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Original Message
Name: kayliek
Date: March 27, 2006 at 07:21:38 Pacific
Subject: upgrading processors
OS: xp professional
CPU/Ram: 1.8ghz
Comment:

i tried to upgrade my processor from an intel celeron 1.8 to an intel celeron 2.2 but my computer wont turn on with the 2.2. am i doing something wrong?

any help greatly appreciated
kay


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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: March 27, 2006 at 07:55:05 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Did you go to the motherboard manufacturer's website & check the CPU support list for your board?


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Response Number 2
Name: TMP-Man
Date: March 27, 2006 at 10:15:37 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

I think you will see a bigger jump by upgrading to P4 1.8A than Celeron 2.2Ghz since the Celeron only have 2-way associative cache compared to P4 8-way...

TMP-Man

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Response Number 3
Name: kayliek
Date: March 29, 2006 at 04:22:19 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

thanks, my motherboard was made by intel so i presumed all intel processors would work with it.


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