I'm looking at upgrading my P4PE to a P4S800D-E motherboard. All other
hardware the same. Will I need to reload Windows XP (Pro, SP2) from
scratch (yuck) or will it allow me to update the chipset drivers (SiS vs.
Intel) during the first boot? Thanks.
First thing is to go into Safe Mode, bring up Device Mangler -- er,
Device Manager -- and change the drivers on the IDE controller to the
"standard" driver. Likewise for both primary and secondary channels.
If you have motherboard-specific drivers listed in your add/remove
programs list, go ahead and uninstall them as well. Once you're done,
you can shut down and do your motherboard swap.
And as has been said before, backup everything.
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