I can’t confirm this 100% but I think that you should be okay with the swap. Just pop it in, reboot and everything should be……….faster….
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rls Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:11 PM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: [H] Swaping processors 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. 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. 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? Thanks Bob
