Dumb newbie CPU question

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I made the stupid mistake of buying a P4 2.8G
CPU without noticing that it was a P4 "prescott"
CPU and my motherboard accepts only a P4 "northwood"
CPU.
I only noticed my dumb mistake after installing the
CPU and not having the system boot up.
Is this CPU likely to be totally damaged now?
 
I made the stupid mistake of buying a P4 2.8G
CPU without noticing that it was a P4 "prescott"
CPU and my motherboard accepts only a P4 "northwood"
CPU.
I only noticed my dumb mistake after installing the
CPU and not having the system boot up.
Is this CPU likely to be totally damaged now?
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No, it should be ok.

See if the motherboard manufacturer offers a bios update to address this.
Then again, the Northwood 2.8 is faster than Prescott 2.8, and runs
cooler... you might prefer to exchange it.
 
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