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Removing old motherboard drivers after upgrade?

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jamiegreg78

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Dec 30, 2017 3 0 510 My friend has recently upgraded from an old amd cpu and motherboard to an i5 - 6600k. He's stubborn and won't reinstall windows, so he wants to remove the older motherboard drivers so that he can launch the pc. He can currently only launch into safe mode, but doesn't know how to remove the drivers. Solution go to device manager and select each driver and then uninstall it. probably wont fix all the issues though and his stubborness will likely have him spend more time chasing random issues, than it would take to just reinstall windows. 😉 Sort by date Sort by votes

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Ambassador Oct 15, 2014 18,915 2,847 104,090 go to device manager and select each driver and then uninstall it. probably wont fix all the issues though and his stubborness will likely have him spend more time chasing random issues, than it would take to just reinstall windows. 😉 Upvote 1 Downvote Solution

geofelt

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Oct 9, 2006 56,649 5,142 179,240 It really is not necessary to remove drivers that are not used for devices you no longer have. The hard drive space is trivial. If he can boot into safe mode, use the cd that came with the new motherboard to install the new motherboard drivers. He should then be able to boot normally. Upvote 0 Downvote P

Paul NZ

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Sep 15, 2014 20,774 4 61,010 Doesnt mean it wont crash later. if you don't do a clean install Upvote 0 Downvote J

jamiegreg78

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Dec 30, 2017 3 0 510 Math Geek : go to device manager and select each driver and then uninstall it. probably wont fix all the issues though and his stubborness will likely have him spend more time chasing random issues, than it would take to just reinstall windows. 😉 Yeah I told him it would be a hassle. but yeah, this worked for him. Thanks! Upvote 0 Downvote

Math Geek

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Ambassador Oct 15, 2014 18,915 2,847 104,090 believe me i understand. some folks just don't want to hear the truth at least its working for the moment. good luck to him Upvote 0 Downvote

gijoe50000

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May 27, 2013 176 5 18,715 I've been swapping between my AMD and my Intel cpu and mobos quite frequently over the last few months, and I kept meaning to do a fresh Windows install. I usually plan to do it once I know the hardware is stable. Thing is I rarely get around to it as there doesn't seem to be a need anymore. Windows 10 seems to be good at keeping everything stable, it autodetects the change in hardware at the first startup and does it's magic. Obviously if there were glitches I'd be fairly quick to do a fresh install, but if everything is running perfectly I don't see the point. I'd be happy to listen to other peoples recommendations, thoughts and experiences though, and take them into consideration. And I'll obviously uninstall specific applications that are no longer needed.. You don't want your old ASUS AI Suite software running every time your new Gigabyte board boots up!

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