CPU swap & XP Home OEM

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Patrick Hill

If I swap my Pentium 4 for a higher Pent. 4, will I be able to use my same
XP OEM?

I'm looking to swap out my processor in the future for a better one, but am
not sure if I can use the same XP OEM.
 
That depends what its tied to .........usually the MOBO sometimes the BIOS...
80% of the time you can change the CPU without a problem.........why not phone
and ask the people who sold it to you??
peter
 
Thats shouldnt be a problem at all,the only one might be if the new P4
has hyper-threading,and the old doesnt.
 
Patrick said:
If I swap my Pentium 4 for a higher Pent. 4, will I be able to use my same
XP OEM?

I'm looking to swap out my processor in the future for a better one, but am
not sure if I can use the same XP OEM.
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An OEM license is permanently bound to the first computer on which it's
installed, but this doesn't prevent you from upgrading that PC by
changing a single component.

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Thanks for the info. This gives me some planning to do to swap the old CPU
in the future.
 
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