Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board.

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:54:35 GMT, mwebsurfer <mwebsurfer RemoveThis @verizon.net>
wrote:

>I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.

You need to double-check that the motherboard AS PACKAGED will handle
that particular quad-processor family. Many dual-core motherboards
have required BIOS updates for quad-processors. If you get such a
motherboard before the BIOS update, you may not be able to boot it
to update the BIOS unless you have a processor compatible with the old
BIOS -- Catch 22.

>The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
>there be any problems using XP Pro?

Not physically.

>BTW, I want to do a repair install
>keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
>be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.

Er, what do you mean by "XP Pro is not an OEM version" ??

You must them mean "Retail". In which case there is no problem with a
clean re-install and re-authentication. A repair-install will usually
not work at all unless the motherboard chip-set is identical. You can
try, but I expect not much luck. You may have to do a full
system-reinstall and you will definitely have to install the latest
motherboard drivers for the new motherboard.

Anyway before any such attempts at installation or repair, I strongly
advise a full image backup of your System Partition using your
existing motherboard. I also assume that you have the master disks
and archived updates for all your current applications.

John Lewis
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

mwebsurfer wrote:
> I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
> The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
> there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
> keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
> be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.

You can start by checking the download page for the motherboard.
The operating systems each driver supports will be listed on
the page.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

All manner of CPU support can be found here. (Search by processor
or search by motherboard model)

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Paul
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

If it is a recent board, of course it will run XP.


"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> a écrit dans le message de
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> From: "mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer RemoveThis @verizon.net>
>
> | I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
> | The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
> | there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
> | keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
> | be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.
>
> You have to check with all the hardware manufacturers and verify they
> produce WinXP drivers
> for the motherbboard.
>
> If the motherboard is significantly different, that is their respective
> chip-sets, a repair
> install will fail. You will just end up in a BSoD condition.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

If it is a recent board, of course it will run XP -
as long as an install CD comes with it.


"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> a écrit dans le message de
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> From: "mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer.DeleteThis@verizon.net>
>
> | I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
> | The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
> | there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
> | keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
> | be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.
>
> You have to check with all the hardware manufacturers and verify they
> produce WinXP drivers
> for the motherbboard.
>
> If the motherboard is significantly different, that is their respective
> chip-sets, a repair
> install will fail. You will just end up in a BSoD condition.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:31:40 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer DeleteThis @verizon.net>
>
>| I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
>| The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
>| there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
>| keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
>| be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.
>
>You have to check with all the hardware manufacturers and verify they produce WinXP drivers
>for the motherbboard.
>
>If the motherboard is significantly different, that is their respective chip-sets, a repair
>install will fail. You will just end up in a BSoD condition.

In fact, there are documented methods for keeping the XP installation
when MOVING to a significantly different motherboard. Michael Stevens
provides detailed instructions on doing this, and the process DIFFERS
from the "Repair Install" in which XP is simply being reinstalled on
the system on which it already exists.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

If I were doing this, I would CLONE my existing XP installation to a
new HD on my current installation and then use the cloned HD for the
rest of the procedure. I'd set aside the HD on which XP is currently
installed and NOT use it at all for the transfer process. I'd PRINT
OUT the instructions for "moving XP" from the Michael Stevens site,
read and re-read them several times, and then proceed with the
motherboard replacement, following those instructions in meticulous
detail to get XP reinstalled with a NEW HAL, NEW IDE drivers, and NEW
motherboard drivers for the new board.

If it works, I'd have saved myself about two weeks of installation
time and dozens or hundreds of reboots required by the process of
reinstalling all my programs and data. If it failed, I'd be no worse
off than if I just started with a fresh installation after the MB
swap. My original HD would be perfectly intact in case something
happened that required going back to the original hardware setup. Even
if the "MOVE" process failed, and I did have to proceed with a fresh
installation, I could install the original Windows XP HD in the "new"
computer so that data transfer would be a copy-and-paste process.

Ron
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

1) XP Pro will work fine on a Vista certified motherboard.
2) You'll need lots of luck to get a "Repair Install" to work, thus avoiding
the preferred reformat and install when changing motherboards, so as to
avoid nasty ongoing errors.

--
--DaveW
"mwebsurfer" <mwebsurfer RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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>I want to upgrade my pc with a new MB, Quad core processor and memory.
> The boards I'm interested in say they are certified for Vista. Will
> there be any problems using XP Pro? BTW, I want to do a repair install
> keeping my original installation and added on programs. Any help will
> be appreciated. XP Pro is not an OEM version.
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

Someone else here said XP will not install on a quad core, dual or single
core only.

I do not know if it is true though.

-g
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

On a dual core, whether Intel or AMD I know for sure that it will.


"geoff" <nospam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> a écrit dans le message de
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> Someone else here said XP will not install on a quad core, dual or single
> core only.
>
> I do not know if it is true though.
>
> -g
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board. 

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:06:09 GMT, "geoff" <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote:

>Someone else here said XP will not install on a quad core, dual or single
>core only.
>
>I do not know if it is true though.
>
>-g
>
>

Certainly not true of XP Pro.

Dunno whether XP Home has been expanded beyong 2 cores. Originally XP
Home only supported one core, iirc.

John Lewis
 >> Stay informed about: Using XP PRO on a Vista certified board.