Last friday night my AsRock z97 extreme4 motherboard blue screened on me and then refused to post afterwards. Upon taking it to a shop and having them run diagnostics on it, we determined that it was the integrated GPU that had died and that it would unable to operate further.
I've been doing research regarding buying a new motherboard and while a clean Windows install is the preferred option for a new mobo I'm considering a replacement right now as a temporary measure until I can afford to upgrade my cpu and mobo at the same time.
So putting that matter aside (sort of) for now, my question is this. Assuming I get a motherboard with the same chipset/socket (z97/lga 1150), is it possible to plug it in, boot it in safe mode, uninstall the old motherboard drivers, and install the new ones without touching Windows install at all?
I don't have my Windows repair CD any more (lost over the course of several moves) and I foolishly put around 2/5th of my data on the SSD the windows install is on. So if possible, I'd like to just make it as simple a swap as possible. Any advice towards this would be appreciated. Thank you!
Edit: I'll also ask if it's possible to do the same for a different processor/motherboard set, but I'd assume that the closer the chipset is to the old one, the less complications there might be.
I've been doing research regarding buying a new motherboard and while a clean Windows install is the preferred option for a new mobo I'm considering a replacement right now as a temporary measure until I can afford to upgrade my cpu and mobo at the same time.
So putting that matter aside (sort of) for now, my question is this. Assuming I get a motherboard with the same chipset/socket (z97/lga 1150), is it possible to plug it in, boot it in safe mode, uninstall the old motherboard drivers, and install the new ones without touching Windows install at all?
I don't have my Windows repair CD any more (lost over the course of several moves) and I foolishly put around 2/5th of my data on the SSD the windows install is on. So if possible, I'd like to just make it as simple a swap as possible. Any advice towards this would be appreciated. Thank you!
Edit: I'll also ask if it's possible to do the same for a different processor/motherboard set, but I'd assume that the closer the chipset is to the old one, the less complications there might be.
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