Upgrading Mandriva because of CPU "overclocking"
Hi all,
I recently installed Mandriva 2006 on a system with an ASUS A7V880 motherboard fitted with an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ CPU.
What I didn't notice at the outset was that the mainboard had detected my CPU as an AMD Athlon 1800+. To get the board to properly detect my CPU, I have to manually overclock the CPU frequency to 133MHz, instead of the autodetected 100MHz.
Almost immediately after I did so and booted Mandriva, the system crashed (locked completely, no virtual consoles etc.) I didn't find this too surprising, since I'd "changed" the CPU.
My question is this: What's the best way to "upgrade" the CPU and get everything running properly without a full reinstall. ie Can I just upgrade Mandriva from the CDs to have it detect my "new" hardware?
I suspect I can (after a full backup), as long as I also recompile apps like mplayer that I've installed from source, but I'd like to hear from anyone who has had a similar experience. Thanks!
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