eetaylog Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 If i want to replace my motherboard and processor, is it a straight forward swap for all my HDD's (1 x OS hdd and 2 x media storage discs) onto the new mobo, or is there an issue with using a different motherboard other than the one the OS was first loaded with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Depends on the O/S. Windows can be a PITA if you change the storage controller. There are a few ways round it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Depends on the O/S. Windows can be a PITA if you change the storage controller. There are a few ways round it though. Win7. Currently have gigabyte mobo with AMD X2 cpu. Want to switch to intel core2duo or i3. Not fussed about the motherboard as long as it's solid, with 4 memory slots, 2 PCIe slots and a decent BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) There's some tool you can get which blitz's the storage controller settings before you change mobo. Basically it means it'll re-detect the new controller on next boot instead of BSOD'ing. Get it here: http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/...ws/MergeIDE.zip Edited September 22, 2011 by Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caled Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Easiest way? Just reinstall the OS on the OS hdd after you've replaced the mobo and CPU, the media hdds should be fine (as long as you dont accidentally format them or anything) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Easiest way? Just reinstall the OS on the OS hdd after you've replaced the mobo and CPU, the media hdds should be fine (as long as you dont accidentally format them or anything) Wanted to try and avoid it because ive got all my mediacentre GUI settings on the OS partition and i dont really fancy setting them all up again if i can just plug and play. There's some tool you can get which blitz's the storage controller settings before you change mobo. Basically it means it'll re-detect the new controller on next boot instead of BSOD'ing. Get it here: http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/...ws/MergeIDE.zip Cheers stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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