The current install is absolutely rock solid... Never get any hangs, deaths or the like...
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OK! Asrock AGP motherboard, but what CPU...
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The current install is absolutely rock solid... Never get any hangs, deaths or the like...
How can you say that? It’s a gamble IMO, nothing is guaranteed to work I’ve found it out many of times.
I have probably changed MB's 10 times without reinstalling, just change the IDE controller to "Standard Dual IDE controller" first in the control panel, touch wood and everything will be hunky dory. Sometimes things will go wrong though but its only in a small percentage of occasions and usually when you are using a specific IDE/Sata driver. As far as I remember with the Asrock board you need to set the IDE controller to non raid in Bios, think it will be raid by default.
Personally I would get a 2180 rather than the 2200, on average they seem better clockers even with the limited FSB of the Asrock board, the standard HSF is adequate for 3GHZ.
Personally I would get a 2180 rather than the 2200, on average they seem better clockers even with the limited FSB of the Asrock board, the standard HSF is adequate for 3GHZ.
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surely you know how to backup and restore a couple of text configuration files like httpd.conf and php.ini?
oh well, you carry on.
surely you know how to backup and restore a couple of text configuration files like httpd.conf and php.ini?
oh well, you carry on.
OH MY GOD! YOU'RE RIGHT! Just copying those TWO files sorts everything out on my machine! Silly me!
OH MY GOD! YOU'RE RIGHT! Just copying those TWO files sorts everything out on my machine! Silly me!
yes i was being literal. copying those 2 files will sort out your whole machine.
all i'm saying is it's not as much effort as you're making out. yes it will take a few hours. even people with kids and "real lives" should be able to make that time available when doing something as important as a motherboard change. judging from your spec it's been awhile. same with me - i only recently upgraded from an agp rig to the system i now have (first mobo upgrade in nearly 3 years). the thought of transferring windows over didn't even cross my mind.......
i don't care what anybody says with regards to their experiences. switching mobos is a huge gamble and there seem to be lot of lucky of people posting in this thread saying it's 100% guaranteed to work. it's not. let's hope you're one of the lucky ones eh?
Yeah I've had mixed results myself. I always clean install shortly after changing motherboard anyway, but there are instances where I've upgraded and wanted to leave it a day or two before reinstalling. Sometimes I've had it boot up and work fine, other times I just got a BSOD on bootup. It is a complete gamble as to whether it'll work or not.
If reinstalling is really THAT much of an issue then don't upgrade. I personally think taking a couple of hours out to do a clean install, if needed, is a good option though. Surely you don't use absolutely every single app you've got installed at the same time? Just install what you need as and when you need it.
If reinstalling is really THAT much of an issue then don't upgrade. I personally think taking a couple of hours out to do a clean install, if needed, is a good option though. Surely you don't use absolutely every single app you've got installed at the same time? Just install what you need as and when you need it.
I echo this, have had some with no issues at all, and others that just dont want to work at all. Sod's law (Murphy's law) will interfere when it's a mission critical (or only home pc)....
Really, rather leave it for now, or accept that it will break. Then, if it doesn't break when you try it, you will be surprised and happy ...
I clearly need to beef up my security... I must admit I haven't see an account logging on but clearly you must have logged on to my PC and audited my software and configuration? How else could you comment on this?
Or are you possibly just guessing?
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Well, there's enough voices here saying they've had issues with it (eg: ih8modem, Phemo, marc2003) to make it clear it's not a clear cut case that it can be done...
The whole premis of the MB/CPU upgrade was that it would be a 30-60 min job.
It seems too risky to assume this, so I'm not going down this avenue...
Instead I'll follow the more logical approach of a fresh install. However, I'll do this on a whole new PCIe machine with a new OS as well - A good while from now though
Thanks for all the advice - Especially those who have pointed out it's not a given that you can just move MB easily!
I clearly need to beef up my security... I must admit I haven't see an account logging on but clearly you must have logged on to my PC and audited my software and configuration? How else could you comment on this?
Or are you possibly just guessing?
oh look i can do it too. only trying to help but i can see i am wasting my time. you seriously think your pc configuration is that special? well that's great. because it will take hell of a lot longer to fix when your switch inevitably goes wrong.
Lol what he said ^^^
iv only ever seen it not work once and that was a celeron 600mhz setup to an am64 setup which was with a pre sp1 xp install! (yeah this was 4 years ago before i had broadband out in the sticks and i hadnt gone up to sp1 on my own machine)
Anyway windows is clever enough to work though a motherboard change (dispite what the biggest windows basher can manage).
Above all else if it doent work you can bring it back to your original setup and sell the rest on ebay or maybe return it....
iv only ever seen it not work once and that was a celeron 600mhz setup to an am64 setup which was with a pre sp1 xp install! (yeah this was 4 years ago before i had broadband out in the sticks and i hadnt gone up to sp1 on my own machine)
Anyway windows is clever enough to work though a motherboard change (dispite what the biggest windows basher can manage).
Above all else if it doent work you can bring it back to your original setup and sell the rest on ebay or maybe return it....
oh look i can do it too. only trying to help but i can see i am wasting my time. you seriously think your pc configuration is that special? well that's great. because it will take hell of a lot longer to fix when your switch inevitably goes wrong.
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ah good sense has prevailed.... but you still have bit of an attitude problem.....
