780i win 7 install play nice with 750i?

1freedude · Aug 20, 2010

my 780i died and i can get a 750i cheap. do you think win 7 will play along?

edit...just saw the bit about bsod and stability. nuff said. thanks guys

btarunr · Aug 20, 2010

Yes, Windows 7 can run on systems with nForce 750i chipset.

If by "play along" you mean you could replace the motherboard like just another part and continue using the Windows installation, then no. Windows 7 doesn't "play along" with a motherboard change. Not even a change to another motherboard of the same exact make and model. You'll have to reinstall everything.

AlienIsGOD · Aug 20, 2010

Thnx for the info BTA... I kno that the mobo trick CAN work in XP, but Im always advising my friends to do a fresh reinstall of Windows, usually w/o much success

Techtu · Aug 20, 2010

btarunr said:
Yes, Windows 7 can run on systems with nForce 750i chipset.

If by "play along" you mean you could replace the motherboard like just another part and continue using the Windows installation, then no. Windows 7 doesn't "play along" with a motherboard change. Not even a change to another motherboard of the same exact make and model. You'll have to reinstall everything.

I actually thought it would of "played along" with another board of the exact make/model, why isit that this is not possible exactly?

btarunr · Aug 20, 2010

Tech2 said:
I actually thought it would of "played along" with another board of the exact make/model, why isit that this is not possible exactly?

Windows is activated to the motherboard serial number.

Techtu · Aug 20, 2010

btarunr said:
Windows is activated to the motherboard serial number. If it sees a different serial number, Windows won't even boot.

Ahh yes, I get it now, I always thought it was the BIOS.

Thanks :toast:

btarunr · Aug 20, 2010

digibucc said:
that's actually not true.

recently my windows 7 pro installation crashed, I took the drive out and put it into my server, to copy off all of the info before a wipe and reinstall.

in the server, i accidentally unhooked the existing system drive to plug in this one. it booted. it went right to my desktop, installed all the motherboard drivers, and worked just fine. (so obviously the crash came into question - but the point is it worked fine)

the drive went from an i7 on a Rampage II Extreme w/2x5850s to an asrock Phenom I system, with onboard video.

then i have had times where a drive from an almost exactly the same machine was switched, and couldn't boot. so i guess in general I would have to agree with you, it DOES NOT work more often than it does - but a blanket statement of it will never work is just not true.

It really will never work. Once the OS sends the serial to Windows update service, it is deactivated, and since you've crossed the time-limit period of running the OS without activation on your older motherboard, it will not run without activation. And then even after you've installed all drivers/cleaned the older ones, there will be chronic stability issues, random BSODs, etc.

LiveOrDie · Aug 20, 2010

windows 7 can run on 6xx boards as well

1freedude · Aug 20, 2010

im not too worried about activation. i have the activation phone number on speed dial...thinking more about the chipset and drivers. it might be close enough so windows might install drivers upon detection. normaly i would just fresh install, but i have alot of cuda tweaks built-in. royal pita to do over.

LiveOrDie · Aug 20, 2010

1freedude said:
im not too worried about activation. i have the activation phone number on speed dial...thinking more about the chipset and drivers. it might be close enough so windows might install drivers upon detection. normaly i would just fresh install, but i have alot of cuda tweaks built-in. royal pita to do over.

you dont need to reinstall windows only if your changing chipset or intel to amd, i changed boards and u just re activate it again windows will install the drivers needed.

digibucc · Aug 20, 2010

btarunr said:
It really will never work. Once the OS sends the serial to Windows update service, it is deactivated, and since you've crossed the time-limit period of running the OS without activation on your older motherboard, it will not run without activation. And then even after you've installed all drivers/cleaned the older ones, there will be chronic stability issues, random BSODs, etc.

yeah i never checked activation or anything... i just know it booted into it. i was more concerned with getting my main system back at that point so i didn't spend time looking around.

and agreed 100%, the instability would make it un-useable, I just know it kinda started to work

LiveOrDie · Aug 20, 2010

its best to reinstall if its a different board but if its the same there is no need to you just call up and re activate windows, even going from a 780i to a 750i board you wont get bsod and stability problems they both run of the same drivers.

1freedude · Aug 20, 2010

its a crap shoot and im not much of a gambler.

stability is key.

btarunr · Aug 20, 2010

Stability is the last thing you can expect from a motherboard transplant.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 20, 2010

I am puzzled by these answers. I have swapped the same hdd/OS around a hundred times with different mb's, cpu's, ect without any of these issues. Re-activation has never been a problem...if needed I simply do it by phone (just a minor annoyance). Most often I do these swaps on the bench rig and have never experienced these stability/bsod issues brought up...any issues of that sort are brought on mainly by my over agressive clocking methods. :laugh:

digibucc · Aug 20, 2010

rickss69 said:
I am puzzled by these answers. I have swapped the same hdd/OS around a hundred times with different mb's, cpu's, ect without any of these issues. Re-activation has never been a problem...if needed I simply do it by phone (just a minor annoyance). Most often I do these swaps on the bench rig and have never experienced these stability/bsod issues brought up...any issues of that sort are brought on mainly by my over agressive clocking methods.

well it's different when you are talking about your (my) main system. I use it 12+ hrs a day for work. even minor instability can have serious consequences.

if it were just a bench machine, chances are it could easily go unnoticed. but when it is a work rig, whose constant stable functioning is of the utmost importance, then it truly can cause problems.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 20, 2010

digibucc said:
well it's different when you are talking about your (my) main system. I use it 12+ hrs a day for work. even minor instability can have serious consequences.

if it were just a bench machine, chances are it could easily go unnoticed. but when it is a work rig, whose constant stable functioning is of the utmost importance, then it truly can cause problems.

I kind of understand that point but one might suspect that with the higher oc's and stress of benchmarks would bring forth any instability issues would surely rear it's head quicker. Wonder if anyone has done any semi-scientific studies on this... :confused:

digibucc · Aug 20, 2010

rickss69 said:
I kind of understand that point but one might suspect that with the higher oc's and stress of benchmarks would bring forth any instability issues would surely rear it's head quicker. Wonder if anyone has done any semi-scientific studies on this...

good point... and none that i know of

Mussels · Aug 20, 2010

i have had good luck with changing mobos before, but ONLY with intel systems. they used the exact same drivers since i was swapping from P35 to x48, since they both had the same ICHR9 SATA controller.

I've heard of people having luck in general with intel to intel swaps like that... but overall its a bad idea, since you end up with lots of leftover drivers installed for hardware that doesnt exist.

its good enough for a brief time to transfer files or back stuff up if neccesary (EG, original system no longer boots), but dont stick with it long term.

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