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Shuffle motherboard

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/shuffle-motherboard.135617/

papa
papa Original post #1
Jan 2, 2011 at 7:04 PM
Hi everybody out there.....
I have a HP pavilion desktop with pentium 4 processor.I just want to change the mother board with a core 2 duo without losing the windows setup.The hard disk has also got a recovery partition.
Will it be possible...if yes can you guide me through please.:arrow::confused:
coderunknown
coderunknown #2
Jan 2, 2011 at 7:39 PM
can be done i guess. all you need should be to uninstall the drivers & install the new drivers for the graphics & chipsets. but frankly, getting Core2Duo now (2 generation older than Sandy Bridge) can only be said as a bad decision. get Core i3/i5/i7 or settle for AMD Athlon II/Phenom II processor with a good motherboard.