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Upgrade Question?
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5. December 2006 @ 05:37 |
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It is the right pin set and it is a 3.4 Ghz Pentium 4. That is quite a bit faster than what you are currently running. I leave the decision to you to make.
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Shado36
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5. December 2006 @ 09:32 |
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Well, yes it is quite a bit faster, I thought that I might as well get the fastest that I could so as to get the "maximum' benefit! Do u think its worth investing in a new fan/heatsink to go with it? I guess that the present heatsink will not fit as its a different processor.
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5. December 2006 @ 10:47 |
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Every time I buy a processor it comes with a heatsink fan. To be honest, I could be wrong, but I think that every processor you buy comes with a fan.
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Shado36
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5. December 2006 @ 10:57 |
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I have ordered the processor,some arctic silver compound & a fan
http://www.monkeycircuit.com/Itemdesc~ic...Tp~~PCc~FAN.htm
I wanted something with some colour as I have a clear sided case. I think you are right it should come with a heatsink fan but time will tell. How difficult is it going to be for me to do the job?
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5. December 2006 @ 10:59 |
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Shado36
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8. December 2006 @ 12:46 |
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My wife has a Intel celeron 2.0 in her pc, is that also going to be a 478?
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8. December 2006 @ 13:54 |
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Putting a processor in a PC is a piece of cake. There is 0 insertion force. Make sure that you have the arrow on the processor facing the arrow on the socket. Now your heatsink fan will come with heatsink paste. Using that past is fine, just make sure to remove the plastic sleeve that covers the paste.
Like I said 0 force. Your processor will slip right in. Do not try to force it. To find out what pin set your wife has right click my computer and select properties. It will tell you the exact name of the processor in the motherboard. Then we do a search for that processor and find out what pin configuration it uses.
Neither one of the links you provided allowed me to see which one you ordered. I am sure that you ordered the right pin configuration.
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8. December 2006 @ 16:11 |
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Thanks, her pc is a home built one but it has a Intel Celeron 2.00ghz 2.02ghz & 1.25ghz of ram, thats all it says. I had to cancel my original order. Firstly they could not supply the fan I wanted (OOS) then they seemed incapable of processing my order so I cancelled it all and have now gone elsewhere. I ordered it this morning and it has now been shippped whereas the other bunch of "monkeys" (lol) had not done anything after 4 days! I will not beordering anything from them again, they suck.....................!
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8. December 2006 @ 16:49 |
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Yeah, I would have to agree with the last comment you made. So when you click properties on my computer it doesn't tell you what kind of celeron processor it is? My machine is home built and it still knows what my processor is. We might be able to figure it out if we know what the MBoard is. The MBoard should have a name and model number on it. We may be able to look that up to find out what kind of pin configuration is needed for it.
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Shado36
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9. December 2006 @ 03:21 |
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She has an installation cd that has motherboard driver software.It says "Magic Install for Intel/via chipset go2 cd2a if that helps? If thats no good I will get her to download pcwizard and do a scan etc.
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9. December 2006 @ 09:54 |
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No that doesn't help. I need to know the make and model of the motherboard. Normally when you select properties on my computer it tells you what the processor is. Tell her to download that PC Wizard. maybe that will give us the answers we need.
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9. December 2006 @ 10:43 |
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Shado, what cpu are you getting as possible the motherboard won't post or post properly with it? what is the highest speed the motherboard can take? the wife's is a socket 478 most likely a northwood not prescotte. what is the cpu cache as prescotte is 256k & northwood is 128k?
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9. December 2006 @ 11:49 |
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If you want the fastest way to get your motherboard information as well as the CPU/Socket type...
http://www.cpuid.com/
That will tell you all you need to know. No installation required, just unzip to any folder and run the program.
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9. December 2006 @ 12:52 |
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9. December 2006 @ 13:01 |
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I have no idea what the maximum speed that my motherboard can take I am afraid. My motherboard is made by Tri Gem Computers & is a Glendale motherboard, it has an Intel Celeron i845gl (rev b1),a southbridge intel 82801DB (ICH4),bios version 3.24 with PCI Express lonk width x1 max supported x16. I hope this makes sense!
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Shado36
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10. December 2006 @ 12:30 |
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So can anyone tell me if that new chipset will be ok or if I need to go for "plan B"?
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12. December 2006 @ 03:42 |
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I have been in contact with HP and they say that it will not be able to take the speed of the new cpu so I now have to buy a new board which really sucks, I did not want to have to do that!
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12. December 2006 @ 08:54 |
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That surprises me that the motherboard won't handle the speed. If I were you I would return the processor that you just bought. If you are going to have to replace both the motherboard and processor then I would go ahead and spend the money for the fastest you can buy.
This however does give you the opportunity to just build a new machine from scratch. You see when you have to buy a new motherboard you will probably have to buy new RAM. Have you ever built a machine from scratch? It is not hard to do, however, the price may be a little higher than you wanted to spend. If you do it correct and buy a new case and PS then you will have your old machine to sell. Of course you will have to buy all of the components for the new machine.
The other option that you have is to stick with what you've got but to overclock the FSB. You should be able to make that machine run at 3 gigs. If you need some help in doing this I can suggest a few people that know overclocking and the procedures to follow. The trick is to do it slowly. Let me know what you wish to do and I can point you in the right direction.
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Shado36
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21. December 2006 @ 03:37 |
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Well this is my first post using my new processor, I am now running a Pentium 4 3.4 ghz with 1.5 gig of ram. I bought a new motherboard which is from MSI and a real nice Cooler Master fan, so far working very well!
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21. December 2006 @ 10:12 |
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Glad to hear it. You basically just built yourself a new machine!
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