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ajkev24

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my son's rig gigabyte 690v am2 5000+...i want to install a gigabyte 8200 chipset w/ 9750 phenom in his comp. he uses vista premium 32 bit while mine xp pro sp1. will it work without a fresh vista install?
 
It might. You may need to repair the installation, though. However, I havent done such a task with Vista yet, so I can't help you there.
 
Hey,What are you talking about a 8200 chipset?You mean installing your chipset drivers?well,i would flash the latest bios and format the harddrive and start off with a fresh install and if you got it try the 64 bit vista if its compatible if not the 32 bit will be fine.:)
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I would honestly back up the important information first then reformat anyways, just to avoid driver issues. If I replace any type of hardware like that I will always reformat.

That's just me though, some people aren't as anal.
 
topdog5050 said:
Hey,What are you talking about a 8200 chipset?You mean installing your chipset drivers?well,i would flash the latest bios and format the harddrive and start off with a fresh install and if you got it try the 64 bit vista if its compatible if not the 32 bit will be fine.:)
Good Day
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its the gigabyte controller northbridge chipset GA-M78SM-S2H matx it supports amd2+ up to 9950 140w phenom chip 1066 ddr2 ram pcie 2.0...definitely a step-up except for the heat.
 
Cmustang87 said:
I would honestly back up the important information first then reformat anyways, just to avoid driver issues. If I replace any type of hardware like that I will always reformat.

That's just me though, some people aren't as anal.
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thanks for the rep...definitely will make a back-up.
 
Cmustang87 said:
What did you decide to do?
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ill be on the safe side make a back-up And swap my sys to my son's...but one problem his psu is a xclio 500w active pfc two +12v rail 18a each when i used everest ultimate it showed 11.67v on load and 11.70 idle...with my sys (9750 phenom) ocz 500w psu active pfc two +12v rail pumpin 12.67v on load. ithink ill give him my psu too will run an msi oc 8800gt 512mb.
 
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