Motherboard Replacement

[Kiro-San]

Initially I thought that my new Radeon 5870 was faulty (see this thread for details) but after my PC refused to POST with either of my 8800 GTX's it seems the problem is more likely my motherboard. Being a Asus Striker Extreme it's basically impossible to find a new one so I'm left to scour eBay. They seem to be going for anywhere between £65 to £100 and I don't fancy paying that much right now. So I was wondering can I use any NF680i based motherboard as I basically don't want to have to re-install Windows. Unless of course that's not an issue anymore and you can swap motherboards without having to re-install Windows?

[slypie]

You might be able to get away with it depending on the chipset and drivers needed for the new motherboard. It will probably prompt you to install any new drivers needed. Personally I don't recommend doing this as in the past it's caused me stability problems afterwards.

[clairedc]

I tried similar when my boards bios died, still had to reinstall windows though unfortunately.

[iCraig]

You don't have to reinstall windows with any new board, you can either repair the installation using the DVD or a trick is if you can boot into windows at all, go and delete the motherboard drivers and display drivers and Windows should use default drivers too boot.

[clairedc]

Bugger, wish I'd known I could just repair the bloody thing last year lol.