Booting problems after motherboard/cpu upgrade

LinuxQuestions.org - Booting problems after motherboard/cpu upgrade. - where Linux users come for help: "Also, you can move a Linux install between any mainboard you want to; the only thing you will have problems with is the video card and X config. What usually happens is, you boot up, X cannot start, so you use the distro's X config utility to reconfigure and then boot right into afterwards. I have done this in front of some winblows using family and friends much to their amazement and chagrin, lol..."