new mb

[Ext User(Matt)]

spodosaurus wrote:
> David Maynard wrote:
>
>> DaveW wrote:
>>
>>> If you change the motherboard in a Windows OS computer system, then
>>> you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS.
>>> Otherwise you will get nasty Registry errors and data corruption.
>>>
>>
>> Why do you insist on repeating this falsehood over and over?
>>
>
> OCD? heh
>

But he is not obsessed with the replies that deny his claim---he never
responds.

[Ext User(Ruel Smith)]

Paul Isaacs wrote:

> My Antec 430w should do the trick. If not a friend has a 480w that I can
> get. I also should have indicated more clearly that I want to use my old
> hd without reinstalling WindowsXP and all my software and settings. Will
> that be ok?

I think Plug and Play should be able to detect your new board and onboard
stuff. However, I'd personally prefer to make everything fresh with a clean
install. That way, you won't have some files laying around somewhere or
some obsolete registry entries. I just like to have a clean system so that
there's less likelihood of problems.

BTW, any PSU by Antec with at least 300 watts of juice should satisfy your
system. That 430 watt PSU should handle just about any board+CPU+video card
combo you want to throw at it, and a slew of drives with it.


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[Ext User(Ruel Smith)]

Paul Isaacs wrote:

> My Antec 430w should do the trick. If not a friend has a 480w that I can
> get. I also should have indicated more clearly that I want to use my old
> hd without reinstalling WindowsXP and all my software and settings. Will
> that be ok?

I think Plug and Play should be able to detect your new board and onboard
stuff. However, I'd personally prefer to make everything fresh with a clean
install. That way, you won't have some files laying around somewhere or
some obsolete registry entries. I just like to have a clean system so that
there's less likelihood of problems.

BTW, any PSU by Antec with at least 300 watts of juice should satisfy your
system. That 430 watt PSU should handle just about any board+CPU+video card
combo you want to throw at it, and a slew of drives with it.


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Registered Linux user #378193