P4 processor upgrade

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I am thinking of upgrading my 2.4 ghz P4 533 bus speed to
a newer 2.6 P4 800. My MB is ok for it, but I am
wondering if this hardware change would trigger a WINXP
reinstall requirement?
 
TonyT said:
I am thinking of upgrading my 2.4 ghz P4 533 bus speed to
a newer 2.6 P4 800. My MB is ok for it, but I am
wondering if this hardware change would trigger a WINXP
reinstall requirement?
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Don't forget that you will, most likely, require new RAM too, unless you're
already running PC3500/3700.
 
-----Original Message-----
I am thinking of upgrading my 2.4 ghz P4 533 bus speed to
a newer 2.6 P4 800. My MB is ok for it, but I am
wondering if this hardware change would trigger a WINXP
reinstall requirement?
.
-----also i like to know how u do that and is that makes
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speed faster than before ??? and what kind software or
hardware is that to upgrade it ???/ thanks mill if ur
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Hi,

Yes, you need to perform a repair install of XP.
BTW, I wonder whether there will be a significant
improvement of performance.
Upgrade to P4 2.8 or above with HT is another story.

The performance of a PC is rely on the overall
configuration and maintenance, not only the CPU speed. I
built my own PC with P4 2.0GA two years ago and its
performance is much better than my friend's new PC
running P4 2.6G

Peter
 
Check for the update for the board from intel for the new
processor,you can check the before/after effects by down-
loading the processor frequency id utility from INTEL.
XP shouldnt mind,the os/file system stays the same.
 
How much do you want for the old CPU?


| Check for the update for the board from intel for the new
| processor,you can check the before/after effects by down-
| loading the processor frequency id utility from INTEL.
| XP shouldnt mind,the os/file system stays the same.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >I am thinking of upgrading my 2.4 ghz P4 533 bus speed to
| >a newer 2.6 P4 800. My MB is ok for it, but I am
| >wondering if this hardware change would trigger a WINXP
| >reinstall requirement?
| >.
| >
 
Tony (if it was you who asked the original question - sorry, my newsreader
only picked up this post in the thread, so I might be answering the wrong
question, or addressing the wrong person...)

Changing the processor will not normally trigger a reinstall or even a
reactivation of XP. If all the other hardware (motherboard chipset, etc)
stays the same then XP will not care - it'll just boot up at the higher
speed.

As the 2.6/800 Pentium 4 processor supports Intel's Hyper-Threading
Technology, ensure that you have Service Pack 1 for XP installed - this is
needed to get the most from HT. And with SP1, the presence of HT on the new
processor will be automatically detected; Windows XP pre-SP1 required a
kernel change or re-install in order to shift from Uniprocessor (non-HT) to
Multiprocessor (HT) mode.

Good luck!

-David Hollway
(mail as in header - remove spam blocker)
 
It would have made a good upgrade for my socket 478 1.7
Celeron.


message | I am planning to use it in another machine. Thanks for
| asking tho.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >How much do you want for the old CPU?
| >
| >
| >| >| Check for the update for the board from intel for the
| new
| >| processor,you can check the before/after effects by
| down-
| >| loading the processor frequency id utility from INTEL.
| >| XP shouldnt mind,the os/file system stays the same.
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >I am thinking of upgrading my 2.4 ghz P4 533 bus
| speed to
| >| >a newer 2.6 P4 800. My MB is ok for it, but I am
| >| >wondering if this hardware change would trigger a
| WINXP
| >| >reinstall requirement?
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
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