Ron
December 9th 03, 01:49 PM
This is probably not as simple an answer as you think it
is.
First of all, you have to know what processors your
motherboard supports, it may not support a P4, & it may.
Usually, motherboards are fairly limited as to how much
you can upgrade, unless it's quite new.
If it does support a P4, then you would have to buy the
new processor along with a new heatsink/fan because I
doubt a celeron heatsink would be adequate for a P4.
Another thing to consider is your power supply. Is it
one of those 250 or 300 watt things they put in low end
HP's, Dells, or Comaq's?? If so, you're probably better
off upgrading to a 400watt. (Though a 300watt might carry
the system for a while, it most likely will lead to
problems down the road, like hardware failure)
Next, the case. Is there adequate ventilation to support
a hotter running processor??? Who knows?
If all of the above is Kosher, then you remove the old
processor & heatsink, put in the new (be sure to use
thermal paste between the processor & heatsink)& make sure
the fan is plugged into the motherboard. Then leave the
cover off your case & boot-up, making sure the heatsink
fan is turning, if not power off immediately as you can
burn out the new processor in a matter of seconds.
Next, you either have to boot into bios, or change a
jumper on the motherboard to support the new processor
speed (hopefully you have the motherboard manual that
shows the proper settings.
If everything is ok, then boot into Windows & see what
happens....
>-----Original Message-----
>What is required to upgrade to a Pentium 4 processor?
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is.
First of all, you have to know what processors your
motherboard supports, it may not support a P4, & it may.
Usually, motherboards are fairly limited as to how much
you can upgrade, unless it's quite new.
If it does support a P4, then you would have to buy the
new processor along with a new heatsink/fan because I
doubt a celeron heatsink would be adequate for a P4.
Another thing to consider is your power supply. Is it
one of those 250 or 300 watt things they put in low end
HP's, Dells, or Comaq's?? If so, you're probably better
off upgrading to a 400watt. (Though a 300watt might carry
the system for a while, it most likely will lead to
problems down the road, like hardware failure)
Next, the case. Is there adequate ventilation to support
a hotter running processor??? Who knows?
If all of the above is Kosher, then you remove the old
processor & heatsink, put in the new (be sure to use
thermal paste between the processor & heatsink)& make sure
the fan is plugged into the motherboard. Then leave the
cover off your case & boot-up, making sure the heatsink
fan is turning, if not power off immediately as you can
burn out the new processor in a matter of seconds.
Next, you either have to boot into bios, or change a
jumper on the motherboard to support the new processor
speed (hopefully you have the motherboard manual that
shows the proper settings.
If everything is ok, then boot into Windows & see what
happens....
>-----Original Message-----
>What is required to upgrade to a Pentium 4 processor?
>.
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