What should I do (softwarewise) when upgrading a PC.

[DeathPheonix]

Planning to upgrade to the x99 platform from z97, and I really don't want to do a clean system reinstall. Is there anything I should do softwarewise? Like how to remove old drivers etc.

 

By the way, is there anywhere to sell back my pc hardware? Living in the states 

[Mark77]

Between relatively recent Intel platforms these days, like you're running, you may very well not have to do anything.  Just swap the hardware over. 

 

The "snag" you might run into relates to your "Micron M7 256GB+Seagate 3TB in acceleration mode".  You might want to look into whether you can disable that for the time being, while you do the migration. 

[mapegl]

46 minutes ago, DeathPheonix said:

Planning to upgrade to the x99 platform from z97, and I really don't want to do a clean system reinstall. Is there anything I should do softwarewise? Like how to remove old drivers etc.

 

By the way, is there anywhere to sell back my pc hardware? Living in the states 

So, just a suggestion: do a fresh install. 

 

You can however change your hardware and not do that, but be sure to uninstall USB and sata interfaces and other motherboard parts from the device manager. After uninstalling everything DO NOT restart. Shut down, change hardware and then start up again. If you restart, Windows wi just reactivate everything. Having the drivers on the system is no issue, then they are just available, but having Windows think it should use a certain driver for a data interface that doesn't exist anymore will result in a non-working Windows. 

 

Still, I highly recommend a clean install when changing motherboard.

 

Good luck upgrading and enjoy your enthusiast platform. I am kinda jelly with my little i5.

 

 

Resell your hardware on eBay, better yet on a local site with less of a sales fee. EBay got pretty bad over the years. Or check out one of Ebay's sales deals, sometimes they let you sell something for free or cheap.

[DeathPheonix]

7 hours ago, mapegl said:

So, just a suggestion: do a fresh install. 

 

You can however change your hardware and not do that, but be sure to uninstall USB and sata interfaces and other motherboard parts from the device manager. After uninstalling everything DO NOT restart. Shut down, change hardware and then start up again. If you restart, Windows wi just reactivate everything. Having the drivers on the system is no issue, then they are just available, but having Windows think it should use a certain driver for a data interface that doesn't exist anymore will result in a non-working Windows. 

 

Still, I highly recommend a clean install when changing motherboard.

 

Good luck upgrading and enjoy your enthusiast platform. I am kinda jelly with my little i5.

 

 

Resell your hardware on eBay, better yet on a local site with less of a sales fee. EBay got pretty bad over the years. Or check out one of Ebay's sales deals, sometimes they let you sell something for free or cheap.

Is there a way to uninstall all old drivers? Including chipsets?

[Streetguru]

9 hours ago, DeathPheonix said:

 

Just reinstall windows, it's easier