i have a emachines w4885 with a vg33 motherboard and a P4 2.8 Ghz 400FSB cpu in it i was wondering would i have any trouble or problems with a upgrade to a better intel 915g board and a higher intel P4 530J CPU, would my original hardware such as my hard drives boot properly with ocordance to the new motherboard.

*** ALSO do motherboard come preflashed with bios ***

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Welcome to PCHF,

You won't have any problem with your original hardware if you upgrade to the new motherboard + CPU.

Are you using Windows XP?
Are you doing a fresh install of windows or using the current one thats loaded?

There can sometimes be problems when running an operating system that has been previously installed on another motherboard, but I think Windows XP is clever enough not to crash the system. It should automatically detect the new motherboard and load the drivers for it.


Yes the motherboards BIOS is already flashed, so you won't have to do anything there.

Good choice of motherboard BTW?

i am running windows xp and im using the current one that is loaded. i have emachines restore cds that restore the computer to when it was originally purchased with all the original software on it. plus thanks for all the help guys i wanted an upgrade to get a pci express graphics card.

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