ASUS CUV4X Installation

[macdee]

I have a question and you guys are probably the best to answer it for me. I just bought a Celery II 600 with the plan of simply upgrading my Celery 366 on my Abit BH6. Tried to do it and couldn't get the old chip off so I thought I'd go all out and get a new case and Socket 370 board as well. Got them both, a plain jane case and the CUV4X. My Saturday project is to put it all together, this will be a first for me, never done a mobo before. My Sunday project...tell the wife how much cash I dropped !!
Since I already have everything set up on my 2 hard drives, when I get the board installed do I have reinstall my OS, apps... or will it boot and recognize everything. My current config is below.

Processor(s): Intel Celeron 368MHz
Installed Memory: 128MB Adapter: ATI Rage 128 GL SD AGP (English)
WD205BA C: 20GB
IBM DTTA 10100 D: 10GB

PLEXTOR CD-RW PX-W8432T: E: (CD-ROM/DVD)

Sound Card SB Live! Value
Windows 98 SE

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[Omletteboy]

Windows will detect the new motherboard but you may encounter problems. If you have problems you should remove everything from device manager and remove drivers related to the motherboard. Reboot, windows will redetect everything, reinstall all the drivers.

[glc]

You are replacing an Intel BX board with a Via board. I would recommend that you do this before shutting the old system down:

Copy the Windows cab files onto the hard drive. Make a folder, call it c:\98secabs or something. Copy all the files from the win98 folder on the CD into it - it's not necessary to copy the subfolders though. Download the newest Via "4 in 1" drivers and have them ready on the hard drive too. Then restart in Safe Mode and remove *everything* in device manager and shut down.

Install the new board and processor along with the ram and video card. Hook up just the floppy, CD drive, and primary hard drive (it's a WD so rejumper it for single). Then boot it up, do your bios setups, and boot it into Windows. It will reinstall all your devices. You will have to restart several times. If it asks for the Windows CD, just point it to the cabs folder you made. When it's done, install the Via drivers - you need 3 of the 4 - do not install the ATAPI busmastering drivers - 98 does a better job. You should now have your CD drive available and you can reinstall the video drivers if needed. Then you can shut down and hook up the rest of your drives, and reinstall the other cards one at a time.

It's a lot easier than it sounds - and this is the safest way to do it to avoid conflicts with "ghost" devices.

[macdee]

Thanks for the responses. I have got the new board and CPU in the new case already, now to go with the rest of the project. I'll post back later to report on my success...Hopefully it is successful.

Cheers

[macdee]

Well...I'm happy to report that I am posting this on my brand new mobo and CPU combo. The install went without a hitch, just me being nervous about screwing up so I checked and rechecked and rechecked again everything. The last thing to do is flash the bios, that will be a tomorrow thing. Thanks to you guys for the help, especially GLC, without those instructions I would have been screwed. It's good to know that someone is always available here.

Thanks again !!

Cheers !