Motherboard upgrade advice

Hi

I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on my
computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased performance,
but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I need
to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I need
to reactivate my copy?

Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
answer when searching the internet.

Thanks

Most likely you will have to reinstall Vista if you change your motherboard
and CPU. When you try and activate, you might get the message that your
copy is already in use. Just call the 800 number and beg for activation
again. Shouldn't be a problem. Just about 5 minutes out of your life.

It sucks to have to tell Microsoft you are not a criminal, but remember,
they rule the world!


"John" <> wrote in message
news0212A51-906F-4807-92D9-...
> Hi
>
> I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on
> my
> computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased
> performance,
> but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I
> need
> to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I
> need
> to reactivate my copy?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
> answer when searching the internet.
>
> Thanks

you have retail so you can and will need to reactivate by internet or phone
if that fails...

I hope you are getting a 16 core cpu because on anything less vista
crawls....

"John" <> wrote in message
news0212A51-906F-4807-92D9-...
> Hi
>
> I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on
> my
> computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased
> performance,
> but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I
> need
> to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I
> need
> to reactivate my copy?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
> answer when searching the internet.
>
> Thanks

"Bink" <> wrote in message
news:...
> you have retail so you can and will need to reactivate by internet or
> phone if that fails...
>
> I hope you are getting a 16 core cpu because on anything less vista
> crawls....

Shut up you douche bag. You are really a brain dead moron. Just FYI. Just
like our resident clown Kevin

>
> "John" <> wrote in message
> news0212A51-906F-4807-92D9-...
>> Hi
>>
>> I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on
>> my
>> computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased
>> performance,
>> but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I
>> need
>> to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I
>> need
>> to reactivate my copy?
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
>> answer when searching the internet.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>

you don't always have to reinstall...

Vista is not XP
depends on the hardware it had and the new one you are installing.

Vista is more flexible to changes like that.. but more sensitive changes for
activation.





"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Most likely you will have to reinstall Vista if you change your
> motherboard and CPU. When you try and activate, you might get the message
> that your copy is already in use. Just call the 800 number and beg for
> activation again. Shouldn't be a problem. Just about 5 minutes out of
> your life.
>
> It sucks to have to tell Microsoft you are not a criminal, but remember,
> they rule the world!
>
>
> "John" <> wrote in message
> news0212A51-906F-4807-92D9-...
>> Hi
>>
>> I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on
>> my
>> computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased
>> performance,
>> but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I
>> need
>> to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I
>> need
>> to reactivate my copy?
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
>> answer when searching the internet.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>

No Sir

the resident clown occupation is yours and Franky poo's

You are so good at it, and everyone knows it.

"John" <> wrote in message
news0212A51-906F-4807-92D9-...
> Hi
>
> I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on
> my
> computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased
> performance,
> but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I
> need
> to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I
> need
> to reactivate my copy?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
> answer when searching the internet.
>
> Thanks


*Technically* - and I'm not that technnical - whether you will need to
reinstall the OS depends on the chipset types etc. etc. You can try popping
in the harddrive with the OS on it and see if it successfully picks it all
up and runs A-OK. THere are things you can do beforehand to increase the
likelihood of success. You increase your chance of success by setting your
computer to more generic basic drivers before attempting the transfer. Have
a look:

[Swapping your board without so much as a reinstall - arstechnica]
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/...4/m/1400925745

More reading:

[How to install a new motherboard without reinstalling Windows -
arstechnica]
http://arstechnica.com/journals/hard...alling-windows

I definitely would do a backup of data / documents / pictures / music and so
on. You might have a look at Windows Easy Transfer.

Most likely you will need to re-activate your copy. But you are completely
entitle to your copy (retail) so do not worry about that aspect.

Saucy

Yes, you keep thinking that your brain dead moron.

"Bink" <> wrote in message
news:46e6f68e$...
> No Sir
>
> the resident clown occupation is yours and Franky poo's
>
> You are so good at it, and everyone knows it.
>
>

Mommy let you out of school early to play on the computer?

Just FYI

"Bink" <> wrote in message
news:46e6f567$...
> you don't always have to reinstall...
>
> Vista is not XP
> depends on the hardware it had and the new one you are installing.
>
> Vista is more flexible to changes like that.. but more sensitive changes
> for activation.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Most likely you will have to reinstall Vista if you change your
>> motherboard and CPU. When you try and activate, you might get the
>> message that your copy is already in use. Just call the 800 number and
>> beg for activation again. Shouldn't be a problem. Just about 5 minutes
>> out of your life.
>>
>> It sucks to have to tell Microsoft you are not a criminal, but remember,
>> they rule the world!
>>
>>
>> "John" <> wrote in message
>> news0212A51-906F-4807-92D9-...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running
>>> on my
>>> computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased
>>> performance,
>>> but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I
>>> need
>>> to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I
>>> need
>>> to reactivate my copy?
>>>
>>> Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
>>> answer when searching the internet.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:52:04 -0700, John
<> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I currently have Vista Home Basic 32Bit Retail upgrade edition running on my
>computer. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU for increased performance,
>but I'm not sure how Vista will react to such a hardware upgrade. Will I need
>to reinstall my copy of Vista if I change the Motherboard? Also will I need
>to reactivate my copy?
>
>Any advice would be appreciated because I can't seem to get a definitive
>answer when searching the internet.
>
>Thanks

It's a crap shoot if or not Vista will nag about a new motherboard. If
I had to guess, I would say it will since Microsoft's activation
scheme is crap.

Since the new MB is likely to have newer and different features like a
different chipset and perhaps a different South Bridge at least with
also very likely different other support chips and maybe new SATA
support you didn't have before and maybe a totally different BIOS,
Vista probably won't load. If it does, you're really asking for
trouble since you may have a mismatch in drivers from who knows what.

This is one situation where a clean install is probably best.