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Hi, does anyone know if Win 7\Win 8.1 (I run a dual os) will still run ok if I replace my 2500K with a Xeon 1230v2. I'm changing nothing else in the system. 
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Both OSs support that cpu so I don't forsee any issues
Only issues I can see are your mobo doesn't officially have support for it, the Xeon also only allows pcie xfire at x16 and x4 whereas your mobo runs x16 x16. So if it does indeed work with your mobo you might take a small hit with your crossfire setup.
Only issues I can see are your mobo doesn't officially have support for it, the Xeon also only allows pcie xfire at x16 and x4 whereas your mobo runs x16 x16. So if it does indeed work with your mobo you might take a small hit with your crossfire setup.
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Thanks for your response. My mobo has the latest bios and according to the msi support it does indeed support the xeon 1230v2, the xfire isn't a problem, my sig is out of date so no xfire anymore. My question was more aimed at what windows will do on first bootup, will I need to re-install or re-activate etc.Both OSs support that cpu so I don't forsee any issues
Only issues I can see are your mobo doesn't officially have support for it, the Xeon also only allows pcie xfire at x16 and x4 whereas your mobo runs x16 x16. So if it does indeed work with your mobo you might take a small hit with your crossfire setup.
Sorry I must have missed it in the support pages my bad.
The cpu change won't need a reinstall and most likly won't need to be reactivated. MS don't actually say what causes reactivation but from personal experience I've only clocked a mobo change setting off the reactivation wizard. My cpu swap didn't have any issues.
The cpu change won't need a reinstall and most likly won't need to be reactivated. MS don't actually say what causes reactivation but from personal experience I've only clocked a mobo change setting off the reactivation wizard. My cpu swap didn't have any issues.
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Great, many thanks. 
MS have said that the os is linked to the motherboard although excessive part swaps may also trigger the activation prompt.
No worries. Sorry for misleading in the first reply.
I found out reactivation is linked to an 9 bit hash of;
Display adapter,
Scsi adapter,
IDE adapter,
Network adapter (mac address),
Processor type,
Processor serial number,
Hard drive type,
Hard drive serial number.
Apparantly everything is worth 1 except for mac which is worth 3. However I'm unsure of what constitues a major change. I assume from my experience 3 would be the cut off (mobo change).
I found out reactivation is linked to an 9 bit hash of;
Display adapter,
Scsi adapter,
IDE adapter,
Network adapter (mac address),
Processor type,
Processor serial number,
Hard drive type,
Hard drive serial number.
Apparantly everything is worth 1 except for mac which is worth 3. However I'm unsure of what constitues a major change. I assume from my experience 3 would be the cut off (mobo change).
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