10-25-2017
05:06 PM
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03-05-2024
09:49 PM
by
ROGBot
10-25-2017 06:27 PM
jasonvp wrote:
OK, bear with me here. This is probably going to result in epic disaster to the installed operating system (and applications) on my Samsung 960 Pro NVMe drive. It's currently running Win10 (Fall Update) on my Asus Rampage V Extreme board. My thought process is to see what happens if I just move it over to the new R6E. I'll be using the same Sound Blaster card and the same two NVidia graphics cards. Obviously the entire guts of the motherboard will be swiped right out from under Windows, but: do you think it'll boot? Boot with complaints of missing drivers, which is easy to fix. But... will it boot?
I'm ready to do a complete reinstall as needed. But I was wondering what folks think?
10-25-2017 06:36 PM
Brighttail wrote:
It would most likely end in disaster. While the GPU and sound blaster may be the same drivers, many of the motherboard components are completely different if not new updates like Asus Suite and fan expert 3 vs 4.
10-25-2017 06:50 PM
jasonvp wrote:
Stuff like Asus Suite and Fan Xpert aren't a concern as I don't use them (and never will, they're garbage IMHO). So I'm less worried about that. The component drivers for the motherboard bits (NICs, etc) will be different, no question. But I'd expect Windows to just complain and say, "I need drivers for those". Which will be easy enough to provide. I'm more worried about the chipset itself; does the OS care enough going from X99 to X299?
I very likely will have to contact MS' support to get the machine re-activated, which I'm also OK with.
10-25-2017 07:53 PM
10-25-2017 10:54 PM
10-26-2017 07:35 AM
10-26-2017 01:16 PM
Aysberg wrote:
With Windows 10 and Window 8(.1), I moved several drives from one system to another. Never had any big problems nor a disaster like some are mentioning here. You will be able to boot, windows will install new drivers or you update them and after a reboot everything is fine.
I would still recommend a fresh install at some date, but it's not mandatory. You will never have a guarantee that everything really works as smooth as possible, but even with a fresh install this is not granted.
10-26-2017 02:39 PM
10-30-2017 07:33 AM
Korth wrote:
The Windows Product Key is embedded in firmware (in a dedicated EFI/BIOS partition), each copy of Win8/10 is married to a particular motherboard.