Name: bretts Date: February 6, 2008 at 16:29:39 Pacific Subject: Mobo / CPU replacement OS: xp CPU/Ram: 2gb Model/Manufacturer: any
Comment:
Hi,
Just a general question: If I have a computer that has a bad motherboard, could I simply replace the motherboard and / or cpu, and connect the existing hdd, and fix the problem? The computer's motherboard is dead, but the software / OS xpsp2 worked fine, will this again work fine once I have it configured to boot using it with the BIOS? Or would I have to reisntall the operating system on the hard drive?
Are you 100% sure it's the motherboard & not something else??
Unless you're replacing the old board with an identical board, you'll have to reinstall XP. A "repair installation" *usually* works, but you will lose ALL the Windows updates that were previously installed.
So there is no way of getting around the reinstallation of XP? See I work for a computer tech company, and need to fix this computer. If I have to reinstall XP, i'm going to have to charge much more, simply because of company policy, and I don't want to do that :)
If you work for a computer tech company, why are you asking for advice in a forum? You should already know what you need to do. And why are you asking an XP question in the CPU/Overclocking forum?
I would bet that this is a compaq tech, they told me you cant install an xp upgrade cd without an operating system on the hard drive. I was "discussing" this with there tech for a good half hour. Amazing...
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