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Upgrade from an Athlon to an XP
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If your current motherboard will take the new XP chip then you will be ok but without knowing the exact motherboard I have no idea if it will except the new chip or not. If you can tell me what motherboard you have I can tell you for sure.
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No reinstalling required!
Just resetting of the bios (if it doesn't auto detect)
And memory settings if the old Athlon was a 200fsb variety.
Chances are it will auto detect at the correct speed and your old Athlon was a 266fsb so no memory adjustments will be needed.
There is a possibility however that the motherboard bios may need flashing, so it posts as an XP and not just at the processor speed. Martin Please let members know if there advice has helped any.
Just resetting of the bios (if it doesn't auto detect)
And memory settings if the old Athlon was a 200fsb variety.
Chances are it will auto detect at the correct speed and your old Athlon was a 266fsb so no memory adjustments will be needed.
There is a possibility however that the motherboard bios may need flashing, so it posts as an XP and not just at the processor speed. Martin Please let members know if there advice has helped any.
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