Swapping Cpu's, Need Some Answers...

[Mirage]

Hello All,

 

First post here at OCC, so bare with me.

 

As you can see in my sig, I'm sunning an old Socket A system. Old yes, but it does what I need it to. Anyway, I currently have a Athlon XP 2800+ cpu, which has been rock solid for the last couple of years. (Though it doesn't OC as much as I would like). But I have a Athlon XP 2600+ Mobile CPU I'd like to throw into it and see what I can do. My question is, do you think I can get away with a simple CPU swap, reset the bios, and not have to reinstall my WinXP SP2 operating system? Or will I have to start all over again?

 

That's it for now. Probably have a million questions in the future.

 

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

And a quick shout out to all my old DFI-Street / DIY-Street friends.

And to all the new friends I'm make here, HELLO!

[Waco]

I did the exact same thing with my old NF2 board. You probably won't even have to reset the BIOS, just make sure you set your CPU back to stock before swapping.

 

You should be able to get a good 2.4 GHz out of that Barton if it's a good chip.

[wevsspot]

I did the exact same thing with my old NF2 board. You probably won't even have to reset the BIOS, just make sure you set your CPU back to stock before swapping.

 

You should be able to get a good 2.4 GHz out of that Barton if it's a good chip.

 

QFT,

 

You shouldn't have any problems with that processor swap (and I think it's a good one I might add - as far as overclocking headroom goes).

 

Just clear your CMOS and reload optimized defaults both before and immediately after the processor swap. Other than that you should be good to go.

 

Cheers.

[Mirage]

Thanks for the input guys, I feel much better now. I'll give it a shot this weekend and report back how it goes. My main goal here is to be able to run at 2+GHz @400FSB. My 2800+ right now doesn't like 400FSB, but will clock a little over 2.1GHz. And from everything I've read it sounds like I'll notice more of a speed improvement at 400FSB than by forcing the CPU clock higher. And hearing that I won't have to re-install the OS is a big relief. Not that it's difficult, just a pain in the butt. I usually end up doing this once a year anyway, just to clear out all the stuff I installed, uninstalled, played with ove the year.

 

Thanks again for your advice and help.

[wevsspot]

You're welcome.

 

Good luck and keep us posted.

[dr_bowtie]

Hey dude....

 

Isnt that the board you got from dear old dr_bowtie....

 

man where have you been hiding....

[Mirage]

Yep it is! Glad to see you found your way over here.

 

PM sent.

 

Later!