Are processor upgrades possible in NT4?

[jkersenbr]

I recently acquired a K6-2/350 CPU from a gent on the For Sale/Trade board that I intend to upgrade my aging P233mmx with.

Here is my relevant system info:

ECS P5SS-Me mainboard (yes, it's K6-2 compatible)
64MB Micron PC100
NT4 with SP6a and all current "Critical Updates"


So, when the K6 arrived, I decided to go ahead and swap processors. Jumper settings: 3.5x100 2.2v. NT booted, and I was even able to log in and fire up my CPU Temp monitoring utility which showed the K6's temp to be 94F. But then I tried to open an NT Explorer window and the system hung. The next time I tried to boot, it core dumped while loading the kernel. So I re-imaged the drive from a backup image. Now NT boots, but hangs on the login screen. So I reinstalled my Pentium 233mmx and bingo, it runs fine again.

Can processor upgrades be done without reinstalling NT? What is the problem? If I'm going to have to reinstall, I might as well put Win200 on in stead.

Any help is appreciated.

Jeremy

 

[Motorheader]

You could go Win2k but that may be the long way.

I have done this. I make sure I have the SP on a local drive. Shut system down. Replace CPU. Restart system in VGA mode. Reapply SP6a, restart system. Should do the trick for you.

 

[macssuck]

never mind

 

[jkersenbr]

No good, Motorhead.

NT hangs on the login screen in VGA mode with the K6.

Now what?

 

[jkersenbr]

^^^