Processor Upgrade - Vista Ultimate OEM

[Ken]

I want to upgrade the processor on one of my systems from an E6600 to an
E8500. That is the only change I will make to the hardware. Will the
currently installed Vista Ultimate 32-bit OEM come up and run on the new
processor or will it make me re-install? Assuming Vista won't care too much
will MSFT make me go through the phone re-registration process yet again?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can upgrade to a new processor and you will not experience any
adverse effects at all with Windows Vista or product activation. If new
drivers are required, they will will available from Windows Update.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

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I want to upgrade the processor on one of my systems from an E6600 to an
E8500. That is the only change I will make to the hardware. Will the
currently installed Vista Ultimate 32-bit OEM come up and run on the new
processor or will it make me re-install? Assuming Vista won't care too much
will MSFT make me go through the phone re-registration process yet again?
Thanks in advance.

 

[NotEvenMe]

It should work fine as long as the mainboard/BIOS supports it.
If I was doing an update like that, I'd go to a Q CPU not another E.

 

[Ken]

I've was wondering when some one would ask the question! From a price
performance standpoint ($187 for the E8500) what quad processor is going to
match the E8500 overclocked to 3.8-4GHz. I do not want to get into the
world of water cooling etc. and from the comments on the net the Q CPU's
tend to generate more heat. Or... am I missing something that Vista or
Windows 7 brings to the slower Q CPU that will make it the better choice for
real world performance going forward? At this point I only gauge real world
performance on how fast the system is able to process a DVD using Nero
Recode. Based on that, the E6750 system (overclocked to 3.4GHz) is
noticeable faster than the E6600 system (overclocked to 3.2GHz) and both
make my old Pentium D heater system (3.2GHz) seem unusable.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

You can upgrade to a new processor and you will not experience any
adverse effects at all with Windows Vista or product activation. If new
drivers are required, they will will available from Windows Update.

What are you talking? I thought that if you knew one thing about computers,
it was about Windows Activation.

Activation is triggered when a certain amount of 'points' has been reached,
and changing CPU would increase this point count, just like anything else
that does, like changing network card, graphics card, etc..

ss.

 

[Alias]

You can upgrade to a new processor and you will not experience any
adverse effects at all with Windows Vista or product activation.

Really? And if the processor pushes WPA over the point limit, then what,
hot shot MVP?

If new
drivers are required, they will will available from Windows Update.

Anyone that installs hardware drivers from Windows Updates is an idiot
as is evidenced by the chaos that the mouse/touch pad update caused this
month. Hardware updates should be obtained from the hardware
manufacturer's web site. You, Carey Frisch should resign from your MVP
status as you clearly do not deserve it.

Alias

 

[Ken]

Thanks for the information. Being the dumb $%^& that I am I never really
figured out what made MSFT randomly trigger the re-activation routine.
Since you seem to know all about the point count how can I get the play
book?!!

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Thanks for the information. Being the dumb $%^& that I am I never really
figured out what made MSFT randomly trigger the re-activation routine.
Since you seem to know all about the point count how can I get the play
book?!!

Certain things you do increases the point count more than others, but I do
not think that Microsoft has made the information public. You might try
searching on Google though.

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Major hardware changes, like changing out your motherboard or hard
drive.

Those things may have more points, but even just changing a network card has
some too.

ss.