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guys, this is my motherboard http://www.superwarehouse.com/Asus_P5P8 ... ps/1483860

II'm using 2.5 Gigs of ram a geforce 7600 GS and a horrendous celeron D clocked at 2.5 GHz

Anyway, I want to ask you guys, is it possible to change my CPU for something better without having to reformat it? and if it is possible, whats the best possible CPU that I can replace it with? I don't know who else to ask!

Your motherboard instructions says what the max is. I don't think switching CPUs will require reformatting. I know in most cases switching motherboards does. Don't quote me on any of this though.

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ok, my instructions are in the screenshot so..... yeah.

Instruction.. BOOKLET.

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Switching a CPU should never need windows to be formatted. (Unless maybe single core to dual core? Depends? Maybe? Not sure about this, but I'm pretty sure older windows would freak out with dual cores...)

Switching a mobo always will, however.

I think the closest he can manage to carry over his stuff from \Documents and Settings\ for his current Windows config (excluding other existing files he has) to one computer to another. Will also have to copy the Windows folder as well. He probably have to google to know what exactly to do.

However as if it really works or not, I cannot tell. One thing seems certain that his old Windows configuration will need to "detect" his completely different cpu in the best of cases (and thus some hardcore configuration chaos initially). It's clearly recommended that you ONLY do it if you can reinstall Windows with its drivers and such on your newer cpu.

All I am sure is I had to do it on my own computer (to the same) since my user profile got corrupted once and I had to make 2 dummy users ... one to not use the other dummy + to copy the non-corrupted files on the 2nd dummy user and then loading 2nd dummy user as my new user to mostly use all non-corrupted stuff.

But in all honesty, unless you got a special reason to carry on your user profile + other files, it's probably much less of a pain to start anew with just carried over non-Windows files and that's it.

Your limitations are RIGHT there in the "CPU" box..

rofl celeron

Doctor Doack wrote: Switching a mobo always will, however.

I remember switching motherboards with my computer and I didn't need to reformat. Well yeah, it was a different version of the same mobo, but still.

Well, maybe not under those circumstances. Most of the time windows completely freaks out, though, because none of its drivers or the like will work. It'll usually never load in the first place.

Doctor Doack wrote: Switching a mobo always will, however.

Not always. I have switched motherboard once... and a computer technician managed to avoid a format by using the repair windows function upon inserting the OS disk. my PC is living proof of this. Don't ask me how its done as I have no idea.

chris wrote:

Doctor Doack wrote: Switching a mobo always will, however.

Not always. I have switched motherboard once... and a computer technician managed to avoid a format by using the repair windows function upon inserting the OS disk. my PC is living proof of this. Don't ask me how its done as I have no idea.

Yes.. But MOST of the time, it does. I've switched enough motherboards to do this. Just like Mucky said, he switched his and nothing happened. I've done it once and it didn't, but six-seven other times I had to reformat.

Lavarinth wrote:

chris wrote:

Doctor Doack wrote: Switching a mobo always will, however.

Not always. I have switched motherboard once... and a computer technician managed to avoid a format by using the repair windows function upon inserting the OS disk. my PC is living proof of this. Don't ask me how its done as I have no idea.

rofl celeron

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