New CPU = reformat?

[calsonic]

hi all,
i am about to put a new cpu in my pc (going from an athlon 64 to an athlon X2)
i was wondering if anyone new that this would require me to reformat.
btw i have 2 hard drives, one small 20 GB with windows xp pro on it and one 200 GB with all my stuff on it (games, music etc.)
thanxs.

 

[b1gapl]

No you don't have to worry about that. It's only when you change the motherboard, that you would have to reinstall Windows.

 

[Trotter]

You may have to flash your BIOS, though. When I went from my 3200+ to my current CPU, i had to flash my BIOS for the mobo to utilize both cores.

Basically, it depends on how old/new your mobo is.

 

[calsonic]

it's a PC-A9RD580Adv ati

 

[Trotter]

Nah, it looks like you should be fine as is.

 

[calsonic]

great thanx a lot

 

[Tadow]

No you don't have to worry about that. It's only when you change the motherboard, that you would have to reinstall Windows.

I just had to replace the mobo on my machine a few weeks ago and I never re-installed but windows seemed to find drivers for it all right and everything seems to be working. Should I go ahead and install the drivers from mobo site and reinstall?

 

[b1gapl]

There are few occasions where you don't have to reinstall Windows. If you said everything looks alright, why should you reinstall the drivers.

 

[veg1992]

No you don't have to worry about that. It's only when you change the motherboard, that you would have to reinstall Windows.

right on target

 

[Capricorn]

You may have to flash your BIOS, though. When I went from my 3200+ to my current CPU, i had to flash my BIOS for the mobo to utilize both cores.

Basically, it depends on how old/new your mobo is.

Dang, but people are reading my mind today. Exactly right. If you look at BIOS upgrades often, a large number of those lately are for to allow new (Core 2 duo) processors and/or Vista compatibility. Upgrade the BIOS before swapping the CPU, of course.