Computer question, Need answers post haste.

[NeonSamurai]

You sure his board will fit and support your new cpu anyhow? There were several different types of socket that the various sempron 1.8ghz cpus (11 different sempron cpus in the 1.8 ghz range) used. They were socket A, socket 754, socket 939, and socket AM2. Your new cpu is I would expect a AM2 socket. About 50/50 that his board isnt AM2.

At any rate I wouldn't blame Dell for it, you probably didn't check to see which socket the dell board has, and what it can support. To my knowledge Dell has never realy used custom sockets/cpus. They have however in the past used specialy keyed memory so that only dell purchaced memory works on their boards. Though I don't know if they still do it.

[AVGWarhawk]

Dell does some strange stuff. I would not attempt it only because it is Dell.

[CaptainHaplo]

If the OS is win2k or above - don't even try it. The chances of it working are very slim. If you have the EXACT same model of mainboard - meaning all the controller chips are the same REV (something you can't tell visually) then yes it will. If you have simple driver chips that are different rev's, HAL will freak and give you a stop error.

Not worth the hassle....

[Castout]

Your grandfather uses a computer from time to time?

Damn cool. I wish my grandma could too . Sorry out topic

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

If the OS is win2k or above - don't even try it. The chances of it working are very slim. If you have the EXACT same model of mainboard - meaning all the controller chips are the same REV (something you can't tell visually) then yes it will. If you have simple driver chips that are different rev's, HAL will freak and give you a stop error.

Not worth the hassle....

:rotfl:

"I'm sorry Spike, I'm afraid I can't do that."

I have a soundscheme for windows from a space odyssey. Totally awesome.


And no, changing hardware config is not something Win appreciates.