Is this possible ??

Because NT does a hardware check during installation, it's not a good idea to 'port' your hard disk, as you suggest.

In the worst case scenario, it just won't plain work.

In the best scenario, NT will work using the original hardware scenario, thus not making use of your second processor.

You will have to do a re-install. The installation of a dual processor has to be done at the start of installationfor NT. Additionally an install does a lot more than simply find processors and video cards and plug and play components. Even when swapping a hd from one machine to another will cause installation of all components. (pci bus, pci-isa bridge, keyboard, mouse) All the computer compoents are found during the installation not just the dynamic ones like add on cards and devices.

You'll have to reinstall. Whether the new mobo is dual processor or not doesn't matter -- just the fact that it's different will cause NT to throw a fit. Different IDE drivers, keyboard, mouse, sound (if any), different APCI -- NT doesn't auto-detect those things like '98 (even the simple ones like IDE).

--Aaron

Hi,

if you stuck the HD in other Server with dual CPU?s, nothing happens if:
1.) The Mainboard is compatible with the other one.
2.) You have the same NIC in the same Slot.
3.) The VGA should be the same .

You must not RE-Install NT if the above criterias are true. Test it, if you got a blue-screen after it so one of the above was wrong, stuck the HD in the old HW.

If U want that NT uses the second CPU, U should change the Uniprocessor HAL to a multiprocessor HAL. Take the Uptombutility from NT-Reskit for that.

I hope it helps

Frobo

PS: I would make an DSR-Backup before i use the uptomb util !!

In my opinion, this isn't even worth considering. When you balance the time it would take to rebuild the server with the time it would take to try and get what you're wanting to work, it just isn't worth it. Save yourself much time and heartache.

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