Wanting to upgrade

[Ramchu]

I am wanting to upgrade my Desktop computer with :

Intel DB75EN motherboard
I core 5 intel processor 

Now here is my question :
What will I have to do in order to be able to use my existing install of PCLinux on my
Hard Drive ?

[tschommer]

I had an older MB with a dual-core Intel processor on it, and replaced it with a newer board and AMD Phenom II X6. Hard disks, etc. remained the same.

I had to do absolutely nothing (except rewrite my Conky script  )! Everything was detected as usual, and I was up and running as if nothing had changed.

Of course, it was a little quicker 

[µT6]

sometimes the kernel sees the changes and refuses to work, especially with the video card but if you are going to use the same video card, then, less problems

so, export/backup the home folder and make a new install is possible, a option

also make a remasterme to put your entire install in a livecd is a option too

[Old-Polack]

I am wanting to upgrade my Desktop computer with :

Intel DB75EN motherboard
I core 5 intel processor  

Now here is my question :
What will I have to do in order to be able to use my existing install of PCLinux on my
Hard Drive ?

Nothing much.

I have made three such changes to my main machine and still use the same hard drives with the same installations. My installations range from the original 2007 release, updated as far as that could go, to the fully updated 64 bit test5 installation. The original installation of the earlier 2007 version was done on am AMD Athlon64 3000+ on a 754 pin socket MB. This was followed by an AMD  Dual core Athlon64 5200+ on an AM2+ socket MB. The current build has an AMD FX4100 four core CPU on an AM3+ socket MB. RAM went from 2 GB DDR on the 754 MB, to 4 GB ddr2 on the AM2+ MB, to 16 GB DDR3 on the present AM3+ MB.

The only adjustments made to any of the installations is selecting the correct video driver when graphics cards are/were changed. Graphics cards used were an AGP slot nVidia GeForce 6600 GT on the 754 MB, PCIe slot GeForce 8600 GT on the AM2+ MB, and a PCIe slot GeForce 9800 GT used on both the AM2+ and AM3+ MBs. The latter two graphics cards use the same nVidia driver, so no configuration change was needed when making that switch.

Two of my hard drives are in External cases, and get moved between whatever machines I currently have. I have to do the same adjustments for the graphics cards on them as well, if needed, but nothing else when making the switch. The oldest Machine is an old Compaq with an on board nVidia GPU, and I have to use either the nv or nouveau driver for that one, because nVidia no longer supports that GPU with its current legacy drivers.

If you are reusing the same graphics card with the new MB, you should need to do nothing at all beyond installing the hard drive and booting up.

[agmg]

I recently had to change the mainboard and RAM of my kids' desktop and PCLinuxOS had no problem with the change.

[Just17]

Last time I made such a change, I changed the video driver in use to Vesa and shut down the OS.

When booted into the new hardware I changed the video driver to the correct one for the hardware.

[Ramchu]

Thanks Guys for the good advise, I am going to go ahead and make the plunge .
I will mark this as solved when I am back up and running.

Again,
Thank You !

[david1958]

Intel DB75EN motherboard
I core 5 intel processor 

op and a few others turned me onto this.  I went thru a buddys issue on a intel board and we could get no sound and they been having trouble getting the chipset to config.