changing motherboard

[Barry]

I am considering changing the motherboard in my computer
with xp on it. Can I expect that XP will boot up after
doing this. The motherboard and a video card intitially
are the only changes. This change is necessarry to enable
a sound card and a video capture card to work. I have the
wrong chipset. Anyone know?

[Amethyst]

Barry wrote:
> I am considering changing the motherboard in my computer
> with xp on it. Can I expect that XP will boot up after
> doing this. The motherboard and a video card intitially
> are the only changes. This change is necessarry to enable
> a sound card and a video capture card to work. I have the
> wrong chipset. Anyone know?

Depends. If the board is in a system from a major manufacturer (HP, Compaq,
Dell for example) you can expect that the copy you have not to work AT ALL.
This is because they tie the licence to the BIOS - you change the board, you
change the BIOS and therefore render that particular licence useless.

If it's retail you may be required to do a repair installation.

I'm intrigued as to why you think cards are chipset-specific. No card (of
any flavour) that I've come across has preferred one over another. The sound
card I'm using in this system (an old Live Gamer) was originally used on a
VIA chipset board - it's now being used on a board with an Intel chipset. I
could, if I wanted to, use it in my new system, which has an NForce chipset,
and it'll work fine (not that I'd want to I've an Audigy 2 Platinum Ex in
that).

Could you please explain what you mean by 'wrong chipset'?


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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually identical to the
old one (same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll need to perform a
repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

This may also require re-activation. If it's been more than 120
days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.


Bruce Chambers

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"Barry" > wrote in message
...
> I am considering changing the motherboard in my computer
> with xp on it. Can I expect that XP will boot up after
> doing this. The motherboard and a video card intitially
> are the only changes. This change is necessarry to enable
> a sound card and a video capture card to work. I have the
> wrong chipset. Anyone know?

[Tom Snyder]

Hi, I'm experiencing a related problem. I moved my HDD
containing Win XP Home, with SP-1 and all current updates
to my new, faster PC. I have followed the Knowledge base
articles #'s 315341 and 312369 to repair my copy of
Windows XP Home and was prepared to phone my re-
activation to MS BUT it hung during the repair giving me
a message that it can't copy a certain file. But now when
I tried to go back to that stopping place it will not
boot from the CD but goes to the HDD, flashes the blue
screen and reboots. How can I save the 6 gigs of aps and
data on this HDD, reload XP, and re-activate?

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually
identical to the
>old one (same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll
need to perform a
>repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the
very least:
>
>How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
>
> This may also require re-activation. If it's been
more than 120
>days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
you'll most
>likely be able to activate via the Internet without
problem. If it's
>been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.
>
>
>Bruce Chambers
>
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>----
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
>having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
>"Barry" > wrote in message
...
>> I am considering changing the motherboard in my
computer
>> with xp on it. Can I expect that XP will boot up after
>> doing this. The motherboard and a video card intitially
>> are the only changes. This change is necessarry to
enable
>> a sound card and a video capture card to work. I have
the
>> wrong chipset. Anyone know?
>
>
>.
>

[Kaltron]

1.
First of all check the bootorder in your BIOS...sometimes
it can change...(don't ask me why)

2.
Reset the IDE cables to the CD(s).

3.
Move the HD to another computer and put it as secondary.
Then make a backup copy of your data.

Before you move the HD back you could try to replace/add
the missing files to the installation directory (beginning
with dollar-signs and probobly ending with ~LS)...It might
help...

If you still get a bluescreen do a complete reinstallation
of your OS (use more then one partition).

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I'm experiencing a related problem. I moved my HDD
>containing Win XP Home, with SP-1 and all current updates
>to my new, faster PC. I have followed the Knowledge base
>articles #'s 315341 and 312369 to repair my copy of
>Windows XP Home and was prepared to phone my re-
>activation to MS BUT it hung during the repair giving me
>a message that it can't copy a certain file. But now when
>I tried to go back to that stopping place it will not
>boot from the CD but goes to the HDD, flashes the blue
>screen and reboots. How can I save the 6 gigs of aps and
>data on this HDD, reload XP, and re-activate?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings --
>>
>> Normally, unless the new motherboard is virtually
>identical to the
>>old one (same chipset, IDE controllers, etc), you'll
>need to perform a
>>repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the
>very least:
>>
>>How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
>>http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
>ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
>>
>> This may also require re-activation. If it's been
>more than 120
>>days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
>you'll most
>>likely be able to activate via the Internet without
>problem. If it's
>>been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.
>>
>>
>>Bruce Chambers
>>
>>Help us help you:
>>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>----
>>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
>ever count on
>>having both at once. -- RAH
>>
>>
>>"Barry" > wrote in message
...
>>> I am considering changing the motherboard in my
>computer
>>> with xp on it. Can I expect that XP will boot up after
>>> doing this. The motherboard and a video card intitially
>>> are the only changes. This change is necessarry to
>enable
>>> a sound card and a video capture card to work. I have
>the
>>> wrong chipset. Anyone know?
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>