@mr_habuk

do u plan to change mainboard without reinstall windows XP?

Use sysprep utility will lighten the workload

Ok. Off Topik ya, tapi bermanfaat pada forumer sini.

Anda tentu pernah menukar mainboard (upgrading mainboard) kan?

Yang ni cara upgrade tanpa perlu install semula windows xp. Cuma pasang semula hardware kat casing dgn mainboard baru tu. Harddisk yang ada windows xp di dalamnya (C:\Windows) tu pun termasuk dlm proses pemasangan mainboard baru tu.

Sysprep

Apa itu Sysprep? Ianya adalah utiliti yang membolehkan anda membuat HDD image untuk mass deployment, yang mana hardware komputer boleh macam-macam jenis (eg: kad grafik, memori, kad bunyi).
Apabila anda menggunakan Sysprep, ia akan membuang semua ID hardware daripada OS Windows XP. Saya cuma menekankan bahawa kali ni bukan nak guna Sysprep untuk mass deployment , tapi sekadar buat imej untuk komputer anda dgn mainboard baru tu.

Prosedur:

1. Dapatkan driver untuk mainboard baru dan semua hardware komputer (jika perlu). Terutamanya driver untuk kad network tu.

2. Ambil Sysprep 2.0 dari XP CD anda tu (\support\tools\deploy.cab) dan letak ia dlm folder c:\sysprep.
(AWAS! Kalau anda guna XP SP2 CD, gunakan XP SP2 CD tu juga. Kalau guna XP CD asal, guna CD asal tu jugak).

3. Bukak program sysprep tu (run it).

4. Pilih Mini-Setup, PnP, dan Reseal. Lepas tu, shutdown pc anda dan keluarkan mainboard lama itu.

5. Pasang mainboard baru kat casing berserta dgn komponen˛ hardware lain.

6. Boot komputer, pastu akan keluar skrin yg serupa dgn situasi di mana kali pertama install XP. Itulah Mini-Setup Wizard.

7. Seterusnya, arahan bergantung pada jenis komponen˛ komputer anda, yang mana anda mungkin dikehendaki install driver tersebut.

8. Ok, lepas ni semuanya selesai sudah. Anda tak perlu install windows semula dari kosong, dan tak perlu sakit kepala kerana bloated registry akibat ada driver mainboard lama serta hardware ID lama.

Rujukan:

How to Use Sysprep

Catatan:

Saya dapat pengalaman ni bila bertukar mainboard dari ASUS M2NPV-MX mATX ke Biostar T-Force 550. Saya tidak mahu reinstall Windows XP, jadi google dan jumpa caranya dgn guna Sysprep ni. Kaedah ini benar-benar menjimatkan masa saya.

Semoga artikel ni bermanfaat bagi forumer lain. Sekian.

This post has been edited by coolblade: Feb 19 2007, 05:24 PM

I've clocked my RAM with /6 divider , thus enabling 750 MHz DDR2 at 5-5-5-15-1T. I am wondering if you can give opinion whether I should tighten the timing and use /7 divider which giving 643 MHz DDR2 at 4-4-4-12-1T?

I've tried to clock the base clock beyond 250 MHz, but got problem. Maybe I have to increase a bit the proc's voltage from 1.40v to 1.55v again.. Any advice?

This post has been edited by coolblade: Feb 28 2007, 12:06 PM

in addition, 570 chipset got two gigabit ethernet ports compared to 550 chipset.

By the way, 550 chipset is already enough for most users.

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Added on February 28, 2007, 12:13 pmQuestion for biostar tforce 550 mainboard users here, did you install a RAMsink on these VRM? I noticed that there two holes at both ends of these VRM arrays. Very convenient. If only I could find an elongated RAMsink with some kind of retention in order to plug into the holes.

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Added on February 28, 2007, 12:17 pmOk, I'll experiment and do comparison by benchmarking of these two RAM clocking setups

This post has been edited by coolblade: Feb 28 2007, 12:30 PM

Biostar Tforce 550 also have built in memtest86

Agreed. Biostar T-Force 550 is quite good investment.

But my CPU that is made in china is sux. It's default FID is 1.40v. I can't OC higher. Might to research deeply before buying a really good batch of CPU. I should check the stepping code..

So, is AM2 CPU that made in malaysia get better FID? I mean that around 1.2 - 1.3 volt?

This post has been edited by coolblade: Mar 2 2007, 12:17 PM