I guess I missed the real question with my previous post. It should work=20
to change the motherboard, just be sure the new one is set up for the=20
same HSS/Optical drives interface, either IDE or Sata. These SATA=20
motherboards many times don't have any or maybe 1 IDE port. Also ensure=20
the appropriate number of slots (PCI, PCI-E (16)) and other connectors=20
(Serial, Parallel, etc.) are available. For most of those you can get=20
USB convertors, but that's more hassle again. Probably good idea to load=20
new board drivers before doing the switch. Unless going for more memory=20
or faster CPU (significantly more), though, my other message of figuring=20
out why it is slow should be first. If it ran fast enough to begin with=20
and if there is no new software that is a hog of resources, I would tend=20
to stick with the old.
On 1/30/13 2:32 AM, Luis Moreira wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> My main PC at home, which is about four years old and running windows 7, =
is
> slowly developing faults as time goes by and I think it is time to get a
> new motherboard for it.
> My question is, if I fit a new mother board with probably new processor a=
nd
> memory do I have to do a clean installation of windows7. I really don't
> want to do that...
> Thanks.
> Best Regards
>                      Luis

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