Re: Is it possible to switch these processors?
-- Wathen, Metherion <mwathen@bsadesign.com> wrote
(on Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 12:51 PM -0500):
> How do I find out if the processors are socket 7 or slot 1?
> I assumed they were both socket 7; so my question now is, is there something
> on the processor that would indicate the socket type? Additionally where do
> i go on the net to find out info on motherboards, monitors, etc., if the OEM
> is no longer in business or around.
If you know the original manufacturer and the model number of your
motherboard... google for them.
I can tell you right now, unless it's an AMD 450 clone, it's a slot 1,
and it isn't going to go on your mobo. As Jamin also pointed out, once
the processors got to the PII/Celeron series, they also went to an ATX
form factor, which means that you'd be needing a different motherboard,
likely a new case (as the ATX mobos are longer), and a different power
supply.
In addition, most mobos that I've used have a ceiling spec. For
instance, the one in my primary machine can take processors only up to
450Mhz (I have a Celeron 366 in it). I'd originally wanted to upgrade
from my P-200Mhz machine to the Celeron 366MHz processor using my same
mobo and case, but because all of these things had changed (form factor,
voltage, slot 1 processor), this wasn't possible. I went through the
same thing at a business I worked at 3 or 4 years ago as well.
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Wathen, Metherion wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have an older system with a P100 processor, I have another older system
> > with P450 processor. what dangers do i face in swapping the processors?
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Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matthew@weierophinney.net
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