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Installing new mobo
Name: Billzzt Date: October 6, 2002 at 18:09:43 Pacific OS: win98 CPU/Ram: 192ram
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I will be trying to install a new faster mobo.I have win98.If all goes well,what can i expect on the first boot up?Will there be BIOS settings to change?Will i have to reinstall win 98?If so,how?Thanks,Bill
Name: Clyde Date: October 6, 2002 at 18:12:07 Pacific
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Hopefully everything should go smoothly but you didn't tell us which board you're upgrading to or what processor you plan to install. Does it have an onboard sound, video, NIC, modem, etc.? Can't give info without info you know.
Clyde
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Response Number 2
Name: Billzzt Date: October 6, 2002 at 19:06:28 Pacific
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Sorry.I bought a Chaintech 7AJA2E VIA KT133A/686B AMD Duron 1.3 Ghz CPU.It has onboard sound but not video.
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Response Number 3
Name: Badboy Date: October 6, 2002 at 19:48:30 Pacific
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You shouldn’t have to reinstall your OS but you might have to reinstall all the drivers for your hardware. The new MOBO will have chipset drivers and you should install them first.
You can extract the drivers from your current computer by running this program:
http://site.voila.fr/magitran/windrvexpert.zip
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Response Number 4
Name: mark Date: October 6, 2002 at 21:03:14 Pacific
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When I swap motherboards I wipe out the current Device Manager entries so Windows can start with a clean slate. I do this by starting up in safe mode just before shutting down for the change. I start Regedit and delete the Hkey_Local_Machine/Enum entry. After the change Windows will pick up most (if not all) of the applicable drivers. You will need to install the new motherboard drivers and possibly one or two others.
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Response Number 5
Name: Billzzt Date: October 7, 2002 at 18:18:21 Pacific
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Thanks,all.I am slowly learning.Bill
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Response Number 6
Name: RJ Date: October 7, 2002 at 20:50:36 Pacific
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good info. How would you go about this with winXP?
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