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Old 10-09-2007, 08:17 AM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by dav3 View Post
When replacing the mobo, you should only have to reinstall the OS if the chipset is different in the new board. So if you found another nForce 3 board, it should go in without reinstalling windows.

Have you tried reseating your ram and cpu?
Is Vista more restricted with activation? I plonked a HD from an AMD Duron board into a Pentium D m/b when I upgraded a couple of years ago, I can't remember if I had to reactivate but I certainly didn't have to reinstall... this was with XP, of course.
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