tflan that was terrible! But since I know a Timothy Murphy I immediately passed it on to him :-)
I am typing with a large smile on my face. I just upgraded my old Compaq 400 mhz Pentium II to a 1.4 ghz Celeron for $150.
Absolutely painless. Took 30 minutes tops, including putting a notch in a plastic air duct that the Compaq's fan used.
Just pulled the old processor board out and put the new one in.
Check out http://www.powerleap.com (need to use Internet Explorer)
The can do an on-line scan of your system, reporting a ton of technical stuff. You just e-mail it to them and they send back a recommendation. You can also check their compatibility lists for your system.
Impressive stuff. You might have a problem with a really old system's BIOS, but they have a 30-day no questions asked return policy.
/Ed
