Repair Install For New CPU and Motherboard

MR_MU53NDO · 21 Jul 2013 at 12:32

if i were to replace the current cpu and motherboard i have, will Windows 7 Repair install sort out removing old chipset drivers and recognising the new cpu and motherboard, or is it not even necessary.

btw, i currently have core 2 quad Q6600 and intel chipset g41.

i want to upgrade to i5 4670K and intel chipset Z87, which means they're going to be completely different from the old setup...

lurkio · 21 Jul 2013 at 12:58

hmm , I have done this a few times , 90% success rate

1st thing I did was uninstalled the drivers

sysprepped the install

powered off PC

rebuilt with new bits

powered up , rebooted a couple of times

then installed the drivers

MR_MU53NDO · 21 Jul 2013 at 17:45

lurkio said:
hmm , I have done this a few times , 90% success rate

1st thing I did was uninstalled the drivers

sysprepped the install

powered off PC

rebuilt with new bits

powered up , rebooted a couple of times

then installed the drivers

ok, i'm assuming you just uninstall the chipset drivers through Device Manager?

snips86x · 21 Jul 2013 at 17:55

MR_MU53NDO said:
ok, i'm assuming you just uninstall the chipset drivers through Device Manager?

That's how I would do it, yes.

m4cc45 · 21 Jul 2013 at 18:21

Personally, for the amount of time a reinstall takes, I wouldn't bother trying to repair an install.

I say that because if you get system instabilities you're then going to have to troubleshoot it and you'll never be 100% sure that it's not the install and you could spend hours troubleshooting when you could have simply reinstalled.

Unless there is absolutely a compelling reason why you don't want to reinstall I would crack on with that. Reinstall on the proposed hardwares going to take about 30 minutes. Once that's done say another hour or two to get the software you want on there. Then image it (see the freeware topic for resources for free imaging software) and you have a superb point in time image with everything up to date.

M.