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December 15th, 2003 06:00
upgrading hardware (CPU w/wt mainboard) on xp
Hi all
I'm going to upgrade my cpu and / or change my mainboard on the same time.
I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with OEM-XP prof. and OEM-MS_office.
For several reasons I want to keep my current configuration, so this probably means to keep my harddisk.
So the questions are:
- If I only upgrade processor and bios, keeping the old dell-mainboard, will xp even notice the changings, or will i have to reinstall xp?
- What will happen when I change motherboard with new processor, keeping old hard-disk?
- Is there a possibility to reinstall xp over an old version with out loss of data and software already installed on system?
thanks you
steve
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ChrisRLG
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December 15th, 2003 07:00
If you download the bios upgrade (Software) from the download tab above this forum, you should be OK, if you change the chip (Hardware) itself you probably have problems. The CPU I would not expect to give a problem, a motherboard change, if the change was not to another Dell Motherboard, would give a problem.
But you would do better asking this in the bios board of your computer type rather than the software winXP board, the hardware experts don't offen come here.
swisstrain
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December 15th, 2003 07:00
what do you mean exactly, will xp not work any more when i upgrade my dell bios without any other changings? this seams strange to me...
and then, will xp "notice" if I change cpu, keeping the same motherboard?
ChrisRLG
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December 15th, 2003 07:00
WinXP might not even work with a bios chip change. The version of windows installed on Dells when purchased is 'tied' to the Dell Bios.
If a bios upgrade should work.
Message Edited by ChrisRLG on 12-15-2003 09:17 AM
ChrisRLG
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December 15th, 2003 08:00
Re licence change, that is possibly for retail versions, not for OEM, they are anly for the machine they were purchased with, where MS will draw the line of when a dif machine exists will be questionable, Dell would probably not support it.
But do ask in the hardware boards, my own speciallity is mainly malware removal, and they will know this better than me. Other windows experts will be arround later when the US wakes up, most with more knowledge of these issues than me, and may be able to advise more.
swisstrain
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December 15th, 2003 08:00
thank you, this seams to be at least an valuable information.
the hardware upgrade will not be a problem (after a bios update, it seams possible to install P4 3,06 Mhz CPU to dell 8200 motherboard), as far as I checked this for now.
But I'm just interested to know how xp will behave.
Steve
btw, I've got another information from another board, that it may be possible to change motherboard by contacting Microsoft anouncing it and asking for changing licence.