Re: adding a new motherboard




"[ste parker]" <imaginey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Julian 'Penny for the guy' Hales wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > Now it may look like i cant get a mobo to accept my XP2000 so will have
to
> > buy a new one for a Sempron 2500 i have lying around.
> >
> > Im wondering that should i try to remove the 4 in 1, sound etc drivers
if i
> > can, as my hd is sat in a almost same spec system but with that shutting
> > down problem.
> >
>
> What shutting down problem?

where it suddenly goes dead, but enough power is left to power the hd,
optical drives yet shuts down monitor etc. people have said its the mobos
failing, one has totally.

>
>
> > Never done this before, i cant really format and fresh install, hell i
would
> > really like too, as it has ME on, damn nasty operating system but what
> > should i do to get the minimum of problems?
> >
>
> All I ever did on 95/98/ME was just remove any motherboard specific
> drivers, remove the old motherboard and put the new one in. It's
> slightly more complicated under XP, but seeing as you're not doing that
> there's no point going into it here!
>

i thought it was as simple as that, i just wonderd if there were any snags.

> --
> [ste]
> "Throw me your matches 'cause I like to burn stuff"


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