Upgrading nother board

Jojo98 · 08-25-2008, 12:17 AM

How involved is to upgrade motherboards? As far as experience, I have replaced video cards, modems, and RAM. What am I up against? THX

meat_helmet · 08-25-2008, 09:03 AM

Changing a motherboard means physically taking out just about everything, then physically replacing the motherboard. This may mean a change of CPU and/or RAM depending on what u want and get. Because u have to change the CPU, or refit it, u will have to re-apply the thermal paste, and re-set the heatsink and fan. Then reattach all the other equipment (ram, gpu, hdds etc.)

The biggest part of this however, is that u will need to re-install your OS and all your programs and drivers, which also means backing up your files first as it will format your HDD - wiping it clean.

Still, its actually not that hard, and everyone here will be happy to help u through it.

08-25-2008, 12:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jojo98 Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9	Upgrading nother board How involved is to upgrade motherboards? As far as experience, I have replaced video cards, modems, and RAM. What am I up against? THX

08-25-2008, 09:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
meat_helmet Ultra Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 668	Re: Upgrading nother board Changing a motherboard means physically taking out just about everything, then physically replacing the motherboard. This may mean a change of CPU and/or RAM depending on what u want and get. Because u have to change the CPU, or refit it, u will have to re-apply the thermal paste, and re-set the heatsink and fan. Then reattach all the other equipment (ram, gpu, hdds etc.) The biggest part of this however, is that u will need to re-install your OS and all your programs and drivers, which also means backing up your files first as it will format your HDD - wiping it clean. Still, its actually not that hard, and everyone here will be happy to help u through it. __________________ CPU: Q6600 @ 3.3Ghz RAM: 4GB G.Skill HZ PC6400 Mobo: Gigabyte P35-DS3R GPU: GeForce 8800GTS 320MB HDDs: 500GB + 200GB Barracuda Monitors: Asus 22" Widescreen LCD, Mitsubishi 17" LCD PSU: Antec NeoHE 550W Case: Thermaltake Armor Black OS: Vista Home Premium 64 bit Mouse/keyboard:Logitech G9/G15

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