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Win11: "Unsupported" to "Supported"?

P3rform3r
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Hi there,

 

today I FINALLY ordered my upgrade from a 1700X and a MSI 350 PC MATE to a 5800X with also a pretty good motherboard upgrade to a ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING. (It's only because I wrecked my M.2 SLOT that was under my graphics card, when I installed a new Nvidia card. Currently the m.2 slot works but feels incredibly slow. I may have damaged a lane with a screw driver sinch the system is very slow sometimes.) Have a 4060ti and 32 GB of DDR4 RAM already. So I just do a CPU/MB upgrade!

However there is a catch: Currently I'm running Windows11 in an "unsupported" state since my Ryzen 1st gen isn't officially supported.

Now if I do a motherboard upgrade is there a quick and dirty way to tell Windows: "Hey. I upgraded the System. You can run normally now?!" The Internet didn't tell me one bit about it. I don't wanna miss out on critical updates just because some flag in the registry isn't set properly, when I'm eligable to do so.

 

Lets be clear: I dont wanna clean install windows because my system has a huge list of important installed programms and installing that all again is a huge nightmare. (Yeah I know. Running critical stuff on a Win11 unsupported copy wasn't the smartest idea I've ever had.) - So I definitely wanna keep everything as it is and only swap out the MB! 

 

And now you can tell me I'm an idiot and it doesn't work that way... Or maybe you have a smart idea? That would be even better.

 

- Thanks.

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17 minutes ago, P3rform3r said:

And now you can tell me I'm an idiot and it doesn't work that way

Do you have a full Windows license or an OEM/grey market key?

Main System (Byarlant): Ryzen 7 5800X | Asus B550-Creator ProArt | EK 240mm Basic AIO | 16GB G.Skill DDR4 3200MT/s CAS-14 | XFX Speedster SWFT 210 RX 6600 | Samsung 990 PRO 2TB / Samsung 960 PRO 512GB / Crucial MX500 2TB / Crucial MX500 500GB / WD White 7200RPM 8TB | Corsair RM750X | Mellanox ConnectX-3 10G NIC | Inateck USB 3.0 Card | Hyte Y60 Case | Dell U3415W Monitor | Keychron K4 Brown (white backlight)

 

Laptop (Narrative): Lenovo Flex 5 81X20005US | Ryzen 5 4500U | 16GB RAM (soldered) | Vega 6 Graphics | SKHynix P31 1TB NVMe SSD | Intel AX200 Wifi (all-around awesome machine)

 

Proxmox Server (Veda): Ryzen 7 3800XT | AsRock Rack X470D4U | Corsair H80i v2 | 64GB Micron DDR4 ECC 3200MT/s | 4x 10TB WD Whites / 4x 14TB Seagate Exos / 2x Crucial MX500 2TB / 2x Samsung PM963a 960GB SSD | Seasonic Prime Fanless 500W | Intel X540-T2 10G NIC | LSI 9207-8i HBA | Fractal Design Node 804 Case (side panels swapped to show off drives) | VMs: TrueNAS Scale; Ubuntu Server (DNS/PiHole); Windows 10 Pro


Media Center/Video Capture (Jesta Cannon): Ryzen 5 1600X | ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0 | Noctua NH-L12S | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s CAS-22 | EVGA GTX750Ti SC | UMIS NVMe SSD 256GB / Seagate 1.5TB HDD | Corsair CX450M | Hauppauge ImpactVCB-PCIe | Mellanox ConnectX-2 10G NIC | LG UH12NS30 BD-ROM | Silverstone Sugo SG-11 Case | Sony XR65A80K

 

Camera: Sony ɑ7II w/ Meike Grip | Sony SEL24240 | Samyang 35mm ƒ/2.8 | Sony SEL50F18F | Sony SEL2870 (kit lens) | PNY Elite Perfomance 512GB SDXC card

 

Network:

