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Re: replace cpu on debian etch



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On 02/28/08 13:51, Rick Dooling wrote:
> I am not a hardware person. I have an old AMD Athlon XP chip 2700 that
> just quit working (I think) on an ASUS A7V8X motherboard.
> 
> If I replace with any socket A Athlon, say, a 2600, instead, same FSB
> and such, will I have to reinstall Debian, or will the same Kernel and
> install work okay with my current installation?

No.  Windows may do such shenanigans, but Linux doesn't.

> I'm running Etch with the latest Etch and with whatever k7 kernels it
> gives me during normal updates.
> 
> Thank you for any help.
> 
> RD
> 
> 


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