I am about to upgrade CPU, any tips?

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I am about to pull out an AMD-K7 550 from my motherboard
to replace it with an AMD-K7 800. I have WinXP Home
installed and it has all the critical updates. Anything I
need to do when I restart my computer after the CPU
upgrade? Will WinXP even notice the CPU switcheroo at
all? Thanks!
 
Raul said:
I am about to pull out an AMD-K7 550 from my motherboard
to replace it with an AMD-K7 800. I have WinXP Home
installed and it has all the critical updates. Anything I
need to do when I restart my computer after the CPU
upgrade? Will WinXP even notice the CPU switcheroo at
all? Thanks!
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JUST the CPU? Same motherboard, hard drive, video card, sound card, network
card, etc?
Windows XP should not even notice. You might.. XP shouldn't.

But - as always - Do some cleanup first and backup your files.
A nice Defragment of your hard drive(s).. a Disk Cleanup to get rid of
unnecessary files, a scandisk to check for drive problems, general stuff..
Be sure to backup your important files.. JUST in CASE.

(You never know.. You could cause a surge that shorts out your motherboard
and hard drive or something. heh)

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There shouldn't be. Last year, I upgraded my motherboard
and chip to a Soyo/AMD combination.

There was nothing to do. XP didn't even call for a
reactivation.
 
-----Original Message-----
I am about to pull out an AMD-K7 550 from my motherboard
to replace it with an AMD-K7 800. I have WinXP Home
installed and it has all the critical updates. Anything I
need to do when I restart my computer after the CPU
upgrade? Will WinXP even notice the CPU switcheroo at
all? Thanks!
.
Be sure to check with your motherboard manufacturer to
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see if your board will support the faster cpu. windows
will not know the difference.
 
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