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                           ┌─────────────── Office/Rack ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Google Fiber Webpass ────── UniFi Security Gateway ─── UniFi Switch 8-60W ─┬─ UniFi Switch Flex XG ═╦═ Veda (Proxmox Virtual Switch)
(500Mbps↑/500Mbps↓)                             UniFi CloudKey Gen2 (PoE) ─┴─ Veda (IPMI)           ╠═ Veda-NAS (HW Passthrough NIC)
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╩═ Narrative (Asus USB 2.5G NIC)
║ ┌────── Closet ──────┐   ┌─────────────── Bedroom ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
╚═ UniFi Switch Flex XG ═╤═ UniFi Switch Flex XG ═╦═ Byarlant
   (PoE)                 │                        ╠═ Narrative (Cable Matters USB-PD 2.5G Ethernet Dongle)
                         │                        ╚═ Jesta Cannon*
                         │ ┌─────────────── Media Center ──────────────────────────────────┐
Notes:                   └─ UniFi Switch 8 ─────────┬─ UniFi Access Point nanoHD (PoE)
═══ is Multi-Gigabit                                ├─ Sony Playstation 4 
─── is Gigabit                                      ├─ Pioneer VSX-S520
* = cable passed to Bedroom from Media Center       ├─ Sony XR65A80K (Google TV)
** = cable passed from Media Center to Bedroom      └─ Work Laptop** (Startech USB-PD Dock)

 

Retired/Other:

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Laptop (Rozen-Zulu): Sony VAIO VPCF13WFX | Core i7-740QM | 8GB Patriot DDR3 | GT 425M | Kingston 120GB SSD | Blu-ray Drive | Intel 7260 Wifi (lived a good life, retired with honor)

Testbed/Old Desktop (Kshatriya): Xeon X5470 @ 4.0GHz | ZALMAN CNPS9500 | Gigabyte EP45-UD3L | 8GB Nanya DDR2 400MHz | XFX HD6870 DD | OCZ Vertex 3 Max-IOPS 120GB | Corsair CX430M (?) | HooToo USB 3.0 PCIe Card | NZXT H230 Case (mostly intact, but some parts have been scavenged)

TrueNAS Server (La Vie en Rose): Xeon E3-1241v3 | Supermicro X10SLL-F | Corsair H60 | 32GB Micron DDR3L ECC 1600MHz | 1x Kingston 16GB SSD

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First thing to try is a repair/ upgrade install, make a Windows setup USB or ISO depending on your preference then run setup while in Windows (ISO will need mounting as a virtual disc or burning to DVD). You should be presented with the option to reinstall Windows while keeping your files and programs.

Be aware that sometimes the repair/ upgrade install may fail if you have drivers or programs that Windows detects will cause issues.

 

I suggest using an app like Macrium to create a system image first to allow you to go back if things get screwed.

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1 hour ago, AbydosOne said:

Do you have a full Windows license or an OEM/grey market key?

Nonono full license. 

 

1 hour ago, DigitalGoat said:

First thing to try is a repair/ upgrade install, make a Windows setup USB or ISO depending on your preference then run setup while in Windows (ISO will need mounting as a virtual disc or burning to DVD). You should be presented with the option to reinstall Windows while keeping your files and programs.

Be aware that sometimes the repair/ upgrade install may fail if you have drivers or programs that Windows detects will cause issues.

 

I suggest using an app like Macrium to create a system image first to allow you to go back if things get screwed.

So basically i'll do an "upgrade" even though I'm not upgrading to make a clean install? Can you really install windows 11 over windows 11?

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Just run your system as you are. However if run into problems clean install is the preferred method.

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On 9/19/2023 at 5:52 PM, C2dan88 said:

Just run your system as you are. However if run into problems clean install is the preferred method.

Can someone ELI5: Motherboard swap: what do I need to do?

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34 minutes ago, P3rform3r said:

Can someone ELI5: Motherboard swap: what do I need to do?

Do your mobo swap. With your existing windows install on ssd/nvm.. Turn on pc.

Install drives listed on motherboard support page. If the system is stable there is nothing for you to do.

If you find you are having issues. Then best to clean install windows.

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