Well my son and his friends, when they travel around the country for their LAN /gaming sessions, often just take their hard drives and put them temporarily in other machines. Contrary to the Windows bashing we often see on this list, Win XP has excellent hardware detection and usually just boots up fine with different hardware.
Regards, Robert -----Original Message----- From: david merriman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 21 July 2004 4:42 p.m. To: CLUG Subject: Tips for replacing a motherboard and CPU, running Mandrake/XP I'm about to replace my motherboard and CPU, and wondered if anyone has any advice to offer regarding things to do/not to do in the process. I'm Googling for info as well, so I will RTFM :) I'm currently dual-booting Mandrake 10 Official (2.6.3-9 kernel IIRC) and Windows XP Pro. I'm expecting XP to throw major wobblies, but what can I expect from Mandrake ? I'm replacing these: Athlon XP 1900+ CPU, 266MHz FSB ASUS A7A266 motherboard with these: Athlon XP 2400+ CPU, 266MHz FSB Albatron KX600 Pro motherboard The machine currently won't boot, so whatever needs to be done will have to be done after the new components are in place. Any comments welcome. If you'd like more info, let me know. Thanks, David -- When I go, I'd like to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers.
