Replacing Motherboard and CPU

[nook]

I have a Celeron 333Mhz cpu and an Abit LM6 motherboard in a home built pc that is used mainly as a hobby and gamer pc. I want to put an AMD 1.33Ghz Athlon and an ECS K7S5A motherboard into it. I know I need a new power supply so I will get a new case. Do I need to start over from scratch by reformatting and reinstalling everything or can I change and go.
Using Windows 98 OS.
Thanks for your help.
Dean

[Rick]

A Clean install may be a good idea,
your changing chipsets and cpu

You can just do a drive swap.
But you should run regedit and remove the ENUM key and allow windows to reinstall all the hardware and drivers into device manager

[Steve48]

Hi Nook,


That answer all depends on who you ask, and how your luck is. I myself replaved a DFI MOBO with a FIC Motherboard, and had problems the first time I tried. All seemed to go well, untill Windows98SE attempted to make changes in the registry, then rebooted, then changed the regestry, rebooted, changed the regestry, rebooted......well you get the idea. I finally gave up and took the board back. The people there told me that I was suppose to reformat my hard drive, but I am hardheaded and thought otherwise. So I bought the same motherboard from another place (FIC MOBO), and tried it again and it booted up the first time!!! Since then, I have been told that you are better off reformatting when you replace your motherboard. If you have all the install disks, then that is not too big of a hassle. But if you have lost or misplaced them, then it could be a hassle. That is just my experence, maybe some others will have a more definite answer for you. Good luck!

Steve