Well, I see that in order to support the new line of Intel CPU's that's coming out, I'll need to update my BIOS. I was thinking of getting one of the newer CPU's, but I'll have to see. In the meantime, if I do get the new CPU, I had a question about updating my BIOS (I'll only do this if I do indeed get one of the new CPU's [most likely an e8400, heh]). I was looking through the Gigabyte manual for my mobo, and I saw that it said after you update your BIOS, you should load the optimized defaults. I was wondering if this was necessary, or can I just leave all of my BIOS settings like they were, and it'll still work all right? Or should I reset to default, and then re-adjust everything?
Also, while I'm here I'll ask this as well: I have XP on one drive, and Vista on another drive with Ubuntu dual-booting. Now, I was wondering, do both XP/Vista have to be reactivated if I change my CPU? Or is that only if the motherboard is changed? I can't remember which it is...
Thanks for the help, I appreciate it =).
Also, while I'm here I'll ask this as well: I have XP on one drive, and Vista on another drive with Ubuntu dual-booting. Now, I was wondering, do both XP/Vista have to be reactivated if I change my CPU? Or is that only if the motherboard is changed? I can't remember which it is...
Thanks for the help, I appreciate it =).