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djmagnifique · 22-09-2011, 13:22

I replaced a faulty motherboard in my system about a year ago although with mine both boards used the same chipset (p43). Windows 7 just updated all the drivers to the ones required then all I had to do was reactivate windows over the phone, all in all took about 30 minutes from switching on and everything is still running well.

However I have also seen reports of windows refusing to work properly or at all after changing simular hardware so only thing to do really is to give it a try and see what happens.

22-09-2011, 13:22	#2
djmagnifique cf.geek Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Thornaby Age: 50 Services: XL tv with 2x V6 boxes, M phone, 350Mb broadband Posts: 806	Re: How does Windows 7 handle Motherboard and CPU replacement? I replaced a faulty motherboard in my system about a year ago although with mine both boards used the same chipset (p43). Windows 7 just updated all the drivers to the ones required then all I had to do was reactivate windows over the phone, all in all took about 30 minutes from switching on and everything is still running well. However I have also seen reports of windows refusing to work properly or at all after changing simular hardware so only thing to do really is to give it a try and see what happens.