Re: [H] Swaping processors

[Anthony Q. Martin]

Which mobo lets you use a P4 and both dual and quad core CPUs in the same 
socket?  Is this common?

rls wrote:
:: In the process of building a new pc. - To start with, I will use my
:: old Pentium 2.53 ghz processor. I will replace that in April when
:: Intel drops their prices. The old processor is single core, I will
:: replace that with either the dual or quad core.
::
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:: It used to be that if you were going from a single processor to dual
:: that you had to re-install the OS as it would not properly recognize
:: the second cpu.
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::
:: This new machine will run both XP and Vista - will I have to do fresh
:: installs with the new processor, or can I just pop the new processor
:: in and be off to the races?
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:: Thanks
::
:: Bob