The trick is to get them to play nicely afterward
Upgrade motherboard without reinstalling Windows 10?
Every now and then you’ll want to make upgrades to your system hardware. The most common component to upgrade is a hard drive to a solid-state drive, or a shiny new graphics processing unit (GPU). Sometimes, however, you may want to replace your motherboard, the part of your computer that helps all the other components communicate.
Upgrading a motherboard isn’t that hard. But activating Windows 10 and getting it to work properly with your new motherboard is another story. Here’s how to replace a motherboard without reinstalling Windows 10.
The problem with replacing a motherboard while on Windows 10 stems from Microsoft’s licensing. Or rather, misunderstanding how Windows 10 licensing works when you want to do a major upgrade.
