Q: I have a box w / a T-bird in it and I just want the motherboard and CPU (and memory) to an AMD 64 proc to replace. Is there anything else I might need?
That replaced and what changes do I need to apply for to make my OS configurations. I have 2 HDDs, dual boot win2k and Debian.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I did the exact same upgrade about 2 months ago. I got a new mobo, chip, and ram and kept everything else the same. I had w2k on there and had to do a clean install since it wouldn't boot with the new chip. I tried it first without removing any drivers then after removing pretty much everything but no dice. Actually, since I upgraded I've been running 64 bit linux about 90% of the time and boot up windows just for games now, so a clean instal was probably a good thing.
After you got your win2k install up what did your CPU get recognized as?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Generally, switching out a motherboard will require a re-installation of Windows as well. I think I have read a tutorial somewhere detailing how you can switch motherboards and not have to re-install but it involved too much tinkering with the OS for my tastes.
Yep! The OP will probably save himself a lot of time and work, by just reinstalling.
If he has XP, there is the option to *try* a 'repair' install.
Lot's of things are changed going from a T-bird to A64. The OS needs to reflect this.
The sheduler needs to save off new added registers. Add support for 3DNow+ (the extensions) and SSE2, etc.
Then there's all the changes to the mobo too, just reinstall…
Edit: Actually, it may be an early version of XP might not fully recognize A64 either. Update Windows fully before installing drivers.
Re:That sounds exactly like my setup. I didn't think I'd run into any problems on linux and I was hoping so after getting oracle installed. My win2k partition is for dawn of war right now.
I'm still on 266 DDR; this machine is about 3 years old.
Re:I did the exact same upgrade about 2 months ago. I got a new mobo, chip, and ram and kept everything else the same. I had w2k on there and had to do a clean install since it wouldn't boot with the new chip. I tried it first without removing any drivers then after removing pretty much everything but no dice. Actually, since I upgraded I've been running 64 bit linux about 90% of the time and boot up windows just for games now, so a clean instal was probably a good thing.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
What kind of memory do you have? If you aren't using PC3200 DDR, you'll need to upgrade that as well.
As long as its atleast PC2100 it will work. I used some cheap DDR266 for months befor I got my decent memory.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
You mean you can't just remove everything out of the device manager?
LOL
Re:You mean you can't just remove everything out of the device manager?
Re:Generally, switching out a motherboard will require a re-installation of Windows as well. I think I have read a tutorial somewhere detailing how you can switch motherboards and not have to re-install but it involved too much tinkering with the OS for my tastes.
Re:What kind of memory do you have? If you aren't using PC3200 DDR, you'll need to upgrade that as well.
Re:I'll need a new power supply, too I bet.
Re:Just remove any chipset drivers befor changing the MB.
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