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That's pretty normal for Linux. If the kernel supports the hardware, it'll load the drivers necessary for the hardware that it detects. Swapping CPU's and chips

by vondur 8y ago

That's pretty normal for Linux. If the kernel supports the hardware, it'll load the drivers necessary for the hardware that it detects. Swapping CPU's and chipsets usually isn't a problem for Linux.

kop316 8y ago
That makes sense, I have just never run into that particular edge case before.
- nolok 8y ago
  Since at least windows 7 it even works on windows, although you need to do some chipset cleanup by hand after reboot before installing the new ones (if you need them). I wouldn't try that experience on previous versions on windows though.
  - e12e 8y ago
    And you need to reactivate windows if you've swapped the motherboard / cpu.
  - vondur 8y ago
    That’s true to a certain extent. Once in a while a system won’t like a drastic change like going from an AMD chipset to Intel and you may get a bluescreen on reboot.