crash or not?

gizmosmustang · February 19th, 2008

right now i'm living in the stone age i need to up grade my motherboard and processor just have one question if i go from socket 754 to socket AM2 will I need to crash my computer to get the current hard drive to work?

screwballl · February 19th, 2008

Anytime there is a major change such as motherboard or hard drive, the safest and best route is to always backup all your files to another drive, then format and reinstall windows in the new system.

Dread · February 19th, 2008

Crash your computer? Think we might be using the wrong word here.
Possibly meant to say 'format' your computer?

If so, not necessarily. I've successfully upgraded motherboards and processors in a system before while keeping the HDD and it's contents (including OS) intact. You'll need to uninstall all of the chipset, and on board equipment drivers prior to starting the upgrade. HIGHLY recommend
backing up any important files you may have on the off-chance it doesn't go as smoothly as one would wish.

gizmosmustang · February 19th, 2008

sorry about the word crash thats what we say here. anyway all my pictures and music along with document are in a different drive than my os and programs so the best thing to do is reinstall windows when I start the upgrade right

**simple_inhibition** · February 19th, 2008

a clean install of windows is what i recommend for a new build. as long as you have all your files and stuff on another hard drive, you should be fine.

screwballl · February 19th, 2008

Dread and some people have good luck doing what he mentioned but for the rest of us, to be safe and least number of problems, reinstalling windows is the best...

gizmosmustang · February 19th, 2008

alright i will be reinstalling windows when I start upgrading

screwballl · February 19th, 2008

most of the time you can have the board, cpu, memory and drive installed when you install windows, then once it is up and running with all updates, you can start installing the sound card and extra items

Digital-Storm · February 20th, 2008

Just so you understand what backup means. You cannot backup software that is currently installed. You must reinstall the software on the new operating system you install on the new hard drive for it to work properly with the new configuration of hardware. But this does not mean you cannot backup the files you saved from them, such as word documents, pictures, and other personal files.

gizmosmustang · February 26th, 2008

Well everything came in yesterday see sig for new config. but when I put everything in all I had to do was reactivate windows and everything works fine didn't have to format the drive or reinstall windows only thing I have to do now is get all the drivers installed and uninstall the ones I don't use it's about time i got on the dual core ban wagon and I'm telling you what I love it i have an hp with a x2 4000+ in it I use for general computing and this one blows it out of the water. on windows xp using the google side bar memory usage is only 25% CPU is hardly ever shown Core Temps States that the temps are 20 C on core 0 and 17 C on core 1. the case temp is always a constant 40 C

February 19th, 2008	#1
gizmosmustang Town Drunk Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 70	crash or not? right now i'm living in the stone age i need to up grade my motherboard and processor just have one question if i go from socket 754 to socket AM2 will I need to crash my computer to get the current hard drive to work? First Build CPU: AMD 64 x2 5000+ Board: Asus M2A-VM Memory: 2 GB G. SKill DDR2 800 Video Card: Asus X1550 HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB & Western Digital Caviar 80GB Case: Apevia X-Dreamer II Power Supply: 420W PSU Cooling: 4 80mm case fans 1 120mm case fan Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition

February 19th, 2008	#2
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: crash or not? Anytime there is a major change such as motherboard or hard drive, the safest and best route is to always backup all your files to another drive, then format and reinstall windows in the new system. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

February 19th, 2008	#3
Dread Jumpmaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lansing, KS Posts: 644	Re: crash or not? Crash your computer? Think we might be using the wrong word here. Possibly meant to say 'format' your computer? If so, not necessarily. I've successfully upgraded motherboards and processors in a system before while keeping the HDD and it's contents (including OS) intact. You'll need to uninstall all of the chipset, and on board equipment drivers prior to starting the upgrade. HIGHLY recommend backing up any important files you may have on the off-chance it doesn't go as smoothly as one would wish. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo @2211.3 MHz MS-7125 Rev 1.0 nForce4 K8N-Neo4 Plat Phoenix 6.00 PG 05/22/2006 BIOS 2 x OCZ4001024PF 1 GB PC3200/400 3-3-3-8 2T nVidia XFX GF8800GT 512 DX9c Samsung SyncMaster 930B 1 x WD800JB / 2 x WD2000JD HP DVD640 OCZ 520ADJ SLI PSU

February 19th, 2008	#4
gizmosmustang Town Drunk Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 70	Re: crash or not? sorry about the word crash thats what we say here. anyway all my pictures and music along with document are in a different drive than my os and programs so the best thing to do is reinstall windows when I start the upgrade right First Build CPU: AMD 64 x2 5000+ Board: Asus M2A-VM Memory: 2 GB G. SKill DDR2 800 Video Card: Asus X1550 HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB & Western Digital Caviar 80GB Case: Apevia X-Dreamer II Power Supply: 420W PSU Cooling: 4 80mm case fans 1 120mm case fan Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition

February 19th, 2008	#5
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,469 Blog Entries: 1	Re: crash or not? a clean install of windows is what i recommend for a new build. as long as you have all your files and stuff on another hard drive, you should be fine.

February 19th, 2008	#6
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: crash or not? Dread and some people have good luck doing what he mentioned but for the rest of us, to be safe and least number of problems, reinstalling windows is the best... Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

February 19th, 2008	#7
gizmosmustang Town Drunk Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 70	Re: crash or not? alright i will be reinstalling windows when I start upgrading First Build CPU: AMD 64 x2 5000+ Board: Asus M2A-VM Memory: 2 GB G. SKill DDR2 800 Video Card: Asus X1550 HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB & Western Digital Caviar 80GB Case: Apevia X-Dreamer II Power Supply: 420W PSU Cooling: 4 80mm case fans 1 120mm case fan Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition

February 19th, 2008	#8
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: crash or not? most of the time you can have the board, cpu, memory and drive installed when you install windows, then once it is up and running with all updates, you can start installing the sound card and extra items Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

February 20th, 2008	#9
Digital-Storm Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 27	Re: crash or not? Just so you understand what backup means. You cannot backup software that is currently installed. You must reinstall the software on the new operating system you install on the new hard drive for it to work properly with the new configuration of hardware. But this does not mean you cannot backup the files you saved from them, such as word documents, pictures, and other personal files.

February 26th, 2008	#10
gizmosmustang Town Drunk Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 70	Re: crash or not? Well everything came in yesterday see sig for new config. but when I put everything in all I had to do was reactivate windows and everything works fine didn't have to format the drive or reinstall windows only thing I have to do now is get all the drivers installed and uninstall the ones I don't use it's about time i got on the dual core ban wagon and I'm telling you what I love it i have an hp with a x2 4000+ in it I use for general computing and this one blows it out of the water. on windows xp using the google side bar memory usage is only 25% CPU is hardly ever shown Core Temps States that the temps are 20 C on core 0 and 17 C on core 1. the case temp is always a constant 40 C First Build CPU: AMD 64 x2 5000+ Board: Asus M2A-VM Memory: 2 GB G. SKill DDR2 800 Video Card: Asus X1550 HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB & Western Digital Caviar 80GB Case: Apevia X-Dreamer II Power Supply: 420W PSU Cooling: 4 80mm case fans 1 120mm case fan Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition

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