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| Good to know. I'll let you know how it goes. Step One: Clone my internal drive and restore it to a much larger drive... > 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> >> > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
