Drop in Replacement of a E6600 for a Q6600

[cbuchach]

I am planning on making an upgrade to the Q6600 on my Asus P5W DH motherboard. I am currently running an E6600 overclocked to 3.5GHz on Vista 64 bit and want to make sure that Vista will identify the two new cores without any problems and without necessitating a reinstall of the operating system?

Also any others info about experiences with the Q6600 on the P5W DH would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[LOUISSSSS]

shouldn't need to reformat/reinstall.

i'd reset the cmos by taking out the battery for a few minutes tho

 

[manimal]

I just did this last night, I thought I reset the cmos but I didnt leave the battery out long enough for some reason because when I dropped the Q in it disabled the last 2 cores for some crazy reason. I scratched my head for a while but after doing a full cmos clear with the battery out for 45 mins just to be sure-lol-everything was cool. I am not happy about the voltage my chip needs when I OC but thats a different story......


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[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: manimal
I just did this last night, I thought I reset the cmos but I didnt leave the battery out long enough for some reason because when I dropped the Q in it disabled the last 2 cores for some crazy reason. I scratched my head for a while but after doing a full cmos clear with the battery out for 45 mins just to be sure-lol-everything was cool. I am not happy about the voltage my chip needs when I OC but thats a different story......


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haha...nice. good to hear that its okay.

well...im assuming quads need a bit more voltage, considering there are 4 cores...more heat obviously too.

 

[legcramp]

just drop it and clock it

 

[cbuchach]

Originally posted by: RIFLEMAN007
just drop it and clock it

Good, that's what I wanted to hear. I just recently installed Vista 64 and don't want to have to go through configuring another operating system.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

For the record, I think the only thing that would make one even consider OS reinstallation would be a change in chipsets.

I also think that you can get around that, too, by uninstalling the old chipset drivers just before the motherboard-switchover.

Correct me if I'm wrong . . .

 

[badnewcastle]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck

I also think that you can get around that, too, by uninstalling the old chipset drivers just before the motherboard-switchover.

Correct me if I'm wrong . . .

Tried that when I did my switch and I could never get it to boot. Also, tried the Windows repair thing and that didn't work, only cause all kinds of OS errors including unrepairable errors with Windows Installer.

Did a clean install and everything worked.

 

[dajeepster]

sounds like you had some problems.

I replaced an E4300 with an X3210 and had no problems at all... but then I had a different motherboard too. I was using an intel badaxe2... same chipset, just different manufacturer.

but in your case... i'd make sure I had the latest BIOS. oh... and I have an Asus P5W DH Deluxe also... I'm running an E6600 in it also.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Chipset is the key. Badnewcastle's experience is something we should all tuck away for further reference. I'd heard vague talk about uninstalling and reinstalling chipset drivers years back.

But ultimately, the advice of my (still working) friend -- a govt network administrator -- is "do a reinstall" if the chipsets are different.

So to that effect, I keep a notebook log and software database, and may take real pains gathering things together so I can proceed as quickly as possible to restore everything after the initial OS and driver installation.

But changing processors with the same chipset should not be a problem.

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
Chipset is the key.

and BIOS

 

[Roy2001]

I am using a 965P-DS3 v1.0 board. Yes it is a drop and boot procedure. But I found I have to increase the RAM volcage otherwise it would reboot frequently. With E6400 I don't have to do. My RAM is OCZ plat. 6400 v2.0. MB is with latest BIOS.

 

[fleabag]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
Chipset is the key. Badnewcastle's experience is something we should all tuck away for further reference. I'd heard vague talk about uninstalling and reinstalling chipset drivers years back.

But ultimately, the advice of my (still working) friend -- a govt network administrator -- is "do a reinstall" if the chipsets are different.

So to that effect, I keep a notebook log and software database, and may take real pains gathering things together so I can proceed as quickly as possible to restore everything after the initial OS and driver installation.

But changing processors with the same chipset should not be a problem.

You mention the chipset but forget the very most important, the ATAPI drive controllers. Removing the chipset drivers doesn't remove the generic windows ATAPI drive controller drivers. So what you have to do is remove the chipset drivers, restart then remove the ATAPI drivers and then shutdown, put drive in new system. In the case of SATA, remove the controller drivers for your SATA boot drive then shutdown and install.

 

[firewolfsm]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman

haha...nice. good to hear that its okay.

well...im assuming quads need a bit more voltage, considering there are 4 cores...more heat obviously too.[/quote]

Nope, they're cherry picked cores so they usually have lower VIDs.

 

[RanDum72]

even the chipset shouldn't be a problem if they are from the same manufacturer. I tried intel 850E to 875 and vice versa, Nforce 2 to 4, with no need to reinstall. It might also depend on the mobo.

 

[gorobei]

couple of things:

1) i had a m/b crapout on me and swapped the HD with OS over to another system. (single proc to dual core) The swap worked post and boot, but pulling up taskmanager it showed only one processor. There may be some registry entry for the number of procs, so it may not autodetect the number of cores in a cpu swap out.

2) i had to get a new m/b with a different chipset to replace the bad one. The process isn't overly complicated but it is a pain, a lot of popup and dialog box clicking. You have to remove all the drivers and use some "show hidden devices" options to find them all. The thing is, you're bound to miss a few entries/drivers. The audio chip on the new board still seems a little glitchy. I might have better luck with a clean install, but this is the price i pay for keeping my hd the same. So it works but may not be perfect.
[The article is somewhere on Arstechnica.com "How to install a new motherboard without reinstalling Windows" by john stokes.]

Let us know how the swap goes.