Anyone entered the realms of replacing their CPU with one from the same stable i.e. Duron to Athlon Socket 462, just with a few more hertz gallopping away ?
Will your OS autodetect the fact you've a faster CPU or is it necessary to go through the whole install OS from scratch naus ?
Will your OS autodetect the fact you've a faster CPU or is it necessary to go through the whole install OS from scratch naus ?
Yes - I replaced my Duron 900 with an Athlon XP 1900+ that I picked up for $AU45.00 off eBay.
The OS (in my case at the time, WinXP) detects it fine. The only minor hitch I had was forgetting to check the jumper on the motherboard that had it set for the older slower processor, and the BIOS settings that meant the new processor was running at an uber-safe slower-than-default setting. Once I'd remembered to check (and change) those, it was all systems go.
And man, that was a sweet sweet moment.
You may or may not need to change anything - just remember to check. And yes, you only need a 'grain of rice'-sized portion of thermo paste.