When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?

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Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
needs to "see".

Thanks.
 
Doc said:
Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
needs to "see".
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Probably not. If Windows complains, then do a repair installation, not a
complete reinstall.
 
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| Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
| theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
| O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
| needs to "see".
|
| Thanks.
 
If you are installing a motherboard IDENTICAL to the one it is replacing, the
odds of Windows and billg complaining are almost nil. I've done a lot of
repairs of Dell computers, in particular, with motherboard swaps and not yet
encountered a problem.

If the processor speed and BIOS revision are the same between the two boards,
Windows does not see any difference. In practice with a Compaq or Dell or
Intel-made or IBM motherboard, the only difference between two boards at the
BIOS level is the motherboard serial number (Dell service tag) burned into the
BIOS. With a Compaq motherboard, the BIOS setup allows you to change the
motherboard serial number. With a Dell motherboard, you need to run a small
utility program to change the service tag. Once the serial numbers are
identical between old and new motherboards, who's to know the difference.

.... Ben Myers
 
Ben Myers said:
[...] With a Dell motherboard, you need to run a small
utility program to change the service tag.
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How does one get that utility?

*TimDaniels*
 
Doc said:
Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
needs to "see".

Thanks.
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Putting a post on usenet, theoretically identical to a few hundred
other posts about replacing a motherboard, will you have to repost the
question or will you learn to use a search engine?

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish;
and you have fed him for a lifetime. You will learn to fish
 
"Timothy Daniels"
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Ben Myers said:
[...] With a Dell motherboard, you
need to run a small
utility program to change the service
tag.
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How does one get that utility?

*TimDaniels*
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In the group alt.sys.pc-clone.dell find
*change service tag -- notan ??? *
read the entire thread.
 
Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish;
and you have fed him for a lifetime. You will learn to fish
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kony old boy! NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.129.166.247

Playing with your sockpuppets today?
 
asset.com at the Dell ftp site. Runs as a DOS command line program, with the
usual command line help... Ben Myers

Ben Myers said:
[...] With a Dell motherboard, you need to run a small
utility program to change the service tag.
Click to expand...

How does one get that utility?

*TimDaniels*
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Doc said:
kony old boy! NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.129.166.247

Playing with your sockpuppets today?
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<LOL> Old KoRny has keyboard diarhea. He can't control his
spewing and pontificating. He really NEEDS to get a life.

*TimDaniels*
 
Doc said:
kony old boy! NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.129.166.247

Playing with your sockpuppets today?
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So this is why you still can't use a search engine as well as any 10
year old child?
 
Timothy said:
<LOL> Old KoRny has keyboard diarhea. He can't control his
spewing and pontificating. He really NEEDS to get a life.

*TimDaniels*
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Tim, I am shocked how much you think about feces. Change your shorts.
 
Doc said:
Here's something for your condition.

http://www.pfizerch.com/product.aspx?id=275
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It seems you and Tim both can't keep your head out of your ...

There is a distinction you both still fail to make, that you both are
burdens upon every place you go, instead of seeking to be constructive.
Is everyone, always, constructive? Of course not but in your case it
is only a detriment to others.

Instead of expecting others to do your work for you, follow the same
methods others use to find information instead of expecting everyone
else to make an effort at what you didn't even deem important enough to
make the same effort towards yourself.

Searching for information IS considered proper before posting
questions, especially before posting basic questions to several groups.
 
It seems fizzle crackle keep buzzz hum..

There is a distinction *pop* crackle *pop* both
60-cycle hum upon every mizzle fwipple .
blip blip blip, always, crackle fizzle buzzzzzzzz
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It seems you and Tim both can't keep your head out of your ...
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Play on with your sock puppets, koRny. How pathetic
you are to pretend you're multiple people.

*TimDaniels*
 
Doc said:
Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
needs to "see".
Click to expand...

Most likely not, but be prepared for Windows asking to install the odd
driver especially for USB devices which it will assume are new devices.
 
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