[pchelpers] Re: Need a diagnosis

Can this be done AFTER the new MB is installed (it is an AMD - 
VIA)?  Because now I can't even boot it up to get to Device Mgr.

At 07:40 AM 9/26/2004, you wrote:

>There is a thing to look out for on the new board and that is the chipset.
>If you are going to have an AMD processor the majority of the time the
>chipset will be "VIA" and if you have a Pentium processor they will most
>likely be an "INTEL" chipset. As long as you know the type of chipset you
>have on your board what I have done in the past is remove the other chipset
>that is on the "SYSTEM" heading in the Device Manager and that should be ok
>and any other headings that relate to the old board. It might also be
>advantageous to do this in Safe Mode.
>
>All the best
>
>Nigel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jo Wells
>Sent: 26 September 2004 12:08
>To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Need a diagnosis
>
>Thanks, Billy, but I thought you could not take a HD out of one system and
>put it into another without problems.  I know there has been some
>discussion about this before, but not needing the info at the time, it
>escapes me now.  However, I think there is a way.
>
> >If you're simply putting in your old HDD, it's just a matter of plugging it
> >into your #1 IDE slot on your board and boot when you've built you PCup,
> >I've only had to format if I put in a new HDD.
> >
> >Billy
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jo Wells" <jwells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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