New mobo, XP works - can I trust it?

[Ook]

I swapped motherboards in my computer. It has the same cpu and same chipset,
but of course XP recognizes different mobo components. It found everything,
and everything works - so far. But, can I trust it? With Win98 or Win2000,
I'd never try this. Can I get away with this with XP?

 

[David Jones]

If it booted, it's fine.
As always though, if you're worried about having
problems, running XP setup again (either via repair
install or choosing the "Upgrade" option in XP setup
while running XP) will fix it.

Backing up is also a prudent measure, just in case.

 

[Gary]

I don't think you should be so worried about it; I've swapped in entirely
different systems with 98 and ME, up to taking the hard drive and putting it
in a different system, and in general they do very well. In fact, the main
"household" computer we use with WinME was installed clean in June 2000, and
has been through a blown MB with an entirely different MB/chipset
replacement after about a year, several hard drive upgrades and numerous
component changes. It never needed so much as a reinstall until a power
failure left me with a problem I couldn't fix a month or so ago. I thought
the installation had finally run its course, but ran setup again and it
fixed the problem and it's again running problem-free.

While I haven't done it with XP, it seems to be as good at recognizing and
installing new components, so I'd expect it should work without any serious
problems. I used to go into safe mode and remove any devices that were old
or 'doubled up', I'm not sure if that's necessary or advisable in XP.

 

[Michael Stevens]

I swapped motherboards in my computer. It has the same cpu and same
chipset, but of course XP recognizes different mobo components. It
found everything, and everything works - so far. But, can I trust it?
With Win98 or Win2000, I'd never try this. Can I get away with this
with XP?

Since it is running, it is going to be fine. You beat the odds, buy a
lottery ticket. Actually since it was the same CPU and chipset, the odds
were better than another combination.
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
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[Ook]

Since it is running, it is going to be fine. You beat the odds, buy a
lottery ticket. Actually since it was the same CPU and chipset, the odds
were better than another combination.
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

On another box, I replaced mobo and put in a different cpu with a different
chipset. I didn't even bother trying to get XP to work, I just wiped it and
reinstalled. I hoped that since the cpu and chipset were the same on this
box that I could get away with it. But hey, it's the wife's computer, and
all she does is play games ard read email on it

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you have that same chipset and CPU, you're probably fine.

Bruce Chambers

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