I do not wish to reinstall all of my software programs. Can I upgrade my motherboard and CPU to a dual processor system, maintaining my hard drives and without having to reinstall the software programs?
2007-01-06 22:34:44 · 7 answers · asked by coolcatcanada 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
No.
If you change the motherboard you must do a new installation.
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2007-01-06 22:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by jan 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Anyone's guess.... I've seen it work & I've seen it fail.
Very often it (XP) will redetect all the new hardware, & after many reboots all the new devices will be properly installed on the existing OS.
If it is an OEM licensed version of Windows it may refuse to boot with the new board altogether.
There is no 100% way of knowing for sure.
I would backup my files first & cross that bridge when I got to it.
regards,
Philip T
2007-01-06 22:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible, but on certain occations
I, personally, have done it.
moved from single cores to dual core using the same motherboard.
most compouters, if you bought them from a prebuilt company such as HP, Dell, or e-m@chines, will not let you do that because their parts are custom made.
If you ended up with a motherboard that COULD change cpus, then it is not difficult at all.
2007-01-06 23:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Eng 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
visit the cpu help website on your motherboard. it enable you comprehend what cpus your board can run and what bios you are able to desire to run them with. relies upon on what chipset the board has and how generally the producer updates the bios. some boards with the comparable chipsets with run duals jointly as others won't because of the fact the producer replaced into extra aggressive approximately updating the bios on their boards. do exactly no longer fall for that "If it suits it rather is going to paintings" BS. merely because of the fact a board has the interface the cpu has that does no longer mean it rather is going to run that cpu.
2016-11-27 01:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could try; depending on your OS whether this might work. XP might give you grief about it; most linuxes will most likely keep running smooth, windows 2000 might work.
2007-01-06 22:37:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its posible but its complicated
2007-01-06 22:36:47 · answer #6 · answered by gopish prasad 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it is not possible.
2007-01-06 22:37:38 · answer #7 · answered by khodadad_omid 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