Mobo swap p35>p45

I'm considering a motherboards swap on my current computer and do not
want to reformat and reinstall vista home premium 32bit(oem) plus all my
programs.
I currently have a G-B p35-ds4 board and would swap to a gb p45 ds4
board. I intend to keep cpu,hdds, gpu and ram all the same and i only
have sata drives (no ide drives). I am asking advice on wheather it will
work fine due to the simular chipsets, and what i would need to
uninstall so that it transitions to the new hardware config smoothly and
what errors I can expect to pop up. If there is anyone who has gone
through a similar change I would appreciate the input on your
experience.


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syko <> wrote:

>
>I'm considering a motherboards swap on my current computer and do not
>want to reformat and reinstall vista home premium 32bit(oem) plus all my
>programs.
>I currently have a G-B p35-ds4 board and would swap to a gb p45 ds4
>board. I intend to keep cpu,hdds, gpu and ram all the same and i only
>have sata drives (no ide drives). I am asking advice on wheather it will
>work fine due to the simular chipsets, and what i would need to
>uninstall so that it transitions to the new hardware config smoothly and
>what errors I can expect to pop up. If there is anyone who has gone
>through a similar change I would appreciate the input on your
>experience.

"similar" isn't "same". And just because your two mobos have
"similar" names doesn't mean that there won't be problems that will
require you to do a complete reinstall.

Only one way to find out.

"syko" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I'm considering a motherboards swap on my current computer and do not
> want to reformat and reinstall vista home premium 32bit(oem) plus all my
> programs.
> I currently have a G-B p35-ds4 board and would swap to a gb p45 ds4
> board. I intend to keep cpu,hdds, gpu and ram all the same and i only
> have sata drives (no ide drives). I am asking advice on wheather it will
> work fine due to the simular chipsets, and what i would need to
> uninstall so that it transitions to the new hardware config smoothly and
> what errors I can expect to pop up. If there is anyone who has gone
> through a similar change I would appreciate the input on your
> experience.
>
>
> --
> syko
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

So far as I know there is only one ACPI driver for 32-bit and only one for
64-bit Vista (unlike earlier versions of Windows) so that would not change.
The system should boot and may want to install one or more drivers. Do an
image backup of the system drive before swapping boards, of course.

What you wish to do is unwise, unrecommended and unlikely to make you happy.
Back up documents, wipe and reinstall, then restore documents.

"syko" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I'm considering a motherboards swap on my current computer and do not
> want to reformat and reinstall vista home premium 32bit(oem) plus all my
> programs.
> I currently have a G-B p35-ds4 board and would swap to a gb p45 ds4
> board. I intend to keep cpu,hdds, gpu and ram all the same and i only
> have sata drives (no ide drives). I am asking advice on wheather it will
> work fine due to the simular chipsets, and what i would need to
> uninstall so that it transitions to the new hardware config smoothly and
> what errors I can expect to pop up. If there is anyone who has gone
> through a similar change I would appreciate the input on your
> experience.
>
>
> --
> syko
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Having had some experience with this, swapping a single core AMD CPU for a
quad core Intel CPU, I literally just switched out hardware, turned the PC
back on and let Windows Vista cope with the changes. It takes a while for
it to go to Windows Update and try to find the correct drivers (If not,
you've always got the CD from the motherboard manufacturer).... and after 10
minutes or so, it asked to reboot.

Everything worked. I believe it did ask to reactive, which went through
online without a hitch, but I'm not using OEM software, everything is
retail. You may find your OEM Windows is tied to your current motherboard's
BIOS, in which case, it will NOT activate... it may not even start.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


"syko" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I'm considering a motherboards swap on my current computer and do not
> want to reformat and reinstall vista home premium 32bit(oem) plus all my
> programs.
> I currently have a G-B p35-ds4 board and would swap to a gb p45 ds4
> board. I intend to keep cpu,hdds, gpu and ram all the same and i only
> have sata drives (no ide drives). I am asking advice on wheather it will
> work fine due to the simular chipsets, and what i would need to
> uninstall so that it transitions to the new hardware config smoothly and
> what errors I can expect to pop up. If there is anyone who has gone
> through a similar change I would appreciate the input on your
> experience.
>
>
> --
> syko
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

"Cari (MS-MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Having had some experience with this, swapping a single core AMD CPU for a
> quad core Intel CPU, I literally just switched out hardware, turned the PC
> back on and let Windows Vista cope with the changes. It takes a while for
> it to go to Windows Update and try to find the correct drivers (If not,
> you've always got the CD from the motherboard manufacturer).... and after
> 10 minutes or so, it asked to reboot.
>
> Everything worked. I believe it did ask to reactive, which went through
> online without a hitch, but I'm not using OEM software, everything is
> retail. You may find your OEM Windows is tied to your current
> motherboard's BIOS, in which case, it will NOT activate... it may not even
> start.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
> "syko" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> I'm considering a motherboards swap on my current computer and do not
>> want to reformat and reinstall vista home premium 32bit(oem) plus all my
>> programs.
>> I currently have a G-B p35-ds4 board and would swap to a gb p45 ds4
>> board. I intend to keep cpu,hdds, gpu and ram all the same and i only
>> have sata drives (no ide drives). I am asking advice on wheather it will
>> work fine due to the simular chipsets, and what i would need to
>> uninstall so that it transitions to the new hardware config smoothly and
>> what errors I can expect to pop up. If there is anyone who has gone
>> through a similar change I would appreciate the input on your
>> experience.
>>
>>
>> --
>> syko
>> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>>
>

I have had the same successful experience. A lot of folks don't know that
there are not multiple ACPI drivers anymore. That was usually the cause of
problems with XP and earlier that required at least a repair install.

Cari \(MS-MVP\);1541290 Wrote:
> Having had some experience with this, swapping a single core AMD CPU fo
>
> quad core Intel CPU, I literally just switched out hardware, turned th
> P
> back on and let Windows Vista cope with the changes. It takes a whil
> fo
> it to go to Windows Update and try to find the correct drivers (If not
> you've always got the CD from the motherboard manufacturer).... an
> after 1
> minutes or so, it asked to reboot
>
> Everything worked. I believe it did ask to reactive, which wen
> throug
> online without a hitch, but I'm not using OEM software, everything i
> retail. You may find your OEM Windows is tied to your curren
> motherboard'
> BIOS, in which case, it will NOT activate... it may not even start
> -
> Cari (MS-MVP
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imagin
> 'Welcome' (http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
> "syko" <> wrote in messag
> news:..
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> > -
> > syk
> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.co
>

Thank you for the advice
It worked exactly as you describe
I've had no problems just had to let the drivers update and window
reactivate

I'm stoked

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