no problem just shoving a new mobo in, done it lots of times, works every
time! given the choice, and the time, i would always prefer to do a fresh
install though, as this allows you to clean out all of the crap that you
have accumilated over the months/years since last clean install, allowong
the new/improved pc to run to the best of it's ability.
one thing i have learnt is that often pnp kicks in before cd/dvd drives (new
ide drivers required?!) to save lots of bothe copy the installation cd
(\drivers, or full cd if you want to use manufacturers install routine) to a
folder on the hdd, then all required drivers are there and accessable.
first job for me is to ALWAYS install a/v and firewall, then install
firefox and delete any shortcuts to ie, then put on, then run crapcleaner,
shocking how much there is and nothings happened yet!