can i do this?

Question

Can i change my proccessing chip without doing anything else to the current system? My proccessor seems to slow, (1400mhz,1.4), my motherboard is good, the MSI K8NGM-V, so can i just remove the current proccessor and add a more powerfull one without doing anything else? just dissconnect the power remove the old chip install the new chip power back up and everything should be ok? i dont want to kill the motherboard so any minor details that could cause a problem i would appreciate. I will use an AMD 64 sempron chip, just will increase the MHZ.

Answer 1

What you suggest is quite possible, I've done it myself :)

Things to look out for:

1. The more powerful processor will generate more heat, make sure that the fan you have is good enough for the processor, otherwise it might burn out.

2. Obviously make sure that the processor you buy is the right socket type for the motherboard, you can't put most AMD chips (if any) into a Intel processor's socket, for example. To be on the safe side, your best bet is to replace the processor with a processor of the same make and type, but just more powerful, these aren't the only options though.

3. Be careful of static electric charges in your body, touch something metal and earthed (like a water pipe) before touching the motherboard components, otherwise the static in your body might spark to the board and damage something.

4. The chances are the processor will be very stiff and quite tough to pull out. In theory it just needs a constant upward pull, try to avoid wrenching it about to get it loose (which can get very tempting) since you might damage the pins, or in the worst case, one of the pins might somehow snap off and get jammed into it's hole, which could theoretically ruin the whole motherboard.

And that's about the limit of my knowledge, if you were going from one family or class of processor to a totally different one then you might have some other issues to contend with, but I have no real idea of what they might be. You may want to look through your BIOS settings to see if there's anything in there you need to change for the new processor (to get to the BIOS do the "Press F1 (or Delete, I forget which) to enter setup" thing on the screen you're computer displays when it's just turned on. You may also want to look for jumpers on the board to see if any of them are relevent (Jumpers look like very small set of pins, in pairs. One of the pairs has a little square thingy stuck on it, by moving the square thingy onto a different pair od pins, you change the settings, they're horribly fiddly though, I can't stand the stupid things. Many modern motherboards do this stuff automatically though, so it's possible you won't find anything you need to fiddle with.



Just realised you need to press F2 during startup to get to the BIOS menu, not F1 or delete

Answer 2

If you don't know what you're doing have someone who does know show you how. There is some college geek just waiting to do this for you I'm sure.

Arctic silver is the compound you'll need when putting your new processer in. Do make sure your motherboard and processor are compatible or you're about to waste an awful lot of money for nothing. Call up the company you are buying the processor from and they will probably cross reference it for you.

Answer 3

Your board is built to support 64-bit AMD® Athlon™ 64, Sempron™ and Turion™ 64 processor (Socket 754)
• Supports Athlon™ 64 2800+ ~ 3700+ and Sempron 2600+ ~ 3300+

You may wan to start by doing a bios upgrade.

Also, here is the manual for the board and some additional support information.


http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/manual/mnu/spt_mnu_detail.php?UID=701&kind=1

Answer 4

Yes, but ...

Make sure your motherboard can handle that particular CPU.

Make sure you use some of that heat glue (er - I forget what it's called) - that helps to transfers the CPU temp to the heat sink.

Make sure the fan is strong enough.

An easier way to increase the speed is to add memory.

Also, before you replace the CPU, find out where the "bottle neck" is. For instance, if your internet connection is slow, it doesn't matter HOW fast the CPU is - the machine will be slow because of the slow connection.

Answer 5

If you have an older motherboard, the AMD 64 bit won't work. 64 bit is a new technology, it is less than a year old. You will most likely need a 32 bit processor. You really need to check with your motherboards specs. to see what processors are compatible with it.

Answer 6

yes you can change it but by the fact that you did not know you could i would imploy you to have a proffesional do this fo you so that during the process you do not mess up anything vital and end up buying a new computer which you know can get expensive

Answer 7

watch out for static eletricity and u may be with the force

Answer 8

you will not have any problem, just be carefull about your CPU socket. every thing will be ok.

Answer 9

YOU HAVE TO ADJUST THE JUMPER TO WORK WITH THE NEW PROCESSSOR

Answer 10

if you want to