digikiwi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> G'day there,
>
> My Athlon 939 - 3200 CPU is dead. One of it's pins coroded (rusty) and
> stayed in the socket (ie broke off the CPU) when I removed the
> heatsink and CPU (the thermal paste held tight). I know that removing
> the CPU without raising the lever is not a good idea but there was no
> other option. The rusty pin shows there was a problem anyhow. I
> removed the pin from the Socket but there is discoloration in that
> sockethole.
>
> 1) I wonder if this will affect performance or means the Mobo is ready
> for the landfill?
>
> The sensible thing of course would be to test it with a new CPU, which
> I'll do pending answers below.
>
> I run two SATA 120 Gb hard drives in a RAID 0 array on a GA-K8NSC-939
> motherboard.
>
> The OS is on the Raid 0 array (XP Pro).
> 2) Can I replace the CPU with a faster one eg 3500+ as opposed
> to the 3200+ without reinstalling the Operating system?
Yes, and a repair install will work fine even if you couldnt.
> For example there is a AMD939 3500+ CPU
> available that is faster AND cheaper.
> If the motherboard is a goner then I would like to upgrade CPU and
> motherboard. However I do want to salvage the data on the RAID 0
> array. So lets say I get a faster chip and gruntier motherboard, and
> then use another (IDE) drive for the operating system.
> 3) Can I still retrieve the data from the two disks in the
> RAID 0 array even though I'm not booting off them?
Really depends on how close the raid chipset is to the old one.
You should never run RAID 0 without proper
backups of the data that cant just be reinstalled etc.
> If yes what steps/ software are needed?
Just what comes with the motherboard.
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