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Can I swap an Intel P4 Northwood CPU with an Intel P4 Prescott CPU?

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Codecutter, 2004/08/22.

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    Codecutter

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    Can I swap an Intel P4 Northwood CPU with an Intel P4 Prescott CPU?

    I have a P4 Northwood 1.5G P4 installed in an ASUS P4B motherboard.

    I would like to swap the Northwood CPU for a 2.4G P4 Prescott.

    Can I just remove the Northwood and plug in the Prescott?

    Or are there BIOS changes?

    Or is it just impossible/impractical to change.

    Am using the MB in a Windows 2000 Workstation

    Thanks all for any help.

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    Steve R Jones

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    Asus P4B Intel 845 Pentium 4 Motherboard

    Socket-478 Pentium 4 up to 2.4 GHz+
    Williamette and Northwood P4 Processors Supported
    Intel 845 Chipset (Pentium 4 w/ SDRAM)
    3x DIMM Slots, up to 3GB Max PC-100/PC-133 SDRAM
    AGP 4x, 6 PCI, 1 CNR, 4 USB
    Onboard AC'97 Audio with SPDIF Output
    Dual Channel Ultra ATA/100 Ports


    Looks like your out of luck.
     
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    Codecutter

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    Steve,

    Thanks for that, but I think that spec was published before the Prescott was released.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    If the specs for your MOBO "now" say Prescott ->Go for it.
     
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    You really wont do that processor justice with PC 133 RAM and a board that doesnt support Hyper Threading.
     
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    Codecutter

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    to make a long story short, I've gone back to the Northwood CPU.

    Thanks fellows for your comment.
     
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