I spilled drink on my computer - MOBO affected

[theereal]

Luckily the only thing that took harm was my motherboard... I just ordered a new one, my question Is. Do I need to format my HDD and reinstall the OS now that Im getting a new mobo?

[Jonathan Fallon]

Yes 

[Djole123]

Probably not.

[theereal]

Just now, Jonathan Fallon said:

Yes 

Ugh, download all stuff over again... stupid me... Thanks!

[Zenedge]

assuming all the other parts are the same, most likely you dont have to reformat.

maybe just the motherboard drivers

[theereal]

14 minutes ago, Jonathan Fallon said:

Yes 

Will a quick format suffice?

[xentropa]

Your HDD/SSD contains drivers for the motherboard controller chip.  You will have to reformat unless you happen to get a same brand/generation motherboard with the same controller chip.

[theereal]

Just now, xentropa said:

Your HDD/SSD contains drivers for the motherboard controller chip.  You will have to reformat unless you happen to get a same brand/generation motherboard with the same controller chip.

Will a quick format suffice?

[xentropa]

yes it will

[theereal]

1 minute ago, xentropa said:

yes it will

That takes how long? ish?

[xentropa]

Very fast.  Quick format either just deletes the file system flags all data as overwritable.  

 

SSD = instant

HDD = 1 minute?

[theereal]

1 minute ago, xentropa said:

Very fast.  Quick format either just deletes the partition table or flags all data as overwritable.  

 

SSD = instant

HDD = 1 minute?

And just as a regular format It wipes all files correct?

[xentropa]

Just now, theereal said:

And just as a regular format It wipes all files correct?

Regular format resets all bits to 0, so yes it wipes all files beyond recovery.

[theereal]

2 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Regular format resets all bits to 0, so yes it wipes all files beyond recovery.

And then Its just plug and play with new OS correct?

[mrgooglegeek]

actually as long as you are willing to spend some time installing drivers on a very finicky system, you can easily swap boards without a reinstall. If you don't believe me, remember that people like Linus carry an ssd with a copy of windows around and swap it into several other machines without much issue.

[SQZY98]

I swapped my motherboard few weeks ago. I uninstalled all of the old motherboard drivers, physically installed the new one and installed the new drivers. I changed from Asus to Asus so i´m not too sure. Everything works fine to this date. I did not reinstall windows, but it asked me to enter a new license key.

 

To avoid issues, it´s probably the best to just do a clean install.

[Jonathan Fallon]

3 hours ago, theereal said:

And then Its just plug and play with new OS correct?

Once you format your Hardrive/SSD it wil get rid of everything that was previously on there and doesn't take long. Once thats done, just install windows, wait for it to install and just follow the setup wizard and install your programs,drives and files.