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| Jan 5th, 2005 07:09 PM | |
| executioneer |
lol that didnt mean anything
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| Jan 4th, 2005 12:31 PM | |
| whoreable | although ive never tried it, aparently if you remove the pci bus in safe mode then reboot with your new mb and proc it might work. |
| Jan 3rd, 2005 09:20 PM | |
| AChimp | I've swapped CPUs before without any problems. Just make sure that your motherboard will support the new speed. If you have a relatively new motherboard, too, there shouldn't be any jumper switching, either. |
| Jan 3rd, 2005 08:40 PM | |
| Alive |
Oh well, this way then. no you dont have to reformat. today's bios "auto-detect" at post -boot. so you would still be ready to go after windows detects your new toy(s) (motherboard/cpu ect..) have fun! |
| Jan 3rd, 2005 08:08 PM | |
| MetalMilitia |
For the purposes of this thread that would be exactly the same as just getting a new mobo and processor. oh, btw i shoudl have mentioned in my last post. When i put my new mobo in i didn't format but they where both nforce based boards and i dont think i had any drivers installed at the time. But it worked fine :/ |
| Jan 3rd, 2005 08:02 PM | |
| Alive | Just by a cpu/motherboard bundle, or what i like to do (and is cheaper than a whole new setup) buy a "bare bones" setup. cpu/motherboard/ram/3.5 drive/card reader (sometimes) and case. just add your hard drive/video card and plug your monitor/keyboard/mouse in and your ready to go with a new computer for (usualy) around $150-200 wheareas a cpu/motherboard combo would only set you back about a $100. |
| Jan 3rd, 2005 07:23 PM | |
| MetalMilitia | Not really. Well you *can* but its kind of dodgey because of motherboard drivers and whatnot. |
| Jan 3rd, 2005 07:20 PM | |
| Anonymous |
Upgrading I was thinking of getting a better processor for my PC. Is it possible to just switch out the processor and motherboard for new ones without having to reformat/reconfig/whatever? |
