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Hello Everyone,

 

So I've been looking into buying a new CPU and motherboard for my build and I was wondering how the process of switching out the motherboard and CPU goes about. Since this is an AMD to Intel upgrade, I'll probably need to change drivers.

 

Feel free to post any mini-tutorials or procedures as to how to do this :)

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Hello Everyone,

 

So I've been looking into buying a new CPU and motherboard for my build and I was wondering how the process of switching out the motherboard and CPU goes about. Since this is an AMD to Intel upgrade, I'll probably need to change drivers.

 

Feel free to post any mini-tutorials or procedures as to how to do this :)

no need to install drivers, apart from gpu drivers.

 

just take out motherboard screws and line up the new motherboard holes with the standoff and proceed to screw them in.

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Easiest thing is to wipe your HDD and make a clean install of Windows. I switched from an ASUS mobo to a GIGABYTE one, and my mouse and keyboard didn't work after. I somehow managed to install the correct drivers for the new motherboard but it didn't help. I made a clean install and now everything works like a charm ;)

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Hello Everyone,

 

So I've been looking into buying a new CPU and motherboard for my build and I was wondering how the process of switching out the motherboard and CPU goes about. Since this is an AMD to Intel upgrade, I'll probably need to change drivers.

 

Feel free to post any mini-tutorials or procedures as to how to do this :)

Well if you have an OEM windows license then you're going to need to get a new windows key. If not then you should just be able to swap out the boards and install new motherboard drivers and be good to go. If you want to take the time to uninstall the old motherboard drivers then you can do that also and that may solve any issues if any arise. Best possible thing to do though is to just do a fresh windows install.

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While you can technically just switch them out and keep your current Windows, it can often not work, especially when switching chipsets and platform. I'd advise doing a clean install of Windows to avoid any issues. 

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While you can technically just switch them out and keep your current Windows, it can often not work, especially when switching chipsets and platform. I'd advise doing a clean install of Windows to avoid any issues. 

 

Easiest thing is to wipe your HDD and make a clean install of Windows. I switched from an ASUS mobo to a GIGABYTE one, and my mouse and keyboard didn't work after. I somehow managed to install the correct drivers for the new motherboard but it didn't help. I made a clean install and now everything works like a charm ;)

 

Well if you have an OEM windows license then you're going to need to get a new windows key. If not then you should just be able to swap out the boards and install new motherboard drivers and be good to go. If you want to take the time to uninstall the old motherboard drivers then you can do that also and that may solve any issues if any arise. Best possible thing to do though is to just do a fresh windows install.

 

If I do a fresh install of Windows, is it possible to unistall any of the AMD drivers for the CPU and motherboard, backup the computer, install the new CPU and motherboard, reinstall windows, then get everything back from the external hard drive the computer was backed up to?

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If I do a fresh install of Windows, is it possible to unistall any of the AMD drivers for the CPU and motherboard, backup the computer, install the new CPU and motherboard, reinstall windows, then get everything back from the external hard drive the computer was backed up to?

 

"If I do a fresh install of Windows, is it possible to unistall any of the AMD drivers..."

 

Well, yea - if you do a fresh install everything is deleted :P

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"If I do a fresh install of Windows, is it possible to unistall any of the AMD drivers..."

 

Well, yea - if you do a fresh install everything is deleted :P

I meant do that before backing up the PC lol

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If I do a fresh install of Windows, is it possible to unistall any of the AMD drivers for the CPU and motherboard, backup the computer, install the new CPU and motherboard, reinstall windows, then get everything back from the external hard drive the computer was backed up to?

I'd suggest just copying and pasting everything you want to keep to an external drive then doing a fresh install. Yes you will have to reinstall all other drivers and programs that you want. This is honestly the best option and is what I personally do. This will ensure you're getting the most speed out of your new cpu and will get rid of a lot of clutter. And it honestly only takes a couple hours to get everything reinstalled and setup again. Just make sure you don't forget ANYTHING that you want to keep IE teamspeak ip's and shit like that. I've forgotten to copy over my music once and lost all 112Gb of it.

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