"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Is it OEM or Retail vista disk?
> With OEM, you are not supposed to Upgrade hardware, just replace, BUT.
> With Retail disk, you can upgrade hardware.
>
> Chances are that you will have to do a reinstall.
> Your existing OS will think it is a new computer; which it really is!!!
> Motherboard and CPU is the heart of the computer!
>
Depends just how different the hardware is. I moved from an MSI 975X-based
motherboard to a Gigabyte X48-based one. Vista just got on and upgraded
everything with the manufacturer's install CD. I upgraded the processor a
few weeks later from a Core 2 Duo to a Core 2 Quad. No problems whatsoever.
If, however, you are moving from AMD to Intel or vice-versa, expect more
trouble than that! ;-)
JW