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| i've changed multiple fried motherboards under windows7 professional and all was fine after... no need to re-verify i've also changed hard drives (with the rest staying the same) and all was fine - i just ran the online windows thing and no problems either i am sure there is some combination that will set it off - but windows7 is WAY more forgiving then vista and even XP was it seems dann ___________________________________________________________________ Dann Stubbs - dann@darkskydigital.com Dark Sky Digital - http://www.darkskydigital.com http://www.RenderKing.com Value Priced C4D, VRAY Render Farm ___________________________________________________________________ On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:46 AM, Michael Hazarian wrote: > My guess is that if you change the motherboard, you'll have to re-install anyway. Unless things have changed on the Windows front, the underlying hardware drivers are so specific to to motherboards and chipsets, though possible, it is very difficult to use a boot drive from one system on an extensively different one. > > I think I'd plan on a re-install on such a change. > > Mike Hazarian > > On Sep 13, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Brian Maffitt wrote: > >> Thanks Roland, running 64-bit Ultimate, so I should be good... although if I swap the motherboard, processor, and RAM, I suspect Windows will detect "too many hardware changes" and disable itself "for my protection", making me do a reinstall. If past experience is anything to go on, that is. >> >> B >> >>> Hi Brian, if you haven't done so ... you'll want to check on your version of Win7 for its RAM support capabilities - to prevent unnecessary headbumps and budget overshoot. >>> >>> Physical Memory Limits: Windows 7 >>> The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 7. >>> >>> Windows 7 Ultimate >>> Limit on X86 4 GB >>> Limit on X64 192 GB >>> Windows 7 Enterprise >>> Limit on X86 4 GB >>> Limit on X64 192 GB >>> Windows 7 Professional >>> Limit on X86 4 GB >>> Limit on X64 192 GB >>> Windows 7 Home Premium >>> Limit on X86 4 GB >>> Limit on X64 16 GB >>> Windows 7 Home Basic >>> Limit on X86 4 GB >>> Limit on X64 8 GB >>> Windows 7 Starter >>> Limit on X86 2 GB >>> Limit on X64 N/A >>> >>> >>> These are bit bytes I've pasted from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7 >>> >>> Cheers >>> - Roland >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Brian Maffitt" <brian@totaltraining.com> >>> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> >>> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 4:26:37 AM >>> Subject: [AE] [OT] Best Windows Processor/Motherboard upgrade combo? >>> >>> Sorry for the OT (especially you Mac users), but I'm churning through a >>> lot of render-intensive stuff these days and I'd like to upgrade my >>> Windows PC. I'm happy with my Video Cards (Quadro 400 + Tesla Combo), my >>> Case (Alienware tower) & Power Supply (750 watts), and drives... but my >>> Motherboard only supports an Intel Core Duo Quad processor and 8 gigs of >>> RAM, so I'm definitely behind the curve on the CPU. >>> >>> I want to get a new motherboard, processor(s), and RAM, and I'm having a >>> hard time finding solid info on what the best bang-for-the buck is for >>> AE and Premiere work. As I understand it, Ivy Bridge is more optimized >>> for power efficiency rather than number crunching? So do I go for Sandy >>> Bridge? Or stick with Xeon? I'd also like to stick with a budget for >>> these three components of about $1.5K, so getting 12 processors and 64GB >>> of RAM is probably out. >>> >>> If this is too OT, please feel to contact me with a personal response if >>> you have any insights. I'd also be happy to chat on the phone if anyone >>> wants to help. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Brian Maffitt >>> >>> >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >>> >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >> > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > |
