If the BIOS that is installed when you swap the processor
will support that particular CPU, it should go OK without
any XP issues as long as the Windows activation file doesn't
show too many hardware changes. XP would then think it was
being installed on another computer. A reinstall, over the
top, should preserve your settings and you re-activate.
Somebody else may have some advise. For instance, does your
mobo support hyperthreading and does the CPU you're getting
have it? Is it 400,533 or 800 MHz? What does your mobo
support?
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| Thanks. So, get some appropriate thermal paste and as you
correctly assumed,
| replace that noisy fan.
|
| But the question still remains, do i need to back up all
my configuration
| files for software and expect a weekend of reinstalling
everything, or will
| XP handle the processor transition gracefully?
|
| Thanks - Adrian
|
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > There are many different socket 478 P4 versions, check
to
| > see that you mobo/BIOS support the particular P4 CPU.
You
| > might need to get a BIOS update before the swap.
| >
| > Make sure that the cooler fan is adequate for a hotter
P4
| > and use the proper amount and kind of thermal paste. If
you
| > fan was noisy, a new one might be a good idea.
| >
| >
| > in
| > message
| >
| > | > OK, actually it's second hand. My ailing Celeron
system
| > is a socket 478 and I
| > | > have been given a P4 socket 478 which I think gives
me
| > another 6 months
| > | > before I have to blow the dust off my wallet.
| > | >
| > | > My question is: If I flip the top off my PC and
simply
| > swap the processors,
| > | > will I be creating a raft of problems which will end
in
| > a BSOD, or should XP
| > | > manage the change and install the correct processor
| > driver automatically? Has
| > | > anyone done this before? What is your feedback?
| > |
| > | Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. At least
use
| > some thermal paste.
| > |
| > | -- Bob Day
| > |
| >
| >
| >
