Question Is there anything I need to know about changing replacing motherboards?

[phxlxng]

I recently just bricked my Asus prime B450 plus motherboard and planning on replacing it with a Asus tuf b450m, everything else is the same. CPU is still a Amd ryzen 5 2600.

My question is do I need to do any window reinstalls or can I just simple plug all my components back in and call it a day?

 

[Lafong]

I'd at least try it....see what happens.

May at least boot. Any problems you later discover may be fixable fairly easily.

Or not.

I assume your other choice is to spend X hours reinstalling Windows and all applications.

X may be a small or large number. Up to you to decide how painful reinstallation might be and at what point you'd give up and reinstall anyway.

 

[CountMike]

I recently just bricked my Asus prime B450 plus motherboard and planning on replacing it with a Asus tuf b450m, everything else is the same. CPU is still a Amd ryzen 5 2600.

My question is do I need to do any window reinstalls or can I just simple plug all my components back in and call it a day?

Chipset drivers are identical, should have no problems running windowsjust make sure that BIOS is set same way as when windows were installed. Namely UEFI or CSM/Legacy and TPM on/off.

 

[dwd999]

I recently just bricked my Asus prime B450 plus motherboard and planning on replacing it with a Asus tuf b450m, everything else is the same. CPU is still a Amd ryzen 5 2600.

My question is do I need to do any window reinstalls or can I just simple plug all my components back in and call it a day?

Your windows license is linked to a code embedded in your old motherboard so you should expect your new motherboard to show that windows is not activated. You will have to contact microsoft to arrange a license transfer.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Your windows license is linked to a code embedded in your old motherboard so you should expect your new motherboard to show that windows is not activated. You will have to contact microsoft to arrange a license transfer.

Just run windows activation troubleshooter and specify, you had a significant hardware change.
Should reactivate after that.
Requirement is - you have to be using microsoft live account and license has to be linked to your account before hardware change, for this to work.

Reactivating Windows after a hardware change - Microsoft Support

Learn how to prepare your Windows device for a hardware change and find help reactivating Windows after a hardware change is complete.

support.microsoft.com

 

[USAFRet]

Given this is the same manufacturer and chipset, it will probably work without a full OS reinstall.
Key word, probably.

And of course, you'll have to work through the OS activation.

 

[Misgar]

When you say you bricked the motherboard, are you sure the CPU, RAM, etc., are undamaged? If the two motherboards have similar chipsets, the change might not be enough for Windows to complain about a board swap.

Thinking back I've completed pre-installed Windows 7, 8 and 10 setup on laptops using a Local Account and I'm pretty sure they reactivated automatically when the OS was reinstalled. I much prefer local accounts and the ability to choose the primary account name myself, so I don't use my Microsoft Account when installing Windows.

I even managed to fool a brand new Windows 11 laptop into accepting a local account by switching off the WiFi Application Point half way through setup. The laptop was supposed to come with Windows 10 and I was confused and surprised when the Windows 11 desktop finally appeared. I wondered why setup looked slightly different. A quick wipe and reinstall of Windows 10 fixed it.