Upgrading... need tips

[Deaf Pilot]

Hi... I'm upgrading these parts from my computer:Motherboard: MSI MS-6330CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+Memory: Kingston 512MB PC133to these parts:Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E DELUXECPU: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton core)Memory: Corsair XMS 512MB PC3200I mainly wanted to know if I should do a reinstall at the time of installing these parts? Any other tips I should know of? Thanks... and sorry for being vague about what I wanna know but if you can think of anything, I'd appreciate it. Todd

[gosta]

What OS are you running? Windows is not going to be too pleased about the hardware change. However, if you're running XP, you can do a repair install of Windows without reformatting your HD - all your other programs will remain intact.Cheers,Gosta.http://www.hifisim.com/images/as2betateam.jpg

[Deaf Pilot]

Running XP, yes... I might do a fresh install just to let the system entirely "forget" the old hardware... (of course, including reformatting, completely wiping out the whole hard drive, before installing a fresh installation of WinXP) I was thinking, with the new components, the install should go by much faster than it would right now. I'd rather not reinstall if I could get away with it, but it will probably be worth it in the end.

[Guest heinzwerner]

Look also at this tip to avoid OS-reinstalling:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=8227&page=2