Recent content by OldChipper

  1. O

    What to do about my Drivers?

    Thanks vesp3r, I will give that a try! Sorry! was I supposed to ask only one question per thread. really also need to know what all I should save!
  2. O

    What to do about my Drivers?

    I want to do a clean reinstall of Win7 Pro, I think I have all of the updated drivers for this system. Is there a way to save these drivers before I do the install or will I have to install them one at a time again from the respective sites? Also what all should I save to a before I do the...
  3. O

    Want to change a 7-64 PC to 7-32 PC.

    I want to change my PC win-7 pro 64 bit to Windows 7-32 bit. I already purchased the 32 bit OS software. I was going to reformat and then do a clean install. But I have quite a bit of data on the current drive. Which I can remove if I have to, but I have a new 1-TB WD hard drive, if I...
  4. O

    New build all complete, now what?

    Passed boot test. Do I install Widows-7 next or the CD's that came with the Mobo, and other components? Seems to be a lot of opinions as to what comes next. I don't want to end up with a lot Try-me programs I didn't ask for! Asus M5 A99X EVO R2.0 combo Corsair CX600M 32 Ram (4 x 8) 2TB HHD...
  5. O

    Best mobo combo for what I need?

    I’ve been lurking in the back-ground trying to keep up with what is going on! But, I think I need your advice. I want to build one last computer. Just to many choices! I’m in my seventies so this should my last one. Here are the facts. I don’t game, very little music recording. I do a lot of...
  6. O

    how to replace mother board?

    Thanks guys, Ran into to many unknowns. So I managed to find enough parts to build new old machine and installed Win-98 on it. purchased an enclosure. for the old drive and copied the data from it. keeping it all on a flash drive this time. The things we do, to keep our man toys!!:wahoo:
  7. O

    how to replace mother board?

    My mother board has failed and I have purchased a NOS Intel complete with CPU. Now please don’t laugh or shake your head! Hear me out first, please! This is a 1999 desktop which has windows 98SE. It’s important that I don’t lose the auto-Cad program and data that is on the hard drive. You see...