Thread: MOtherboard upgradation problem

After changing motherboards my system has problems in Windows.

If you have upgraded you main board to a latest board with a special structural design or chipset you will, at lowest, require to install the suitable drivers for the chipset.

Occasionally you might require to completely reinstalling the Operating System to regain a fully fast as well as stable system, but you must try installing/re-applying the chipset drivers first.

For Windows 2000 as well as XP your easiest result is to do a restore install. That process will identify the latest hardware, and erase the old drivers, and arrange the parts to work together.

In Win9x the easiest way to make a new board work is to:

1. you have to copy the new drivers to your hard drive before you modify motherboards, as the CDROM will not be available until the drivers for the new IDE controller are loaded.

2. And copy the Operating System directory (Win95, Win98) from the compact disk to a folder on your hard disk.

3. Enter into safe mode, and erase all the installed drivers from the control panel, and eliminate all devices from device manager.

4. And after that install the new motherboard

5. And Start the system, and when the new devices are detected, use the “browse” button to find the drivers/files you saved in steps 1 as well as 2.

Also be conscious that alteration in hardware can set an amplified demand on the power supply, which may or may not need a larger capacity unit.