Re: Does upgrading motherboard/CPU actually work?

From: graham (graham.marsden1_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 09/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 09:02:39 GMT

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:05:16 -0500, Preston Crawford wrote:

> I've never done this before with any OS so I'm a little wary in general.
> But I have a P3 800 that I'm thinking of upgrading as prices are really
> low and I have a little money right now. Is it a fairly trouble-free
> process to install a new motherboard/CPU on an existing install or do you
> have to reinstall the OS? As I've never done this before I have no idea
> how it will turn out, if SuSE will recognize the new hardware and just
> deal with it or if it will be looking for old hardware when it boots and
> be unable to readjust. Thoughts on this?
>

I had to do this after a m/board failure while running suse 8.2

On boot, the system took me to a configure screen where setting up was
straightforward.

I had to update the kernel as the the provided did not fully support the
board.

Broadband had to be reregistered with the provider to register the new mac
address. This was simple by setting the browser to the providers web site
and this took me automatically to a page to re-enter the details.

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