   WinXP Home + New chipset
  So, I'm thinking of upgrading my CPU and mobo. TO what i'm not sure, but suffice to say, it'll be a different chipset to what I have now (nVidia nForce 2). So, if any of my past experiance shows anything, XP ties itself to the chipset, and dies if you put anything else in. I've heard reports that it is possible to keep the current winXP installation with a new chipset. I haven't looked on google, as I don't want to have false information off the start. So can anyone shed any light on this? Does it work? If so, does it work well? Reliably? etc...Cheers   
  I don't think it should be a problem. When you put the new CPU/mobo in all you should need to do is install the new chipset/audio/network/etc...  drivers that came with your new mobo and then uninstall the old ones.   ;  I had no luck, wouldn't even boot in when I changed my mobo, I did the stupid thing and reformatted, apparently you just boot from the XP cd and repair installation.   ;Quote:Original post by Richy2kI had no luck, wouldn't even boot in when I changed my mobo, I did the stupid thing and reformatted, apparently you just boot from the XP cd and repair installation.Not quite so stupid. When you change something like that it's probably good to install windows on a clean slate anyhow. We all know how retarded windows is. On another note... it's probably good to reinstall windows on a clean slate every 2 months or so.   ;Quote:Original post by curtmax_0Quote:Original post by Richy2kI had no luck, wouldn't even boot in when I changed my mobo, I did the stupid thing and reformatted, apparently you just boot from the XP cd and repair installation.Not quite so stupid. When you change something like that it's probably good to install windows on a clean slate anyhow. We all know how retarded windows is. On another note... it's probably good to reinstall windows on a clean slate every 2 months or so.Except if you're a Microsoft Windows programmer. Studio only installs so many times before you have to call up Microsoft.. that's just annoying :/   ;  You guys should learn to love Norton Ghost, or similar products.   ;  Love a crappy product like Ghost isn't the question here. Repair installation has never worked for me, i just get the BSOD (XP equivalent) on boot. I don't really want to reinstall my OS, its just gotten how I like it, and i've stayed on top of everything, and it still runs damn nice (as nice as WinXp will ever run O.o). So can I keep the OS install yet still change mobo/CPU?   