Upgrade requires re-install

[Duff]Chef · 14 Jun 2010 at 14:00

Hi,

Looking at upgrading my Mobo, Ram and CPU from my current Q6600 to an i7 setup, but the question I have is, will I need to re-install Win7 etc?

At the moment, I am running boot off an SSD with storage on remaining drives.

Cheers,

Chef

Evil-I · 14 Jun 2010 at 14:04

To be honest, if you're changing quite a few components I'd always recommend a clean install. Chances are that even if the drivers all work okay, typically it takes more time trying to get everything right than it would to do a fresh install.

E-I

infernox · 14 Jun 2010 at 14:37

fresh install +1 allthough you can uninstall mobo and cpu drivers and swap them and the os should load the new drivers

Philtor · 14 Jun 2010 at 14:39

If it was just the CPU and RAM you might get away without doing a clean install but given you are changing the system board as well I would recommend doing a fresh install.

Evil^ · 14 Jun 2010 at 14:45

Yeah, I got away with it but i thought I may as well do a fresh anyway, fresh all the way

Shadz · 14 Jun 2010 at 18:50

While it is always best doing a fresh install after installing components like thats,
you can install the components then put your windows7 disk in on boot and just run
a repair and it will sort all the drivers out for you and make sure its working properly.