change mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?

If I change my mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?

Contemplating getting a new mobo and some form of dual-core type processor.
Will XP need to be re-installed or will it just need the install of the new
chipset drivers? And will it detect and automatically use the dual-core cpu?

tia!

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ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
XP Pro SP 2++++

Plan on spending the time reinstalling xp...

"Kris" wrote:

> If I change my mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?
>
> Contemplating getting a new mobo and some form of dual-core type processor.
> Will XP need to be re-installed or will it just need the install of the new
> chipset drivers? And will it detect and automatically use the dual-core cpu?
>
> tia!
>
> --
> -Kris
> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
> XP Pro SP 2++++
>

"Kris" <a@b.net> wrote:

>If I change my mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?

You'll pretty surely have to do a repair install. That will detect the
new mobo and the fact that you're using a dual-core processor instead
of a single processor and make the necessary adjustments.

> And will it detect and automatically use the dual-core cpu?

XP (including XP Home) will handle your dual-core processor just fine.
As I said above, you'll need to do a repair install to get it to look
around and figure out the new hardware.

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Likely a Repair Install will be needed, see link.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Kris wrote:

> If I change my mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?
>
> Contemplating getting a new mobo and some form of dual-core type processor.
> Will XP need to be re-installed or will it just need the install of the new
> chipset drivers? And will it detect and automatically use the dual-core cpu?
>
> tia!
>

Thanks all!!!!!!!

And thanks for the GREAT link!!!!!!! I use a slipstreamed CD with SP1 and 2
so that will make it easier.

THANKS!!!!!!!
Kristi

On 10/11/2007 9:13:14 AM, Bob I wrote:
> Likely a Repair Install will be needed, see link.
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> Kris wrote:
>
>> If I change my mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?
>>
>> Contemplating getting a new mobo and some form of dual-core type processor.
>> Will XP need to be re-installed or will it just need the install of the new
>> chipset drivers? And will it detect and automatically use the dual-core cpu?
>>
>> tia!
>>
>
>


--
-Kris
ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
XP Pro SP 2++++

Kris wrote:
> If I change my mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?
>
> Contemplating getting a new mobo and some form of dual-core type processor.
> Will XP need to be re-installed or will it just need the install of the new
> chipset drivers? And will it detect and automatically use the dual-core cpu?
>
> tia!
>


Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are
*not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting),
unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same
IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP
installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair
(a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than
120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.



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On 10/11/2007 9:06:02 PM, Bruce Chambers wrote:
> Kris wrote:
>> If I change my mobo to dual-core - XP need to be re-installed?
>>
>> Contemplating getting a new mobo and some form of dual-core type processor.
>> Will XP need to be re-installed or will it just need the install of the new
>> chipset drivers? And will it detect and automatically use the dual-core cpu?
>>
>> tia!
>>
>
>
> Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM
> installations are BIOS-locked to a specific chipset and therefore are
> *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting),
> unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same
> IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP
> installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair
> (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least:
>
> How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341
>
> Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with WinXP Installed
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
>
> The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
> licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
> You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
> you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
> Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
> foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
> is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
> old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
> "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
> reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
> than the Win9x group.
>
> As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
> important data before starting.
>
> This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
> Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than
> 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
> likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's
> been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.
>
>
>

Thanks Bruce. As mentioned previously, I will back everything up and then try
an XP Repair Install and if that doesn't go then I'll simply do a normal
install. I always assume the 5 minute phone call as this cd and key has seen
about 3 different mobos and a bunch of different HDs as I have upgraded over
the years that I've had it. It is a non-specific-hardware hologram OEM
version with license. This box is my toy and I constantly change it. It is my
only toy which is why the poor thing gets all my attention. Thank goodness it
does not bug me for vid card changes. And in fact when I went from IDE to
SATA, cloned via Acronis, as I recall, I got nary a whisper as it was on the
same mobo. Yeah, I'm strictly legal. Fear not. Life's too short.

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-Kris
ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
XP Pro SP 2++++