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Installing a new motherboard.......
Name: gnarlatron1984 Date: April 16, 2007 at 10:35:32 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: Pentium4 Product: Dell
Comment:
How do i install a new motherboard to an existing OS?
Name: OtheHill Date: April 16, 2007 at 10:37:06 Pacific
Reply:
Is this MBoard going into the DELL?
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Response Number 2
Name: cliffpage Date: April 17, 2007 at 05:53:36 Pacific
Reply:
apart from the physical side (size/shape/wiring connections) when you change a motherboard you will normally find that XP fails to boot unless the new mobo has same make / model of chips on it as the old one. Normally a 'repair' instal of xp is needed which needs the XP cd and a serial/key number that works with that cd.
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