Well… just as you guys

Well… just as you guys stated, the in-place upgrade did not go well.  I was hoping the hardware was similar enough, but obviously it wasn’t.  The system booted and worked OK, but there were issues.

Although I was careful to uninstall drivers before doing the upgrade, I guess I didn’t uninstall enough.  One problem area was Intel’s MEI.  Once the upgrade was complete something wasn’t right with MEI and although I could uninstall it after the MB/CPU swap, I couldn’t get it to re-install correctly.

I didn’t spend much time messing with it, and after about an hour I just started over from scratch.  I used mceBackup to restore the scheduled recordings, and of course backed up and restored my Recorded TV folder to/from a USB hard drive.  mceBackup didn’t work for my channel lineups (it duplicated all the channels and cleared a bunch of the call signs), so I had to redo TV setup after deleting the guide database files… so I’ve got to spend some time in GuideTool fixing that up.  Also, I’ve still got my channel logos to install and setup (might as well try version 2)… and there’s something screwy with the tweaking I had to do to the registry to make discrete on/off work correctly.

So… I’ve got a little bit of work yet before it is to the state I started, but it is close and working.  And… with that 35w Core i3-2100T, Skythe Big Shuriken, and fanless power supply (Seasonic SS-400FL), my system finally acceptably quiet (my Samsung plasma TV now creates more noise than my HTPC).  It also runs cooler than the old i3-530.

// Dean