[ubuntu-uk] Motherboards dying ( was:Re: possible to install ubuntu like gentoo?)

[Thomas Ibbotson]

Farran Lee wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 17:50 +0100, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
>> Farran Lee wrote:
>> > I mentioned earlier that lots of people had problems with my model mb, 
>> > and it still didn't work after RMA, so I might have to pick a 
>> > different one. If I did, would I have to completely reinstall the 
>> > system? Or would it just need certain fixes?
>> >
>> > ===================================
>> > Farran Lee
>> > I'm only 15 :P
>> >
>>
>> When I swapped my motherboard, almost everything miraculously just 
>> worked. I did have to reconfigure my graphics card but that was all.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>     
>
> okay, so I definitely won't have to change anything? Somebody 
> mentioned it somewhere... not here though.
>
> ===================================
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
>
I'm afraid I can't comment any further than "it worked ok for me" as I'm 
not really very experienced in these kind of things. I just went ahead 
and did it because I had no other choice as my computer wasn't booting 
with the other motherboard. Of course changing your motherboard is a 
fairly big operation and so there's obviously lots of potential for 
unseen changes to occur that might require you to reconfigure things. I 
doubt you'll have to reinstall from scratch though.

Tom