Re: Motherboard upgrade

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From: leadfoot (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:19:09 -0700

"Baz" <Baz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8FBADFAD-6183-4FE6-920F-B1F9171FF5F9@microsoft.com...
> Is it a safe thing to do to upgrade your motherboard under Windows XP?

If your goung from mother boards with similar chipsets (like nForce to
nforce or intel to intel) it works best. Going cross chipset "can" give you
a BSOD on bootup

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