guidance needed for new MB install

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Trying a new MB and not sure of sequence. Pulling an ECS k7s5a and installing
a PC Chips M810L (which is sitting here and known good). Computer keeps
freezing and have tried every thing else. Do I need to format my existing
hard drive or can I leave it and add new drivers? If i can leave it do i need
to remove old drivers first? What would be the drivers needed to be changed
besides the obvious like on board lan, video and sound.
 
Phil said:
Trying a new MB and not sure of sequence. Pulling an ECS k7s5a and
installing
a PC Chips M810L (which is sitting here and known good). Computer keeps
freezing and have tried every thing else. Do I need to format my existing
hard drive or can I leave it and add new drivers? If i can leave it do i
need
to remove old drivers first? What would be the drivers needed to be
changed
besides the obvious like on board lan, video and sound.
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How to Install a Motherboard:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/145

Steve
 
Hi Steve, thanks for the info. The article didn't address the issues of
existing info on hard drive and if i need to format it.
 
You will probably need to do a repair install. Make sure you have a CD
slipstreamed to the same service pack level as the Windows currently
installed. If you are using a RAID controller or SATA hard drives you may
need to have the drivers ready on a floppy disk for use during the repair.
Here are the steps in greatly simplified form.

1) Install new motherboard
2) Do not boot to Windows
3) Boot from XP CD and perform repair install
4) Boot to Windows
5) Install drivers from new motherboard CD
6) Install drivers for any other hardware that may need updating.

Here are some links to help you.

Download SP2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Create a slipstreamed CD

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_create_a_slipstream_cd.htm

How to perform a repair install

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;315341

If the new motherboard uses the same chipset family (i.e. they are both VIA
or both Intel etc.) then you may not have to do the repair install. I
recommend you follow the above procedure anyway. I have seen some cases
where not doing a repair install led to problems down the road.
 
Phil said:
Trying a new MB and not sure of sequence. Pulling an ECS k7s5a and installing
a PC Chips M810L (which is sitting here and known good). Computer keeps
freezing and have tried every thing else. Do I need to format my existing
hard drive or can I leave it and add new drivers? If i can leave it do i need
to remove old drivers first? What would be the drivers needed to be changed
besides the obvious like on board lan, video and sound.
Click to expand...


Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore *not*
transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting), unless
the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE
controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP
installation was originally performed, 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

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really: You've pulled the proverbial
hardware rug out from under the OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the
rug analogy, think of it as picking up a Cape Cod style home and then
setting it down onto a Ranch style foundation. It just isn't going to
fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as
Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you
throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific
hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP
OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group.



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