Thanks for the info Webster. Yes, the new mobo has a different chipset and I will be using a new cpu, so Vista is going to go crazy with the change (most likely will not even boot up). My old ASUS mobo will not support high end Dual Core processors (with 1333mhz front bus speed-like the E8500), so Im installing a Gigabyte mobo that has all the bells and whistles. In the end, the new cpu/mobo will be worth it, but i'm not looking forward to reinstalling my OS. (I have to reinstall the OS because a Vista "upgrade" version cannot be reactivated once you switch mobos-in my case I "upgraded" to Vista from an OEM Windows XP which is of course "tied" to the original mobo-once you change the mobo, you're pretty much stuck with purchasing/reinstalling a "full version" of windows. (This prob could have been avoided if I purchased the "full" retail version of Vista in the first place). FYI-there is a way around this prob., but it pretty much violates the User License Agreement.
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