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cobberhead

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motherboard replacement question
« on: May 30, 2007, 08:37:40 PM »
A Lightning storm killed my motherboard and I was wondering when I replace it(motherboard) will I have to reinstall windows or will it reconize it and boot up? I have alot of stuff I didnt wanna lose. The surge protector didnt help out much.  Thanks, James

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    Re: motherboard replacement question
    « Reply #1 on: May 31, 2007, 12:04:46 AM »
    cobberhead ...... If only the mobo was toasted , and you replace it with exactly the same as is (was) installed , then you should just be able to put it in , reconnect all the periphials ....and everything should be good. Just to be on the safe side, I would be slaving the hd on another machine and make copies of whatever you dont want to lose.......

    It might be a good idea to test the ram as well, just to be sure it wasn't affected by the storm.

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