No I did not. It worked since it was an Intel Chipset. Keep in mind it went from an nVidia Chipset to an Intel Chipset as well.
After it was all installed and Windows was running, I installed the ACHI driver and set the SATA to ACHI. Regards, Tim Lider > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 > > Okay, that explains it, thanks. I've never seen Win7 do that, usually > it blue screens because it has the wrong chipset drivers for disk > access. This particular system went into a reboot loop and the blue > screen would flash for an instant and then the system would reboot. > Did you do any prep? Remember when we used to change the drive > controller drivers back to standard (XP or 2000) so that we could > change the MB? > > On 2/13/2014 3:51 PM, Tim Lider wrote: > > The SATA driver was for the eSATA. It was not needed for the boot > > drive. If needed for the boot drive, I'd probably need to use the > Install DVD. > > > > Tim Lider > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski > >> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 > >> > >> Tim, > >> > >> Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you > >> did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or > >> recovery disks. > >> > >> Steve > >> > >> > >> On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: > >>> When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in > >> it. > >>> All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, > did > >>> need to add drivers manually on the SATA. > >>> > >>> In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on > >>> a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. > >>> > >>> Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the "boot > >> upgrade" > >>> does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot > >>> "upgrade" does not work. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Tim Lider > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > >>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski > >>>> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling > Win7 > >>>> > >>>> When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks > >>>> you Language/Time & Currency format/Keyboard. After you click > >>>> next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, > >>>> however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to > >>>> know before installing Windows & Repair Your Computer. Click on > >>>> repair your computer and another window pops up where you can > >>>> search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select > >>>> that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and > >>>> say either failed or > >> no > >>>> problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to > >>>> the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. > >>>> Since > >>>> Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, > >> and > >>>> the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another > >>>> drive letter. For me, it put it at E: > >>>> > >>>> I found all this stuff here: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair- > windows- > >> 7- > >>>> install-after-replacing-motherboard/ > >>>> > >>>> On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: > >>>>> I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in > >>>>> W7 > >> ? > >>>>> Disguised as upgrade install. > >>>>> I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. > >>>>> fp > >>>>> > >>>>> At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: > >>>>>> If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down > >> and > >>>>>> it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New > motherboard > >>>>>> arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is > >> an > >>>>>> Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I > have > >> a > >>>>>> ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate > >>>> alone > >>>>>> takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to > >> try > >>>>>> and save the install. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the > >>>>>> installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the > >>>>>> install is > >> find > >>>>>> just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the > >> web. > >>>>>> There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to > install > >>>>>> drivers. > >>>>>> You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, > >> after > >>>>>> it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you > >> open > >>>>>> up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E > >>>>>> & F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were > >>>>>> located on my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver > >>>>>> /Driver:F:\ /recurse > >>>>>> > >>>>>> After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install > >> drivers. > >>>>>> It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to > >>>>>> 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I > >>>>>> had to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new > >>>>>> automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused > >>>>>> to activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It > >>>> would > >>>>>> take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do > >> something > >>>>>> like this to 'fool' windows. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Steve > >>>>> Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 > >>>>> > >>>>> ***Caution, Tagline Below *** > >>>>> **Tallyho** > >>>>> ****************************************** > >>>>> I can't be stupid, I completed third > >>>>> grade. > >>>>> ****************************************** > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >
