Reinstalling XP when upgrading MB/CPU

[sillyputty]

This is a continuation of a thread where I questioned MS's
instructions that require a reinstall of XP after installing a new
motherboard/CPU.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125

I just started my puter after installing a Biostar 6100 mobo and AMD
4200 X2 CPU. I went in to BIOS and changed some settings, hit exit &
save and WinXP started right up. It found all the new hardware, and
installed/reinstalled the drivers, either from WinXP or the CDs that
came with the new hardware. Everything seems fine and I didn't have to
go through the headache of reinstalling XP and updating - especially
since I did it recently.

The old mobo/CPU was a gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000. This is the second
time I've upgraded the MB/CPU (the first was from an Intel-compatible
MB/2.4 ghz CPU) without reinstalling XP. I guess I'm lucky.

 

[Ron Martell]

This is a continuation of a thread where I questioned MS's
instructions that require a reinstall of XP after installing a new
motherboard/CPU.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125

I just started my puter after installing a Biostar 6100 mobo and AMD
4200 X2 CPU. I went in to BIOS and changed some settings, hit exit &
save and WinXP started right up. It found all the new hardware, and
installed/reinstalled the drivers, either from WinXP or the CDs that
came with the new hardware. Everything seems fine and I didn't have to
go through the headache of reinstalling XP and updating - especially
since I did it recently.

The old mobo/CPU was a gigabyte GA-K8NS/AMD 3000. This is the second
time I've upgraded the MB/CPU (the first was from an Intel-compatible
MB/2.4 ghz CPU) without reinstalling XP. I guess I'm lucky.

Extremely so. You probably have a Via chipset on both the old and the
new motherboards to go with the AMD CPUs. That does increase the
probability of making a successful motherboard swap without the need
for a Repair Install.

But the overwhelming majority of motherboard replacements do end up
requiring a Repair Install of Windows XP. The newsgroups are full of
posts from users who have found this out the hard way.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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