Re: Replacing the cpu

From: Tom Richards (newsgroups_at_brainsturgeonSPAM.com)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:40:08 -0500

I upgraded all the other stuff temporarily, that is, I returned the power
supply, video card, hard drive, etc. to the store (mostly Staples) when I
realized that they weren't the problem. A lot of trips back and forth. 

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Tom Richards
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> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:44:11 -0500, "Tom Richards"
> <newsgroups@brainsturgeonSPAM.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a Gateway Performance 1500 with a 1.5 Pentium
> >P IV. So: 1) are there cpu's out there that are returnable in case this
> >doesn't fix my problem and 2) are all P IVs interchangeable, that is,
will a
> >2.8 fit my mobo?
>
> My bet... if your system can take a processor upgrade then your mobo
> will support up to a 2.0 mhz P IV with either 400 or 533 FSB.
>
> Not really going to knock the socks of the performance you're already
> getting with your 1.5
>
> The money would be better spent on a whole new system (kinda makes you
> wish that's what you'd done before upgrading all those other parts I'm
> sure).
>
>

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