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| Thread ID: 55145 | 2005-03-04 03:23:00 | New CPU...does it affect the HDD? | wattie (613) | Press F1 |
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| 330526 | 2005-03-04 03:23:00 | I've been offered a freebie 1.2Ghz Athlon CPU to give my kids 1GHz computer a bit of a new lease on life (well, a little bit) If I do this, will the hard drive be affected i.e. is it likely I will need to reinstall windows? By the way, it's running XP Pro and the mobo is an ASUS A7V....1.2GHz is the biggest CPU it will take. | wattie (613) | ||
| 330527 | 2005-03-04 03:28:00 | I dont think so. It should be OK with XP. When this thing was dead a while ago (the CPU), I replaced it with a 400 fsb 1.5 ghz CPU (the original is a 800 fsb 2.4 CPU). No reinstall needed. The system ran, as it did before I replaced the CPU while the new one was sent and replaced by Intel in Malaysia. And after the replacement CPU came back, I installed it and XP was fine. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 330528 | 2005-03-04 04:12:00 | It should work fine. | Myth (110) | ||
| 330529 | 2005-03-04 04:15:00 | should be ok, by replacing the cpu will you need to reactivate windows? if it does seem to have a fit, reinstall windows |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 330530 | 2005-03-04 04:17:00 | Nope dont think u haveta re-activate windows. U would have to, if u changed the motherboard. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 330531 | 2005-03-04 04:17:00 | no you should be fine. windows shouldn't need reactivateing. you have change something like 6 items before a reactivation is required. | tweak'e (69) | ||
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