Processer upgrade help.

[bradclark1]

How do you tell what you can upgrade your processer too?
I have a Presario 5000 with a 1.6 Ghz Pentium 4.

[Gizzmoe]

Please download and install CPU-Z, then post the mainboard and CPU details (take a screenshot):
http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-132.zip

[sonar732]

Go into your BIOS and find out the Front Side Bus speed. From there, you can determine how fast you can upgrade the processor to. Also, don't forget to write down the "socket set".

[JSLTIGER]

Your processor is a Willamette-cored P4. It's also either a Socket 423 or a Socket 478 chip. If it is a 423 chip (which I suspect it is at only 1.6GHz), there is no real viable upgrade path other than getting an entirely new computer. If, on the other hand, it is a Socket 478 chip, than upgrades are possible, but as previously mentioned, it depends on the FSB speed of your chip, which can be determined using CPU-Z.

[bradclark1]

What a neat program. I'll do this when I get home.

[kiwi_2005]

Compaq's make good door stoppers.

Custom build is the way to go :arrgh!:

[tycho102]

You will have to look up your mainboard's specificiations. The voltage-regulator-modules (VRM's) can only handle so much current (and the resulting heat), and that is what processor you will be limited to. The manufacturer should have specs.

If they don't, then you'll have to do a bit more digging for other people's posts, and/or the actual vrm's on your mainboard.

[bradclark1]

See if this works.
http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/4381/cpu6av.th.png (http://img307.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpu6av.png)


http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4822/main5aw.th.png (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=main5aw.png)

Wow! Now I feel smart! :lol:

[JSLTIGER]

It appears that my initial assumption was wrong, and you do, in fact have a Socket 478 processor. However, your FSB is only 400 MHz which may going to limit you depending on the Mainboard. If you could give us a screenie of that info, that would help immensely.

[bradclark1]

Look above your head. :D

[Gizzmoe]

That´s only the CPU information, we also need a screenshot of the mainboard page.

[JSLTIGER]

That´s only the CPU information, we also need a screenshot of the mainboard page.

Exactly.

[bradclark1]

Okay. It's posted with the cpu image.

[JSLTIGER]

OK...so the bad news is that your board is a proprietary Compaq model who's max FSB is the 400MHz that you're already at. That limits your upgrade options to the point where it is not worth it to bother, as your board will not support 533 or 800MHz processors. Therefore, your options: stick with what you've got, or buy a new computer.

[Gizzmoe]

Ok, someone was able to upgrade the Presario 5000 to 2.6GHz:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/showthread.php?t=15916&page=4&pp=10

Check the last four posts.

What you probably also need is a BIOS update, yours is very old.

The upgrade would cost about $155:
http://www.pricewatch.com/prc.aspx?i=3&a=12798

[bradclark1]

I feel like an idiot here but my processor is 1.6ghz. Are you talking about another kind of processor?

Edit: Ok. Now I understand

[JSLTIGER]

Yeah...he's talking about a 2.6GHz Pentium 4 instead of your 1.6GHz P4.

[bradclark1]

Is it straight forward to change the processor? Or do I need to do adjustments etc?

[Gizzmoe]

You shouldn´t do that yourself, order the CPU, bring the PC to a computer dealer and let them change the CPU.

[bradclark1]

We are overlapping by seconds on comments. :)

[bradclark1]

You shouldn´t do that yourself, order the CPU, bring the PC to a computer dealer and let them change the CPU.

Okay, thats what I'll do then. Thanks for the help guys.

Brad

[Gizzmoe]

You´re welcome!

[JSLTIGER]

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