REPLACING MOBO BUT NOT FORMATTING H/D

bigjonnyauk · 13 Nov 2006 at 17:43

HI ALL

right i have a gigabyte nf4 matx mobo with 6100 onboard gfx and am using the nvidea 410/430 chipset drivers 8.26

my question is i am replacing this mobo with a msi with the 6150 chipset which also uses the nvidea 8.26 chipset drivers

my question is

will it be ok just to swap out the mobo and leave my h/d as it is without reformatting as basically i will be using the same drivers and stuff

Cob · 13 Nov 2006 at 17:52

Assuming the MSI is NF4 too then you should have no problems.

bigjonnyauk · 13 Nov 2006 at 17:55

yeah it is

i have a gigabyte k8n51g9 something like that lol

replacing it with the MSI K8NGM2-FID

Cob · 13 Nov 2006 at 18:00

In that case Windows should detect the new hardware and automatically reinstall the drivers on first boot.

gtir666 · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:28

Ive got away with it before changing mobo for complete different one, just removed all drivers for current mobo then swithc off change mobo and booted ok then install drivers for new mobo. So sure youll be fine.