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OvenMaster · 04-06-2008, 05:28 AM

I replaced my old FIC mobo with VIA chipset and Athlon XP processor with a Biostar... again with a VIA chipset and an Athlon 64 X2. When I booted into XP, all I had to do was
*reinstall my soundcard drivers
*reinstall my LAN drivers
*reactivate XP.

If you're going to stay with the same chipset and processor makers, you just might have a half a chance of not having to reinstall XP.

Tom

04-06-2008, 05:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Red Sox Nation Age: 49 Posts: 1,991	I replaced my old FIC mobo with VIA chipset and Athlon XP processor with a Biostar... again with a VIA chipset and an Athlon 64 X2. When I booted into XP, all I had to do was reinstall my soundcard drivers reinstall my LAN drivers reactivate XP. If you're going to stay with the same chipset and processor makers, you just might have a half a chance of not having to reinstall XP. Tom __________________ Frankenbox III: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 * RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667 HDD: WD 80GB Master, Seagate 320GB Slave * OPT: two Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners PSU: Antec Basiq 500W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: EvTek minitower * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * OS: XP Home SP2 * ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41