1/2 the ram showing up in system info

I shouldn't have to redo my W7, because of a new mobo, correct?

drmax said:

I shouldn't have to redo my W7, because of a new mobo, correct?

If you're lucky, swapping one mobo for an identical replacement should absolutely minimize to zero what the "new hardware wizard" in Win7 will see when it comes up for the first time with essentially everything of significance replaced in this "radical surgery".

The "mass replacement parts" will be recognized as different from what they were, but my guess is that it will all be handled successfully and that you can escape needing a clean reinstall of Win7 to handle the swap. Fingers crossed for you, as there will be no truly and significantly new hardware detected.

But it would be wise to have an adequate backup of anything you have in place right now in your existing Win7 installed system just in case it is necessary to truly reinstall.

Good luck.

dsperber said:

drmax said:

I shouldn't have to redo my W7, because of a new mobo, correct?

If you're lucky, swapping one mobo for an identical replacement should absolutely minimize to zero what the "new hardware wizard" in Win7 will see when it comes up for the first time with essentially everything of significance replaced in this "radical surgery".

The "mass replacement parts" will be recognized as different from what they were, but my guess is that it will all be handled successfully and that you can escape needing a clean reinstall of Win7 to handle the swap. Fingers crossed for you, as there will be no truly and significantly new hardware detected.

But it would be wise to have an adequate backup of anything you have in place right now in your existing Win7 installed system just in case it is necessary to truly reinstall.

Good luck.

brand new, so "nothing" there to lose...uh, but one thing...did I just lose one of my installs of windows 7...if I have to redo, for I thought I have 3 installs on 3 different machines?

brand new, so "nothing" there to lose[/quote]Then there's nothing really to lose, so you might as well just try it and see if Win7's "new hardware detected" can handle the overwhelming changes, even though they're all just the same as before. This really should be possible, as all the chipset drivers, device drivers for onboard hardware, etc., are already present and installed in your existing DriverRepository folder. My guess is that it should work.

...uh, but one thing...did I just lose one of my installs of windows 7...if I have to redo, for I thought I have 3 installs on 3 different machines?

I don't follow what you're asking.

What 3 machines? I thought we're talking about a specific machine with a bad memory socket in the mobo?

When you register a copy of Windows to a PC, does it register the HHD or the mobo? I don't understand this procedure, but i "thought" either of these devices changed, would take away 1 of the 3 times I could install my OEM W7 I just purchased. Advise if you can....DM

disregard...starting a new thread