Upgrading CPU question

[reddevilggg]

I have a Pavilion 1429.uk. It has a AmberineM-GL6E (ASUS A8AE-LE) motherboard which has a AMD Athlon 64 3200+, but supports a Athlon 64 x2.

I want to upgade to the Athlon 64 x2, but what i want to know is, does the new processor have to be 3200+ like the old one or can it be anything.

Is there any information anywhere that i can read about this.

[joevh09]

Go to the Asus website and look for more information in there.

[what_what]

Check your motherboard's specs and see what sockets it supports.

From what you said it will support Athlon 64 x2 so no it does not have to be another 3200+, just look for any AMD processor that is socket Athlon 64 x2.

Hope that helps.

[reddevilggg]

Go to the Asus website and look for more information in there.

Allready done that, the ASUS site is absolutely rubbish, it does not list my,motherboard. ??

[JJ 3000]

As long as it will fit into that socket, you should be fine.

[Kurtiskain]

Only real info I could find is this...

According to the HP/Compaq (same company) tech support website, the motherboard is an AMD supporting Socket 939 mobo (motherboard). Namely the ASUS A8AE-LE, or as HP/Compaq call it, the 'AmberineM-GL6E'.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00496280&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=1831241

As long as the computer is relatively new and doesn't need the motherboard BIOS 'flashed', it will support any AMD processor that is Socket 939.

This includes offerings from AMD such as the AMD Athlon64, AMD Sempron/Sempron64 and Athlon 64 X2 processors, as well as the AthlonFX premium range.

Just make sure it's a 939 socket processor.

If you think you may need a BIOS flash, read the info at this link:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-39981-1&lc=en&cc=ca&lang=en&os=228&product=1118242&dlc=en

Hope this info helps.

    * 1 year ago

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This was from http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070329093904AASRSy2

 

Hope it helps


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[reddevilggg]

The computer is fairly new (2yrs old), but how would i know if i needed to flash the BIOS?

[Kurtiskain]

I wouldnt have a clue HP/compaq seem to like to keep customers in the dark huh. my guess would be to check the motherboard page for a BIOS that is newer than your own...and get the update ready.

However, get your new CPU, and try it without flashing, (you MAY not need to) then if it doesn't work, put the older one back in, flash and then put your new one in

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