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after the install of the MB boot with XP CD and do a repair install
from the console "maurice" wrote in message u... I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte ga7n400, with another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a reinstall of XP. Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight budget (and a very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte nforce chipset board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can find no info on beyond it uses mcp and spp. I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia soundstorm chip) but hopefully this wont be a terminal problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce chipset I'm most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide drives etc would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past history of this job has any bearing then I'm screwed! any thoughts on these issues much appreciated cheers Maurice |
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nvidia mainboard swap
I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte ga7n400, with
another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a reinstall of XP. Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight budget (and a very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte nforce chipset board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can find no info on beyond it uses mcp and spp. I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia soundstorm chip) but hopefully this wont be a terminal problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce chipset I'm most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide drives etc would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past history of this job has any bearing then I'm screwed! any thoughts on these issues much appreciated cheers Maurice |
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Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME MOTHERBOARD,
including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat the harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS. -- DaveW "maurice" wrote in message u... I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte ga7n400, with another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a reinstall of XP. Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight budget (and a very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte nforce chipset board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can find no info on beyond it uses mcp and spp. I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia soundstorm chip) but hopefully this wont be a terminal problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce chipset I'm most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide drives etc would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past history of this job has any bearing then I'm screwed! any thoughts on these issues much appreciated cheers Maurice |
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DaveW wrote:
Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME MOTHERBOARD, including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat the harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS. I do upgrade/repair swaps of comPLETEly different motherboards all the time with no problems whatsoever. |
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"maurice" wrote in message u... Ok, two very different opinions here, JAD "1. after the install of the MB boot with XP CD and do a repair install from the console" DaveW "2. Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME MOTHERBOARD, including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat the harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS" Dave, have you had first hand experience with swapping identical chipset boards and having to reformat. Do you have reason to believe the repair console wont work? I normally would reformat but the client has had some custom software installed which will need to be reconfigured by the vendor if I have to reinstall the OS. Anybody else had good or bad luck with either of these scenarios? I had to do much the same recently when an Asus A7N8X stopped working on a Saturday evening - I had an Abit NF7 available, so swapped the components over and rebooted, started Windows (XP Home) in Safe Mode, went to Device Manager, removed everything it would allow, ignoring the requests to reboot until I'd finished, then rebooted properly and allowed Windows to re-detect all it needed. I don't recall it asking for the installation disk, it just sorted itself out and has been fine since (about 3/4 weeks). I did have to re-activate Windows due to the hardware changes but that wasn't a problem. HTH Martin |
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Ok, two very different opinions here,
JAD "1. after the install of the MB boot with XP CD and do a repair install from the console" DaveW "2. Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME MOTHERBOARD, including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat the harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS" Dave, have you had first hand experience with swapping identical chipset boards and having to reformat. Do you have reason to believe the repair console wont work? I normally would reformat but the client has had some custom software installed which will need to be reconfigured by the vendor if I have to reinstall the OS. Anybody else had good or bad luck with either of these scenarios? thanks "maurice" wrote in message u... I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte ga7n400, with another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a reinstall of XP. Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight budget (and a very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte nforce chipset board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can find no info on beyond it uses mcp and spp. I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia soundstorm chip) but hopefully this wont be a terminal problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce chipset I'm most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide drives etc would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past history of this job has any bearing then I'm screwed! any thoughts on these issues much appreciated cheers Maurice |
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maurice wrote:
