Re: replace cpu on debian etch
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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.
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>> 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?
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> No. Windows may do such shenanigans, but Linux doesn't.
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>> I'm running Etch with the latest Etch and with whatever k7 kernels it
>> gives me during normal updates.
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>> Thank you for any help.
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>> RD
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Actually yes it will,
Similar CPU's will work, especially with the massively generic debian
kernels.
I've moved a debian install between a pentium 3 and a amd athlon. just
whack the new core in.
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