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Motherboard type?
I THINK my motherboard is a socket 7 (?).
I have 2.8Ghz Celeron. How do I find out exactly what sort of motherboard so I can (?) upgrade my chip? CAN I upgrade the chip? But, IF so, will Vista chuck a fit? Rgds Rod Perth |
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Motherboard type?
"Rod Davies" wrote in message
... I THINK my motherboard is a socket 7 (?). I have 2.8Ghz Celeron. How do I find out exactly what sort of motherboard so I can (?) upgrade my chip? CAN I upgrade the chip? But, IF so, will Vista chuck a fit? Rgds Rod Perth If it is a Celeron 2.GHz, most likely a socket 478. If a Celeron D, most likely a socket 775. If it's a socket 478, it would probably be better and cheaper to replace the motherboard and processor with more modern hardware that supports a dual core processor. If you replace the motherboard and processor you most likely will have to reinstall Vista. -- Jim |
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Motherboard type?
If you go for the new motherboard/ updated socket, you have b three days
/b after changing certain hardware to re-register the product key with Windows Genuine Advantage before Vista "chucks a fit" lol. I'm pritty sure the motherboard is one of those certain hardwares. If for some reason you miss that time frame or it defaults to OEM in the product ID (I've heard of it happening) don't waste time trying to figure it out, just call customer support. Try not to miss that three day time frame though, because I've also heard of people having to buy a whole new product key for the same price as the Vista package. If you have the 775 and install a chip, go to the device manager, right click and scan for new plug and play. Double check to make sure it's recognized in the processer menu. This is usually the safe point. If there aren't any issues yet, chances look optimistic. Windows Update, and then if you feel extra cautious, update drivers for the cpu. Update the experience index, if it didn't already take over and do it for you at some point, and you should be set. I don't forsee any real issues on that route, although, I'm not a MS employee, just a user trying to share knowledge. That's what I would do. As far as identifying your hardware, I use a program called siw.exe or System Information for Windows. Its a free download at a href = http://www.gtopala.com/ "www.gtopala.com" /a Hint- when you go to the main website, the top menu bar of the site looks like the XP taskbar, and has a "download" tab. Click that, and then click the "download now" It's a little confusing, I had to scroll around a bit before I figured that out :b It will tell you just about all technical information about your system. Your cpu socket info is under hardware and then motherboard. Another option is to start your computer in the BIOS (Basic Input Output System I think) I don't know your level of experience so I'm assuming not much. If I come across as talking down to you, it's unintentional. How to start in bios? You'll have to research that because it changes per manufacturer. It shouldn't be too hard. Enter the Make and Model and the phrase bios key into a search engine (for example: IBM Deskmate bios key) and 9 times out of 10 its the first selection. It's usually something like "hold delete" or "Press F7 repetedly" during bootup. Once in bios DONT CHANGE ANYTHING! Actually, to play it safe, if possible, don't save when you exit. Every BIOS I've seen you can't use your mouse. It's arrow keys to change fields, space to select, sometimes tab and/or F10, and esc to exit. It will usually tell you on the bottom how to navigate so don't worry to much about that, just wanted to let you know to save panic when the mouse isn't responding. If you poke around in there, just looking, you should come across cpu socket. "JimR" wrote: "Rod Davies" wrote in message ... I THINK my motherboard is a socket 7 (?). I have 2.8Ghz Celeron. How do I find out exactly what sort of motherboard so I can (?) upgrade my chip? CAN I upgrade the chip? But, IF so, will Vista chuck a fit? Rgds Rod Perth If it is a Celeron 2.GHz, most likely a socket 478. If a Celeron D, most likely a socket 775. If it's a socket 478, it would probably be better and cheaper to replace the motherboard and processor with more modern hardware that supports a dual core processor. If you replace the motherboard and processor you most likely will have to reinstall Vista. -- Jim |
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Rod:
Donwload and run CPU-Z 1.40 (http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) This small (500 kB) freeware program will answer your questions about your CPU and mainboard. Carlos "Rod Davies" wrote: I THINK my motherboard is a socket 7 (?). I have 2.8Ghz Celeron. How do I find out exactly what sort of motherboard so I can (?) upgrade my chip? CAN I upgrade the chip? But, IF so, will Vista chuck a fit? Rgds Rod Perth |
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Tks for all replies. I ran CPU-Z, as suggested, thanks, and got:
CPU: Socket 478mPGA Celeron 2.8Ghz Motherboard D865 Perl Chipset: Intel i864P/PE/G/i865P Bus Speed 99.8 Rated FSB: 399.8 I think I am going to try and get a P4 CHIP only...NO motherboard.Will I see an appreciable diff do you think? Rgds Rod Perth "Carlos" wrote in message ... Rod: Donwload and run CPU-Z 1.40 (http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) This small (500 kB) freeware program will answer your questions about your CPU and mainboard. Carlos "Rod Davies" wrote: I THINK my motherboard is a socket 7 (?). I have 2.8Ghz Celeron. How do I find out exactly what sort of motherboard so I can (?) upgrade my chip? CAN I upgrade the chip? But, IF so, will Vista chuck a fit? Rgds Rod Perth |
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Rod Davies wrote:
Tks for all replies. I ran CPU-Z, as suggested, thanks, and got: CPU: Socket 478mPGA Celeron 2.8Ghz Motherboard D865 Perl Chipset: Intel i864P/PE/G/i865P Bus Speed 99.8 Rated FSB: 399.8 I think I am going to try and get a P4 CHIP only...NO motherboard.Will I see an appreciable diff do you think? Rgds Rod Perth "Carlos" wrote in message ... Rod: Donwload and run CPU-Z 1.40 (http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) This small (500 kB) freeware program will answer your questions about your CPU and mainboard. Carlos "Rod Davies" wrote: I THINK my motherboard is a socket 7 (?). I have 2.8Ghz Celeron. How do I find out exactly what sort of motherboard so I can (?) upgrade my chip? CAN I upgrade the chip? But, IF so, will Vista chuck a fit? Rgds Rod Perth How much memory and does you graphics card have its own memory or does it share with main system memory, if yes, how much is allocated to graphics? -- Michael Solomon |