Upgrading hardware and Freelancer

Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:13 pm by kingrat

I see quite a few posts in this forum regarding problems after upgrading video cards. It has been my experience that when you upgrade something as important as a graphics card, you should do a fresh install of your operating system as well. I know this sounds rather extreme, but in the 10 years that I have been building and upgrading custom PC's, I have found that in most cases it is only fix for hardware related issues. For example, even though the Graphic Card's chipset manufacturer may say they use a unified driver, the driver acts in different ways depending upon the card in use. By reinstalling a fresh copy of the operating system you are eliminating any registry values that may conflict with your new hardware. These values may remain even if you uninstall the driver from your system. Because Windows can be a bit touchy at times about hardware changes, improper registry values will cause your programs to fail.

Please feel free to let me know if I am all wet. I also hope that this helps.

Thanks

No matter where you hide, Methane Cloud, Ice Field, or Debris Field, the Rat will find you.

Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:12 pm by H.Q. Victor

With any hardware or serious software changes, always back your data up first. Save setting, data ect, not programs that you have disks for. Follow the instructions that come with your hardware, as some have you install the hardware firest, driver second, while others tell you to install thedisk that came with it then th hardware. After you back up your files, if anything goes wrong, you can always do a full reinstall of the OS.

Also, make full use of the customer suppoert that comes with your new device, before and after installation. Thats what they are there for. Hope this helps a little

Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:08 pm by Esquilax

It depends upon many factors, but I do not think that a complete reinstallation of Windows is necessary when installing a new graphics card, as long as ALL older drivers are removed. Of course, XP doesn't like it when you install new hardware; it needs a new product activation key a brief period after installation

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