On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:03:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Let us know how it goes and if you see much of an increase
in overall speed.
Will do. I hope to get it in this weekend. But I didn't buy the new
CPU as an upgrade for more speed. I'm just concerned that the older
one might be bad from overheating. Here's what happened:

I kept getting instant shutdowns on startup. Looking into the case, I
found the little hook on the plastic bracket which holds the heatsink
clips had broken off, making the connection loose. The thermal grease
had dried up, and the CPU must have been overheating and shutting
down.

So I thought, if I'm going to have to change the bracket, I might as
well replace the heatsink and the CPU, in case it has been damaged by
the apparent overheating. But the identical replacement CPU wasn't
available, so I got another socket AM2 CPU which just happens to be
faster. I sure hope it works with the BIOS.
Again, thanks for your advice.

Jack