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Title: My first Vista gripe Post by: thrun on December 15, 2008, 01:15:07 PM I lost my mother board this weekend, and I replaced it with the same model minus the SLI since I never used it anyways. So it wasn't exactly the same model, but close enough. When I booted it blue screened and I had to reinstall.
I didn’t lose anything since I am good about back ups, but I was a little disappointed because I recall XP handling motherboard swamps like a champ. Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: Snackcakes on December 15, 2008, 01:51:59 PM prob just a driver issue with the new motherboard.
Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: Kith on December 15, 2008, 04:00:28 PM Did you use the 'repair' utility on the Vista install disc? That little gem is one of the best things about Vista -- can save a ton of time and aggravation on little issues like this.
Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: thrun on December 15, 2008, 04:18:51 PM I didn't see it when I booted off the disk I have, it went straight in to the install. I probably clicked through things to fast and missed it. Either that or I am going to blame it on being one of those P.O.S. "restore disks"
I guess I was just expecting it to boot, load the new drivers and give me a little guff but not too much. I seem to recall throwing a new board in with XP with no regard to manufacturer or drivers and having it work in the end so I was kinda hoping vista would have been better about it. Could have just been luck of the draw though. Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: Jim Tressel on December 15, 2008, 04:37:55 PM If it was a different model motherboard at all, this doesn't surprise me. The HAL might have been a little too different for it to boot.
Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: Hawkes on December 15, 2008, 09:49:26 PM The most important question is, did they two motherboards share the same chipset? If not, that's the reason why.
T Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: thrun on December 16, 2008, 03:55:00 AM The most important question is, did they two motherboards share the same chipset? If not, that's the reason why. T Same manufacture and model number, one was just the SLI version. I guess that doesn't mean 100% but jeebus. WAA WAA I like complaining. Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: Phat31198 on December 16, 2008, 04:19:06 AM I just went from the Asus P5wd2 Premium to an Asus P5q Premium
Did windows xp repair install and bam Im up again no probelms I don't understand how Vista doesn't have this Feature http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/p5wd2/ to http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/p5q_prem/ And I went from 65 degrees c idle to 24 degree c idle 16 phase is a DREAM Same CPU too But im getting the q6600 next paycheck -_- Title: Re: My first Vista gripe Post by: Aldoran on December 16, 2008, 11:51:32 AM I've always had to reinstall XP when motherboard swapping. I only recall one time when I did not, and that was when my replacement had the same chipset as the last one.
XP and Vista still use the old NT HAL system, which speeds up hardware-software interaction but often shits itself when changing hardware. Generally, I recommend a fresh install on any PC that you make a radicl hardware change on. It's just good practice. Lock: You got a 41 degree drop? Just read the reviews, and that is one hell of a cool board. (pun definitely intended) |