Swapping the mainboard and CPU out... what do I need to know?

[Senectus .]

On 12/10/05, Steve <bassix at gmail.com> wrote:
> Senectus . wrote:
> > I cooked my CPU this morning :-( so I'm swapping the mainboard and CPU
> > out from an A7n8x Asus (nforce2 chipset) and AMD Barton core 2800+,
> > over to an Asus A8v-MX (via K8M800 chipset) and AMD 64 3200+
> > Processor. Am I going to be able to do this without formatting and
> > reinstalling everything?
> >
> > Is there any doco or procedure for a trick like this?
>
> You might want to google for some pointers, but basically it is very
> straightforward. Remember to ground yourself. Make note of where all
> cables and connectors are on the existing board. Some of the more tricky
> ones are the several small connectors from the motherboard to the
> chassis items such as the power button, drive light indicators etc.
> Going from Asus to Asus should be pretty similar if not identical though.
>
> As far as the operating system, everything should boot up just fine. As
> you're upgrading to AMD64, however, eventually you'll probably want to
> upgrade your Ubuntu kernel to the AMD64 variant someday.
>
> Good luck!
Thanks :-)
yeah I know about the hardware setup.. it's booted up now and it looks
like the X and nvidia side of it has spat the dummy.
Is there some command your re-running the nvidia/X.org setup??

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