instaling a new swanky p4 3.2 presscot.....

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tobybton

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sounds great!
But......
i have looked every where and i just dont know how to start.is it as simple as physicly taking out my stinky celeron cpu and replacing it then i reboot, it works or do i need to up grade the bios? The motherboard is a gigebyte ga-81g1000 pro and it has a big sticker saying "prescot ready" intel 865 chipset, so all should be well? please i bow low to ur mighty computer wisdom.

thanks
 
tobybton said:
sounds great!
But......
i have looked every where and i just dont know how to start.is it as simple as physicly taking out my stinky celeron cpu and replacing it then i reboot, it works or do i need to up grade the bios? The motherboard is a gigebyte ga-81g1000 pro and it has a big sticker saying "prescot ready" intel 865 chipset, so all should be well? please i bow low to ur mighty computer wisdom.

thanks
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How do you have a Celeron in there if it says Prescott Ready? All the Celerons I saw were socket 478, and all the prescotts I saw were socket 775.....I could be wrong. What socket is your mobo?
 
The motherboard is a gigebyte ga-81g1000 pro and it has a big sticker saying "prescot ready" intel 865 chipset, so all should be well? please i bow low to ur mighty computer wisdom.
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As long as its a Socket478 prescott you'll be fine ... of course you should prolly hunt down a Northwood if you want to use the 478 board.
 
Arr the Bios......

from the sites iv seen i will have to up date the bios ANd i have SP2 xp which it turns out will kill my computer!
Really i am asking will i be able to urn the computer off take out the celeron and replace it with the p4 prescott (ill up date the bios 4 the motherboard 1st but that scares the c**p out of me)???

thank u so much 4 ur help, u do have the tec power i wasd after!!!

xxxx
 
P4 3.2

I had one of them P4 3.2 prescotts it was 478 there common. the chip you have is the same thing just weaker version you shuld be fine. How ever would be wise to update your bios to be safe.
 
Really I am asking will I be able to urn the computer off take out the celeron and replace it with the p4 prescott (ill up date the bios 4 the motherboard 1st but that scares the c**p out of me)???
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Well odds are youll want/have to reinstall the OS.
 
thanks!!

it is all now installed. super speedy!!!!!!!!!! thank u i do indeed bow down to ur mightly power.

no really thanks.....never used a tec site before
really helpful.

xt.
 
yes definately re-install the operating system after a new cpu is installed, it just runs better...dunno why but i had to do it when i swaped cpu's
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It runs faster because the appropriate drivers for the CPU and chipset are registered to the OS.
 
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