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Flatland_Spider wrote:If the chipset is the same, you shouldn't have any problem getting it booted.
Prestige Worldwide wrote:99% certain it will work fine by hooking it up and booting up your PC.
I went from LGA 775 to LGA 1156 without any problems.
When you first boot into windows, you will see a whole lot of automated driver installs being done by the OS, after that completes you should be ready to rock!
The Egg wrote:you'd be leaving yourself open to possible issues or less than optimal performance.
zenlessyank wrote:Your windows is probably due a fresh install anyways.
DPete27 wrote:So far the results are:
6 votes - No re-install necessary
3 votes - Re-install Windows.zenlessyank wrote:Your windows is probably due a fresh install anyways.
It's actually a system that I repurposed for a co-worker. The OS install is only 1.5 months old.
Deanjo wrote:Hardware failures...... one of the reasons why my copy of Windows resides in a VM and run Linux as the main OS. Motherboard dies, unplug drive, plug in other motherboard, done.
just brew it! wrote:Deanjo wrote:Hardware failures...... one of the reasons why my copy of Windows resides in a VM and run Linux as the main OS. Motherboard dies, unplug drive, plug in other motherboard, done.
Yes, I do the same thing. As long as your use case isn't significantly impacted by running in a VM, it works quite well. Don't even need to re-activate, even after major hardware changes.
Ryu Connor wrote:you'll have to migrate it over without SysPrep initially and then you'll want to SysPrep the box to clean it up and get it into an officially supported state.
DPete27 wrote:Step 1: Swap mobo
Step 2: SysPrep to create an image
Step 3: Re-install using the SysPrep image
Correct?
Glorious wrote:You don't really have to "re-install" or "create" any images, sys-prep is automagically cleaning up/preparing the only image you're going to need to deal with