change out mobo

[Ken Wood]

I am a FreeNAS hobbyist and have version 9.10 running AOK on a wimpy old computer. I do backups and store what ever I want, so no worries.

Question: Can I upgrade the motherboard and video components without a reinstall?

 

[BigDave]

You bet. I just did this a few days ago. No worries.
It's about time you got on proper hardware Ken.

 

[danb35]

Absolutely. Plug the old USB into the new motherboard, plug in the drives, and you should be good to go. If you'd manually configured a network interface, and the new mobo uses different network hardware, you may need to manually reconfigure the network interface, but everything else should be as you left it.

 

[Ken Wood]

Thanks guys but I'm on a zero budget. People keep giving me better old PCs.

 

[BigDave]

Use caution...
Google the newer hardware/mobo model# and FreeNAS to avoid any possible issues.
Newer is NOT always better...

 

[Mirfster]

Make a backup of your config (which you should already have if your doing things proper) as a "just in case".