Upgrade a motherboard? Easy as unplug and plugin?

I have a decent enough motherboard, but its were I saved money when I first built.

I would now like to invest in a decent one.

Is it just a case of unplugging it all and then plugging it all in again?

do I need to do anything special?

Thanks

if you an oem version of windows 7 you may have problems re registering but other than that if all your components are compatibable you should be fine, Id do a fresh install though and update the drivers and what not but im sure youd do that anyway

I was holding out for plug and play, but you recomend a fresh install of everything...

Is there no software that can take care of the move?

you can try plug and play.. it would probably still work but if I were doing it I would do a fresh install just for peace of mind

No need to do a fresh install when swapping a mobo. Even when Windows would need a fresh activation. Would be quicker to re-activate and isntall the drivers that come with the new board than re-installing the whole kaboodle...

changing the mobo is pretty much unplug then plug it all back in again, though you will need to get some replacement thermal paste and some thermal paste remover for the CPU assuming you don't have any already of course.metacritical

[QUOTE="metacritical"]changing the mobo is pretty much unplug then plug it all back in again, though you will need to get some replacement thermal paste and some thermal paste remover for the CPU assuming you don't have any already of course.superclocked