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Old 22-09-2011, 14:43   #7
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Re: How does Windows 7 handle Motherboard and CPU replacement?

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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
It simple will not work. The HAL will crash and as win7 doesn't have the same repair option as found on XP but instead you have to run it from within windows there's simply no way of correcting it without a full rebuild.

I did this myself recently and was going from one nvidia chipset motherboard to another (same chipset just different revision) and the HAL fell over on me.
Is that when using an OEM version of Win7, or with a retail version as well.
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