superhero Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 I buy a 2nd hand motherboard to replace my current motherboard. They are the same model. My question is whether I need to reinstall the driver for my video card, sound card, etc? Moreover, I will put another 512MB ram into the motherboard, do I need to change any BIOS setting?? Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Nope all should be fine, modern motherboards don't need you to tell them how much ram they have, or change any thing when you add more. Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 My question is whether I need to reinstall the driver for my video card, sound card, etc? Probably not, but it's a good idea to check and make sure you have the latest and greatest drivers for your hardware once in a while. After you replace your montherboard would be a good time to do that. Quote Link to comment
Ton Plomp Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Sorry to be nitpicking, but I think yo get a much greater audience on dedicated computer hardware discussion site (superuser.com comes to mind) Oh and perhaps you need to reactivate your OS. Ton Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 And to make this post actually on topic, I think last time I changed out a motherboard I had to reactivate LabVIEW. Quote Link to comment
asbo Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) And to make this post actually on topic, I think last time I changed out a motherboard I had to reactivate LabVIEW. Was it a different model? I don't know that there's even an interface to pull something like a serial number for a machine's motherboard, which would make it impossible to generate a hardware ID based off that kind of information. I'll have to play around with Everest later ... Since Windows XP, Microsoft has used a variety of information to generate UIDs for activation purposes, including CPU IDs, CPU model, memory models, and so on. I don't think a same-model motherboard is a distinguishable, even for them, though. Edit: D'oh. Forgot that the BIOS probably has a serial burned in. Edited November 30, 2009 by asbo Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Edit: D'oh. Forgot that the BIOS probably has a serial burned in. Yup, I'm assuming it was something like that, since the motherboard was identical. Brand new Dell laptop arrived with the eSATA port not working. Got to watch a tech totally rip the laptop apart and put it back together again. It was cool and disturbing at the same time. Quote Link to comment
asbo Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Brand new Dell laptop arrived with the eSATA port not working. Got to watch a tech totally rip the laptop apart and put it back together again. It was cool and disturbing at the same time. I've had to do that a few times to my hp laptop thanks to heat issues ... Won't be buying an hp for a while after this :\ Quote Link to comment
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