Ed: The following is a guest post by Ars CPU & Mobo forum guru Hat Monster. The post is based on an excellent thread on the same topic, which everyone who’s contemplating a motherboard swap should ...

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I checked the motherboard swap thread already, and the question was asked (most clearly by kray28 on page 7) but never answered that I could see.<BR><BR>With my old motherboard, I booted to WinXP on a ...