On 1/7/2012 7:10 PM, Alex Clayton wrote:
On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote:
On 01/07/2012 09:36 PM, Alex Clayton wrote:
On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote:
On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote:
On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote:
On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed:
If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which
does
involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64
Ultimate
What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the
HDD
information intact (like doing a repair install with XP).
or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch?
Thanks
Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a
notice
to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine.
Al.
Thanks Al
just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just
added the new MB drivers and all looks fine.
Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc.
Activation was not required for W7
Lot easier than XP repair setup.
Thanks again
.........................
To the other reply
All I changed was the MB and CPU.
The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this
occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy.
Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU
lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits.
I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now 
Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to
delete/clean
out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager?
I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install
you may have a surprise coming in a month or so.
I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic
OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is
not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU.
Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put
a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would
stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was
up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over.
After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I
finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS.
Acer put a new motherboard in one of our laptops and that was six months
ago and we have had no problems nor been asked to activate again. I
would have raised hell with Acer had it been me.
Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They
lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they
are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when
this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering
me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I
sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the
shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the
phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30
days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously
did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the
phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows".
After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It
was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out.
Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to
have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would
give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on
hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just
paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would
never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they
have learned something from the experience.
Sometime back, I had a similar problem with a netbook.
After a bunch of phone calls to ACER, they sent a DVD copy of the as
installed OPS system. That installed with no problem. The original issue
was that the one time make a system backup scheme failed, due to a bad
DVD burn. While I had other means of making a backup, it really
irritated me that there was no easy way to totally restore the netbook's
HD to exactly out of the box configuration without a DVD copy.
The netbook in question is also the last XP based system I have.
One other system is an odd ball, in that it is used for hardware
debugging and general development. The ops system is up for grabs on it
- - Windows(Usually 7), Linux, and a couple of others under a virtual
machine as needed. The BIOS on that machine is also a customized
version. Seems the chipset drivers plus BIOS didn't completely conform
to current "standards", causing performance problems with some SSD
drives and SATA. It even has a current "high end" MBD, and before mods,
the current BIOS. The falling out between Intel and NVIDIA is not
helping either.