My motherboard was sent to a repair four weeks ago and it's still at the 
fabricant. I called the shop where I bought it, and they offered me a 
replacement (because it has taken so long by now) - however, this 
motherboard can no longer be bought, so I need to get a different model 
instead, which he said I should find.

My question is - how big is the impact of inserting a new motherboard in an 
existing computer? Will the computer start up like nothing has changed or is 
a re-install of Windows necessary? I'm very reluctant to the latter, so I 
might wait a bit longer if that is the case.

The other question - how do I find a motherboard compatible with all my 
other hardware? I guess processor and graphics card is the only real issue? 
The motherboard in question is a Asus A8N-SLI SE / nForce4 SLI / Sata 300. 
So which newer model supports all the same things that this one does?

It really annoys me having to deal with all this when I just want my 
computer to work again. :(

Rune

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