New, exact same mobo = Win XP reinstall?

Andy82 · 19 Oct 2006 at 13:57

Hopefully I have a new, identical S478 motherboard coming to me in the next few days to the one that broke a few days back - will I still need to reinstall Windows?

deadeyedic30 · 19 Oct 2006 at 14:01

Shouldn't think so, remember to check the bios settings are same/similair to what the old ones were, if you leave anything on windows will detect the new hardware and install software drivers for it. Cancel that reboot and disable the appropriate option in the bios.

FUNTY · 19 Oct 2006 at 14:08

I replaced a friends of mine last week after his blew after a lightning strike. I didn't have to reinstall XP & used a totally different make of board.

wizardmaxx · 19 Oct 2006 at 14:13

Changed my MSI965 for a Gigabyte965 and no probs

roakes · 19 Oct 2006 at 14:20

I guess it depends on if the chipset is changing.

I think I went from an NF2 to NF4 and had to reformat. I can imagine going from an NF4 to a 965 as I will be tonight it's a 99.9% certainty

wizardmaxx · 19 Oct 2006 at 14:21

You could always try uninstalling the nf4 drivers before swapping over.

roakes · 19 Oct 2006 at 14:24

Unfortunately it was a semi-forced upgrade as my DFI took a nose dive when the PSU decided to die. So it's not an option. Ah well, a good reformat will have it running fresh as a daisy