Are these compatible? MB and Processor question.

[Kelemvor]

I got a PC from a friend. It has a processor in it labeled as follows:

Intel
Pentium 4
2.66GHZ/512/533/1.525v
SL6DX Costa Rica
3234A262-1063

The board on that PC seems to be bad so I'm trying to find if I have another board this will work on. I have an IBM board labeled 49p1599. It says REV 1.2 on it as well.

I can't seem to find specs on this board anywhere to know for sure if the chip will work on it. It's currently got a P4 1.8 chip on it but I think I've found it's a 400/533 MB so this 533 chip I'd assume would work.

Can anyone let me know for sure before I start dismantling things?

Also, if I take the PC with the P4 1.8, can I just swap the chip and boot right back up or will I need to reinstall Windows and such. I wouldn't be replacing the MB so I'd assume I wouldn't have to do anything but have never done that before.

Thanks!

 

[Kelemvor]

Bump for anyone who can find more info on the MB than I can...

 

[Kelemvor]

Can anyone help?

 

[Aluvus]

This IBM page also indicates that it supports 400 and 533 MHz FSB speeds, so I would say it's a good bet that you're fine on that front. It is possible that your board might not support the particular processor you have for some other reason, but the most obvious (if you had a later Prescott chip) doesn't apply to you. In any event, it won't hurt to just plug it in and try.

You will not have to reinstall your operating system after only replacing your processor. If you had previously replaced a lot of hardware and had Windows XP, I suppose it is possible that you might have to reactivate Windows.