If the motherboard is changed

[Kris]

The Wxp I have is an OEM version, not the retail version.

should make no difference. Mine is an OEM upgrade version.

How does one prove-out a new motherboard?

I do things like (install latest mobo chipset, LAN, and whatever drivers,
and latest vid card driver, run 3DMark06, various internet speed tests, HD
Tach on all spindles, Crank up my HDTV (Autumnwave OnAir GT USB HDTV w
5.1Dolby), Firefox, TBird, Kyodai Mahjong, Paragon Partition Mgr 9, Acronis
TrueImage 11, A/V (I use AVG at the moment), firewall (I use XP or Comodo
and test with Gibson for stealth), etc. In other words as qauickly as
possible, I hammer it - solid cpu or solid video, or solid internet or some
combi.

I had one mobo (P5K) (an open box) which had a bad sata controller.
Another worked fine until the nic went a day later (P5K). Another showed
memory clocking problems which was either memory controller or northbridge
(DS3L). Fortunately I had bought locally so life was easy. The one I have
now has been great and tollerates 30% OCing that the Mushkin was rated for.

This last set of mobos was my intro to Intel, and I simply got a bad set.
So proving out a mobo is simply grabbing a few programs and hammering cpu,
memory, and vid card. That's why MS gives you 30 days, though I don't
think I've ever gone beyond 2 - If I haven't broken it by then, it's a
keeper!

Good luck!

 

[Kris]

You can't do a repair install. You might not be able to do anything
else either.

This is false info.

 

[Kris]

Have the OEM, not the retail version of Wxp so I do not have the console.

Have you tried it? The recovery console is selected early on in the boot
of the XP CD. A repair install is chosen later after it has identified
your XP install and asks you if you want to repair it or install over it.

 

[Kris]

The motherboard would be different.

What is a repair installation?

If the harddrive is wiped clean _BEFORE_ changing the motherboard, then the
motherboard is installed, then Wxp is installed, then would Wxp _positively_
boot?

Why would you wipe the HD clean? Don't unless it is bad.

 

[M.I.5¾]

This is false info.

Possibly. Possibly not.

If the OEM Windows XP is tied to the BIOS as many are, then changing the
BIOS will certainly stop it from working.

 

[b11_]

On the OEM Wxp Recovery disk I have, there is a full system
recovery(destructive) and a full system recovery(with backup). There is no
repair option.
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I do want to keep the apps and data but the motherboard is going to be
different so I am considering the worst possible situation which, I think,
would require a re-install of Wxp; but now I am confused because I got the
impression that if the motherboard is changed for a very different
motherboard then Wxp will _NEVER_ boot even if a fresh install is done.

The Wxp, that came with the computer, was "activated" before I bought the
computer. The Wxp that came with the computer is an OEM version, not a retail
version.
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