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New MB and CPU; same HDD and OS. Couple of Qs
Hi all. I have a couple of Qs about my setup here, and was hoping for some advice.
I use W7 SP-1 64-bit Ult. I moved on from my ASUS P6T and i7 960 to an ASUS 9x79-LE and i7 4820k. I have the absolute latest BIOS, swapped the RAM with crucial so I have the latest revision, am still using the same NVIDIA vid card (now the latest driver), and still use the same case and PSU. I am also using the same HDD with the old W7 install. I have been told that I shouldn't do this; but everything seems to be working ok. I installed the drivers from the ASUS CD. I had to reactivate Windows - put the key in and that went off without a hitch. And I updated the vid card driver as well. I have seen no issues so far, tho I have not yet plugged in my dongles and my soundcard. That's next.
So, the first Q is this: is it really not a good idea to run the old OS install? I realize that if I wanted to be safe, I would reinstall, but I am trying to avoid doing that because of all the stuff I have to install - all the programs, and authorizations... it's a PITA, and almost a full day's work. Like I said, everything is fine so far. But I still wanted to ask for some thoughts on this?
Secondly, when I go to my Device Mgr, there are a bunch of listings in yellow, telling me the device is not installed, and/or the driver is missing. The listing is under Other Devices, and it is "Base System Device". The thing is, there are 34 (thirty four) of them. I have never seen anything like that before. Then I have three listings for "Performance Counters" and one for "System Interrupt Controller". I ran the CD included with the board already, but admittedly, the board came with an old rev of BIOS, which I have since updated. Could that be the issue? Is this a MB thing, or something else? I can call ASUS, but I am probably better off here.
Thanks in advance.