chaos945
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- 10 Feb 2003
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So I am very happy with Windows 7. I switched my old "data server" box from XP to 7 and my newer laptop from Vista to 7 and as stated am very pleased with the entire package in general.
I replaced a motherboard on a customer's computer, due to blown caps. I ordered a replacement motherboard with the same socket, 775. So to be straight that is: new RAM (the old MB only had DDR slots) and new motherboard.
I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on this system before the new parts so I knew it was in decent shape. Back when XP came out, heck even with 95, 98, ME, I attempted to reuse a Windows installation after changing hardware drastically. I know it is possible, and yes, you could do a bunch of monkeying to get it to work, but no... its not worth the hassle.
That being said I figured I'd give it a shot and see how Windows 7 would handle a new motherboard (and RAM). To my surprise the system booted up just fine! I thought a blue screen maybe, or errors, or missing drivers, or hell springing forth from Redmond. But no! I checked the hardware manager and only the ACPI drivers were missing. I humped over to grab them and everything looks A-O-K.
I've seen reports of more drastic hardware changes like multi/single core CPU changes, motherboard with new socket, etc. But this is pretty great I have to say.
I replaced a motherboard on a customer's computer, due to blown caps. I ordered a replacement motherboard with the same socket, 775. So to be straight that is: new RAM (the old MB only had DDR slots) and new motherboard.
I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on this system before the new parts so I knew it was in decent shape. Back when XP came out, heck even with 95, 98, ME, I attempted to reuse a Windows installation after changing hardware drastically. I know it is possible, and yes, you could do a bunch of monkeying to get it to work, but no... its not worth the hassle.
That being said I figured I'd give it a shot and see how Windows 7 would handle a new motherboard (and RAM). To my surprise the system booted up just fine! I thought a blue screen maybe, or errors, or missing drivers, or hell springing forth from Redmond. But no! I checked the hardware manager and only the ACPI drivers were missing. I humped over to grab them and everything looks A-O-K.
I've seen reports of more drastic hardware changes like multi/single core CPU changes, motherboard with new socket, etc. But this is pretty great I have to say.
