Motherboard upgrade advice

[Guest]

Hi

I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on my
computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased performance,
but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I need
to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I need
to reactivate my copy?

Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
answer when searching the internet.

Thanks

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Most likely you will have to reinstall Vista if you change your motherboard
and CPU. When you try and activate, you might get the message that your
copy is already in use. Just call the 800 number and beg for activation
again. Shouldn't be a problem. Just about 5 minutes out of your life.

It sucks to have to tell Microsoft you are not a criminal, but remember,
they rule the world!

 

[Bink]

you have retail so you can and will need to reactivate by internet or phone
if that fails...

I hope you are getting a 16 core cpu because on anything less vista
crawls....

 

[Bill Yanaire]

you have retail so you can and will need to reactivate by internet or
phone if that fails...

I hope you are getting a 16 core cpu because on anything less vista
crawls....

Shut up you douche bag. You are really a brain dead moron. Just FYI. Just
like our resident clown Kevin

 

[Bink]

you don't always have to reinstall...

Vista is not XP
depends on the hardware it had and the new one you are installing.

Vista is more flexible to changes like that.. but more sensitive changes for
activation.

 

[Bink]

No Sir

the resident clown occupation is yours and Franky poo's

You are so good at it, and everyone knows it.

 

[Saucy]

Hi

I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on
my
computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased
performance,
but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I
need
to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I
need
to reactivate my copy?

Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
answer when searching the internet.

Thanks

*Technically* - and I'm not that technnical - whether you will need to
reinstall the OS depends on the chipset types etc. etc. You can try popping
in the harddrive with the OS on it and see if it successfully picks it all
up and runs A-OK. THere are things you can do beforehand to increase the
likelihood of success. You increase your chance of success by setting your
computer to more generic basic drivers before attempting the transfer. Have
a look:

[Swapping your board without so much as a reinstall - arstechnica]
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/77909774/m/1400925745

More reading:

[How to install a new motherboard without reinstalling Windows -
arstechnica]
http://arstechnica.com/journals/har...-new-motherboard-without-reinstalling-windows

I definitely would do a backup of data / documents / pictures / music and so
on. You might have a look at Windows Easy Transfer.

Most likely you will need to re-activate your copy. But you are completely
entitle to your copy (retail) so do not worry about that aspect.

Saucy

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Yes, you keep thinking that your brain dead moron.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Mommy let you out of school early to play on the computer?

Just FYI

 

[Adam Albright]

Hi

I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on my
computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased performance,
but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I need
to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I need
to reactivate my copy?

Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
answer when searching the internet.

Thanks

It's a crap shoot if or not Vista will nag about a new motherboard. If
I had to guess, I would say it will since Microsoft's activation
scheme is crap.

Since the new MB is likely to have newer and different features like a
different chipset and perhaps a different South Bridge at least with
also very likely different other support chips and maybe new SATA
support you didn't have before and maybe a totally different BIOS,
Vista probably won't load. If it does, you're really asking for
trouble since you may have a mismatch in drivers from who knows what.

This is one situation where a clean install is probably best.

 

[Frank]

...I hope you are getting a 16 core cpu because on anything less vista
crawls....

the only thing crawling here is your brain you bozo!
Frank

 

[Frank]

This is one situation where a clean install is probably best.

hehehe...a clean install is ALWAYS best...period!
I guess you may have now come to that conclusion, right mr computer expert?
Frank

 

[Adam Albright]

hehehe...a clean install is ALWAYS best...period!

To a simple-minded retard like you that doesn't know any better, I
guess.

 

[Frank]

To a simple-minded retard like you that doesn't know any better, I
guess.

More ignorant statements from you?
Don't know when to shut up do you.
Remember, you're the moron doing in place upgrade installs then
complaining about them.
No who is the retard...hahaha...keep dancing for us you idiot!
Frank

 

[NotMe]

I changed out the system board in a HP Laptop this morning.
The board was straight from HP, supposedly the same make/revision number,
and replaced under warranty, yet Vista wanted activated even with the HP
BIOS tattoo. I let the customer call HP to deal with that.
All I cared about was that the machine booted and the USB ports were
functional (the reason for replacement of the motherboard).
On my own machine, simply moving RAM from one slot to another ( to make dual
channel work) triggered the activation.
I'd say that's way too sensitive to hardware changes.
But I haven't tried to actually do a MB/CPU upgrade yet with Vista.
Let us know if you have to reinstall. You WILL have to re-activate.

 

[Sam I. Am]

Why not? Your school was out for the day.

Just FYI

 

[Sam I. Am]

Yes, you keep thinking that your brain dead moron.

The irony.

 

[Ezmerelda LaToya]

you don't always have to reinstall...

Vista is not XP
depends on the hardware it had and the new one you are installing.

Vista is more flexible to changes like that.. but more sensitive changes
for activation.

 

[Ezmerelda LaToya]

The irony.

You wouldn't know how to Iron if someone put a nice hot Iron up your A$$

Just FYI

 

[Ezmerelda LaToya]

No Sir

the resident clown occupation is yours and Franky poo's

You are so good at it, and everyone knows it.

Bend over and Senator Craig will drive you home