Changing a motherboard

[Ray Murray]

I am about to upgrade my computer from a 1.7 to 2.6
processor and upgrading the motherboard too.

Can I just change the board and processor and reconnect
my hard disk and let Windows Xp Home get on with any
changes required?

Will this cause any problem with my registration of my
Windows XP Home version with Microsoft ?

Any help much appreciated

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I am about to upgrade my computer from a 1.7 to 2.6
processor and upgrading the motherboard too.

Can I just change the board and processor and reconnect
my hard disk and let Windows Xp Home get on with any
changes required?

Not likely. A new MB means hardware is not assigned and set up
differently. Most likely you will need to do a repair install of XP Home
over your existing install. This will retain all programs and software
settings while allowing XP to reconfigure itself for the new hardware
configuration.

Will this cause any problem with my registration of my
Windows XP Home version with Microsoft ?

It will cause no problems at all with registration. Depending on what else
you have done since you first installed it may cause a small problem with
activation. At the end of the repair install you will need to reactivate
XP. This may happen automatically over the internet. If not, simply
choose the option to activate by phone. You will be given a new activation
code to manually enter.
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[Guest]

even better you can go into your existing pc, device
manager - open up the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, and
change the driver for the 1st on under that tree, usually
its intel something, change the driver to "standard dual
channel pci *" then click oK. If prompted to reboot, do
not. just shut down system normally. When you put the
hard drive in the new computer. It will boot right up.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, assuming a retail license, unless the new motherboard is
virtually identical to the old one (same chipset, same IDE
controllers, same BIOS version, etc.), you'll need to perform a repair
(a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will probably also require re-activation. If it's been more
than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet without
problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone
call.


Bruce Chambers

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