Larry Stotler wrote:
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Per Jessen
wrote: I tried helping a friend with this two-three years ago - according to a Microsoft kb article, it isn't possible if the io chipsets are different. I think it suggested always replacing a broken box with one exactly the same ...
There are ways to hack the registry to remove all existing hardware so that when it boots it will load new drivers. Sometimes it works.
It's a bit of a catch-22 when the old motherboard no longer boots - these days I guess one could run the system in a virtual machine, but it's all a bit cumbersome. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (10.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org