Motherboard replacement, will Win XP make a fuss ?

  • Thread starter Thread starter NeoSadist
  • Start date Start date
N

NeoSadist

Tod said:
I'm using Win XP (OEM) with all updates.
My current motherboard (K7S5A PRO) uses the SIS chipset.
If I replace my motherboard with a board using VIA KT333 chipset
will XP just load the correct drivers ?
Or does Win XP (OEM) have a fit if there is too much
hardware being changed ?
Click to expand...

Depends. Is it XP Home or Pro? Home will phone home to Microsoft and have
you tell a Microsoft representative why you had so many hardware updates
(i.e. to prevent privacy or some krap like that). I might be wrong, but
that's the last thing I heard about this.
 
Tod said:
If I just get a motherboard with a later version of the SIS chipset
(746FX), Windows XP should be happy ?
Click to expand...

I don't know. You never know until you try....
 
I'm using Win XP (OEM) with all updates.
My current motherboard (K7S5A PRO) uses the SIS chipset.
If I replace my motherboard with a board using VIA KT333 chipset
will XP just load the correct drivers ?
Or does Win XP (OEM) have a fit if there is too much
hardware being changed ?
 
XP will BSOD if the chipset is changed and you'll have to reinstall
XP from scratch, so make sure you backup all your data and have all
program install disks to hand.

I'm using Win XP (OEM) with all updates.
My current motherboard (K7S5A PRO) uses the SIS chipset.
If I replace my motherboard with a board using VIA KT333 chipset
will XP just load the correct drivers ?
Or does Win XP (OEM) have a fit if there is too much
hardware being changed ?
 
If I just get a motherboard with a later version of the SIS chipset (746FX),
Windows XP should be happy ?
 
Tod said:
I'm using Win XP (OEM) with all updates.
My current motherboard (K7S5A PRO) uses the SIS chipset.
If I replace my motherboard with a board using VIA KT333 chipset
will XP just load the correct drivers ?
Or does Win XP (OEM) have a fit if there is too much
hardware being changed ?
Click to expand...

Please cross-post instead of making the same post to multiple newsgroups.
With a cross-post to related newsgroups, replies will show in all newsgroups
you post to.You have replies in the general newsgroup.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
 
Tod said:
I'm using Win XP (OEM) with all updates.
My current motherboard (K7S5A PRO) uses the SIS chipset.
If I replace my motherboard with a board using VIA KT333 chipset
will XP just load the correct drivers ?
Or does Win XP (OEM) have a fit if there is too much
hardware being changed ?
Click to expand...


Normally, and assuming a retail license (many branded OEM
installations and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard -
check yours before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually
identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version,
etc.) to the one on which the WinXP installation was originally
performed, 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

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this
point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the
OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as
picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch
style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K
before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to
accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On
installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This
is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much
more stable than the Win9x group.

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

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. 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

Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having
both at once. - RAH
 
Depends. Is it XP Home or Pro? Home will phone home to Microsoft and have
you tell a Microsoft representative why you had so many hardware updates
(i.e. to prevent privacy or some krap like that). I might be wrong, but
that's the last thing I heard about this.
Click to expand...

That is not correct. Home and Pro are identical in this regard.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
Back
Top