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Change the mobo without installing everthing new?

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First post, by Silent Loon

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I have a Socket 370 based ECS P6BAT A+ mobo with a Via Apollo Pro + chipset and a lot of stuff in it:
Ensoniq Soundscape Elite, EWS 64XL, Diamond Monstersound MX300, Voodoo2 SLI, Matrox G450, P3 750mhz, 256MB SRAM, CD-Rom, Floppy and finally 3 HDs ranging from 2 to 6GB.
DOS 6.2 and WIN98 are installed using a boot manager.

I want to change to a DFI CA61 mobo which would give me one ISA slot more (3 instead of two) without loosing a PCI-slot. Also it should run with a P3 1Ghz coppermine,: max. fsb is 133, highest multi 8x.
It has the Via Apollo Pro 133 chipset on it, which is quite similar to its forerunner Apollo Pro +: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_chipsets

I would like to know if it is possible just to change the mobo without changing the software installation so much, especially I would like to avoid reinstalling the boot manager or Win98.

Reply 1 of 2, by DosFreak

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Create an image with Acronis/Ghost as a backup first.

Nothing will change with your boot manager since your just swapping a motherboard.

I've seen 98 work fine when just swapping motherboard with the same chipset, different chipsets it's a tossup.

You may have to boot into safe mode after the swap.

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