Regarding changing motherboards

[arvind2008gupta]

Hi,

I had an Intel DG41TY motherboard which went bad. I am planning to replace it with Gigabyte G41 motherboard. If I simply plug in the new motherboard with other components (viz. HDD, RAM and power supply), will the system start working and show the OS on the screen? I am asking so as the chipset is basically the same (G41). Or do I have to format the HDD and install fresh OS in it? BTW I have a dual boot system - Ubuntu + Win 7.

Thanks and Regards,
Arvind Gupta

 

[popatim]

It may or may not work but if it does, be prepared and have all the Gigabytes drivers download and ready to be installed. Odds are the two boards used different chips for the other subsystems like Audio, Network, added USB's...