Ok, two very different opinions here, JAD "1. after the install of the MB boot with XP CD and do a repair install from the console" You dont want to go into the console. Just put the hardware together, and boot from the XP cdrom. Keep going through the stages as if you were going to do a new install. Eventually you'll be asked if you want to reinstall or repair (not the same as console), and this is what you want. If you miss it, do NOT format anything :-) DaveW "2. Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME MOTHERBOARD, including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat the harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS" Dave is talking out of his arse, this is not the only way. Dave, have you had first hand experience with swapping identical chipset boards and having to reformat. Do you have reason to believe the repair console wont work? I normally would reformat but the client has had some custom software installed which will need to be reconfigured by the vendor if I have to reinstall the OS. Anybody else had good or bad luck with either of these scenarios? I've done both, both work. thanks "maurice" wrote in message .au... I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte ga7n400, with another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a reinstall of XP. Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight budget (and a very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte nforce chipset board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can find no info on beyond it uses mcp and spp. I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia soundstorm chip) but hopefully this wont be a terminal problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce chipset I'm most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide drives etc would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past history of this job has any bearing then I'm screwed! any thoughts on these issues much appreciated cheers Maurice -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what you
do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have you looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines, curious is all. "spodosaurus" wrote in message ... maurice wrote: Ok, two very different opinions here, JAD "1. after the install of the MB boot with XP CD and do a repair install from the console" You dont want to go into the console. Just put the hardware together, and boot from the XP cdrom. Keep going through the stages as if you were going to do a new install. Eventually you'll be asked if you want to reinstall or repair (not the same as console), and this is what you want. If you miss it, do NOT format anything :-) DaveW "2. Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME MOTHERBOARD, including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat the harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS" Dave is talking out of his arse, this is not the only way. Dave, have you had first hand experience with swapping identical chipset boards and having to reformat. Do you have reason to believe the repair console wont work? I normally would reformat but the client has had some custom software installed which will need to be reconfigured by the vendor if I have to reinstall the OS. Anybody else had good or bad luck with either of these scenarios? I've done both, both work. thanks "maurice" wrote in message .au... I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte ga7n400, with another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a reinstall of XP. Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight budget (and a very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte nforce chipset board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can find no info on beyond it uses mcp and spp. I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia soundstorm chip) but hopefully this wont be a terminal problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce chipset I'm most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide drives etc would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past history of this job has any bearing then I'm screwed! any thoughts on these issues much appreciated cheers Maurice -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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JAD wrote:
the 'proper' way is to use the console....... Using 'the console' is the 'proper' way to do WHAT? not to say that what you do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have you looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines, curious is all. "spodosaurus" wrote in message ... maurice wrote: Ok, two very different opinions here, JAD "1. after the install of the MB boot with XP CD and do a repair install from the console" You dont want to go into the console. Just put the hardware together, and boot from the XP cdrom. Keep going through the stages as if you were going to do a new install. Eventually you'll be asked if you want to reinstall or repair (not the same as console), and this is what you want. If you miss it, do NOT format anything :-) DaveW "2. Unless you replace the motherboard with the EXACT SAME MOTHERBOARD, including version, etc., you'll be hosed if you don not reformat the harddrive and do a CLEAN install of the OS" Dave is talking out of his arse, this is not the only way. Dave, have you had first hand experience with swapping identical chipset boards and having to reformat. Do you have reason to believe the repair console wont work? I normally would reformat but the client has had some custom software installed which will need to be reconfigured by the vendor if I have to reinstall the OS. Anybody else had good or bad luck with either of these scenarios? I've done both, both work. thanks "maurice" wrote in message om.au... I have have to replace a nvidia chipset mainboard a gigabyte ga7n400, with another mainboard but really dont want to have to do a reinstall of XP. Ideally Id replace with the same model but its a very tight budget (and a very long story!) so I was looking at using another Gigabyte nforce chipset board either the ga7n400L or a new model ga7nf-rz which I can find no info on beyond it uses mcp and spp. I know the sound will be different(the pro uses the nvidia soundstorm chip) but hopefully this wont be a terminal problem, its differences in the different flavors of the nforce chipset I'm most concerned about. I was hoping that the core logic for ide drives etc would be close enough not to cause a problem but if the past history of this job has any bearing then I'm screwed! any thoughts on these issues much appreciated cheers Maurice -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:30:31 -0700 To confuse Arrogance with
Confidence is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and then "JAD" wrote : the 'proper' way is to use the console.......not to say that what you do doesn't work. Question: after doing the install your way, have you looked over the boot log? is it without 'failed to load' lines, curious is all. Read here Jad, http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm The console sucks. -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html remove obvious to reply Free songs to download and,"BURN" :O) http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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