if i had it
already installed with the upgrade key (installer would only needed to
check that)), so put back my retail XP Pro installation media installed
it, then started upgrade to Vista Ultimate, after successful Upgrade,
Activation failed with key currently in use (so that kind of change in
the system makes not just OEM, but retail version also to tell you phone
to Microsoft), other of theese i had no problem.

Csaba

 

[Alias]

Like DP said, you could have some issues if your using OEM. Changing
the MB is considered a new computer in Vista. You can even get into
some issues if you start changing to many things, like CPU, HDD's and
other devices all at once.

Do you always make up things as you do along? The word "motherboard" is
not mentioned once in the Vista EULA. Can you prove what you're saying?

Alias

 

[Tönne]

Hi.

I didn't wait for any replies and tried it. Didn't work. Got blue sceens and
my new motherboard didn't recognize all 4 GB of memory so I went back to my
old motherboard but in the new case. By the way my Vista is a Technet
license so activation isn't an issue.

 

[GeraldF]

Hi.

Im going to upgrade my computer with a new motherboard and wonder if my
installation will survive. In Windows XP this was no problem. I got a few
questionmarks to correct but that was is. My old motherboard is a ASUS P5W
DH with 975x chipset and my new motherboard is a ASUS Maximus Formula with
x38 chipset. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I don't want to do a new
installation if I don't have to. Anyone who has done a similar operation?

/Tönne

Try Acronis TrueImage Workstation (now Acronis Echo
Worksation) with Universal Restore. It will prompt you
for the new drivers. I have used it a number of times
with XP,I understand Echo is compatable with Vista.

You will need to reactiveate, Vista.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Do you always make up things as you do along? The word "motherboard" is
not mentioned once in the Vista EULA. Can you prove what you're saying?

An OEM version of Vista (or XP or ...) is licensed only to the first
computer it's installed on. It cannot (legally) be installed on
another machine, even if the first one ceases to exist.

As to what constitutes a new computer....OEM licenses are administered
by the OEM, not by Microsoft. So if you bought a Dell computer, Dell
decides when you have a "new computer". And nearly all computer makers
will decide you have a new computer when you switch motherboards,
especially if you didn't buy the new motherboard from them. Indeed,
preloaded OSs are usually locked to the BIOS. When you switch mobos,
you switch the BIOS, and the magic number in it is no longer the one
the OS wants to see.

 

[Alias]

An OEM version of Vista (or XP or ...) is licensed only to the first
computer it's installed on. It cannot (legally) be installed on
another machine, even if the first one ceases to exist.

False, if a generic OEM version. It can be installed on a computer that
has had everything updated, including the motherboard, and stay within
the EULA guidelines.

As to what constitutes a new computer....OEM licenses are administered
by the OEM, not by Microsoft.

False. Branded OEMs are administered by OEMs. Generic OEMs are
administered by the owner of the computer.

So if you bought a Dell computer, Dell
decides when you have a "new computer". And nearly all computer makers
will decide you have a new computer when you switch motherboards,
especially if you didn't buy the new motherboard from them. Indeed,
preloaded OSs are usually locked to the BIOS. When you switch mobos,
you switch the BIOS, and the magic number in it is no longer the one
the OS wants to see.

I wasn't talking about branded OEMs but generic OEMs.

Alias

 

[Tönne]

But I never said that I wanted to change motherboard for a speed increase. I
wanted more S-ATA and PCI-express 2.0. I also wanted to use my ECC memories
so that excluded the P5K motherboards from Asus.
Tönne

 

[Tönne]

Thanks I'll check it out.

Tönne

"GeraldF" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet

Hi.

Im going to upgrade my computer with a new motherboard and wonder if my
installation will survive. In Windows XP this was no problem. I got a few
questionmarks to correct but that was is. My old motherboard is a ASUS P5W
DH with 975x chipset and my new motherboard is a ASUS Maximus Formula with
x38 chipset. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I don't want to do a new
installation if I don't have to. Anyone who has done a similar operation?

/Tönne

Try Acronis TrueImage Workstation (now Acronis Echo
Worksation) with Universal Restore. It will prompt you
for the new drivers. I have used it a number of times
with XP,I understand Echo is compatable with Vista.

You will need to reactiveate, Vista.