Re: Motherboard Swap???
Trey Gruel <[email protected]>
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first time i made an upgrade like that, i tried to go without a full re-install of windows.. bad move.. not only was i getting bsods all the time, it actually managed to corrupt some of the data on the disks (i'm guessing conflicts with the ide drivers). with the last upgrade, i didn't boot into windows for so long afterward, that i had almost forgotten whether i had re-installed it or not. i did notice the startup times, however. before the upgrade (p3-500) win98se would take about 30-45 seconds to go from 'starting windows' to having the stupid login box. after the upgrade (xp1800+) it took about 5 minutes.. that kinda clued me in that i hadn't done the re-inst. only made me reboot about a dozen times before i could start saving off data to do the re-inst.. :) David Parker wrote: > I actually made the exact same switch just the other day, moving from an old P3 500 to an Athlon XP 1800+. Booted into Linux, kudzu reconfigured a few things, and I was all set to go. I booted into Windows, and immediately needed two CD's and God-only-knows how many driver disks. About 20 reboots later it's *almost* done complaining about the hardware changes. Almost. :) > > - Dave -- Trey Gruel [email protected] 703-713-1640 x320