About to Upgrade Processor...

needamiracle · 04-07-2003, 12:47 PM

Hi All,

I currently have a Duron 1.2 GHz in my main machine, and have purchased a Athlon 2000 (1.67 GHz). Is this a plug and play upgrade? What steps do I need to take in order to make this upgrade as painless possible? I would rather not do a complete reinstall of the OS (RH 7.3) but am willing if it is the best way to get the thing up.

Ryan

rshaw · 04-07-2003, 01:01 PM

it all depends on the motherboard. if it supports the faster processor, just remove the old, and install the new one.

wapcaplet · 04-07-2003, 01:14 PM

You'd probably be okay to just swap out the processor - that is, unless you have compiled/installed software that specifically uses the Duron architecture, which may or may not work on the Athlon.

needamiracle · 04-07-2003, 01:19 PM

Ok, the board does support the processor. I do not have any software issues to worry about? I have done a complete backup of my system just in case.

rshaw · 04-07-2003, 01:27 PM

shouldn't be any software issues

whansard · 04-07-2003, 01:32 PM

I have a bunch of computers, and i often take the
hard drive out and put it in another and boot it.
the computers are all different motherboards and
chipsets and cpu's. going from a duron to an xp
for linux is nothin.