Are there any caveats to the process, things I should watch out for, or possible performance issues that may be caused by old configuration files or leftover drivers? All help is greatly appreciated.
This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. In this case, you have to change the registry in the current working Windows before proceeding motherboard and CPU upgrade.
Click OK to go on. After modifying the registry, you can shut down your computer and then start installing a new motherboard and CPU. After that, your Windows OS should be able to boot normally. This method is quite helpful for replacing the motherboard and changing the CPU without a fresh install. Please remember to complete this method before you upgrade the motherboard and CPU.
Perhaps you have replaced your motherboard and CPU but forgot to change the registry beforehand, then Windows OS failed to boot. In this case, in addition to using MiniTool ShadowMaker to perform a universal restore mentioned in Operation 4 , you can choose to use an offline Registry Editor to modify the Windows Registry to upgrade motherboard and CPU without reinstalling Windows.
To do this, you are required to boot the non-working PC from a Windows 7 installation disc , and then start the following operations. Step 6: Choose Load Hive from the File menu to load the offline registry. Step 7: Go to the drive where Windows is installed and choose system file. Then click the Open button. Step After finishing the modifications, highlight Offline and choose Unload Hive from the File menu to write back the changes you have made to the offline Registry.
If you want to replace motherboard without reinstalling Windows 7 when it is dead, change the registry based on the actual situations. After you finish upgrading your motherboard and CPU, you may be required to reactivate Windows.
If your OS is Windows 7, there is nothing to worry about. Windows will most likely reactivate by itself. If it doesn't, call Microsoft for help. For Windows 10, Microsoft gives a help tutorial - Reactivating Windows 10 after a hardware change.
Alternatively, you can reactivate it by following the tips. For example: If you installed Windows 10 OEM from a "system builder dvd" onto an older system and then decided to replace it with a brand new motherboard and CPU, then you have to buy Windows 10 for that new motherboard and CPU. In some cases, if you replace the motherboard with the exact same model and hardware revision as the previous motherboard if your computer was struck by lightning, for example , you may not need a license, but this is a craps shoot.
If you purchased a full retail version of Windows 7 or 8 on DVD and you upgraded to Windows 10, then your Windows 10 is still considered a full retail version. However, you will still need to reinstall Windows clean because the old Windows installation likely won't work on the new hardware I'll explain more about that below.
In this case, you will most likely have to activate Windows over the phone by calling Microsoft and tell them you've upgraded your motherboard. When this happens, your activation code on your old system is revoked and becomes invalid; Microsoft will then provide you with a new activation code for the new system. Also, your license may be invalid for reasons I've clearly outlined above.
You might be able to get away with booting from your old Windows installation, but chances are it will: fail, not boot at all, won't be stable, or it will produce strange error messages.
That's because each installation of Windows is unique to the computer it's being installed on and contains specific drivers and hardware settings for that computer. If you change the motherboard, then all of those settings are no longer valid. There are programs such as Acronis True Image which has "Acronis Universal Restore", which allows you to transfer your operating system onto a new machine with dissimilar hardware, but the process is somewhat complicated and not guaranteed to work.
You will then need to reinstall all your programs on the new system. If you need help with this , I can assist using remote desktop support - described next. Viewed 29k times. I am not upgrading the CPU, just the motherboard. Improve this question.
Andrea Corbellini Nick Bailuc Nick Bailuc 3, 12 12 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 67 67 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. HOWEVER, you may need to go through and update some things afterwards: First, your drivers for your graphics card if an integrated card will need updated.
This is to make sure you have the right grahpics drivers for your graphics card. Network settings for the ethernet adapter, if it's integrated, may need to be changed. If your network and ethernet settings require to be set up statically, you may need to update your settings after changing the motherboard, because the ethernet card might get a new identifier like eth1 instead of eth0 or something.
Drivers for any peripheral devices in expansion slots. If your motherboard has slots on it which have additional devices such as a separate graphics card, wireless adapter card, etc. Especially if there's new items installed. Improve this answer. Still don't understood.. Looks like is always better switch video driver temporary to open-source, but not sure about another..
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