Installing CPU upgrade, help!

[tedthebear]

I am going to try and install a new Celeron upgrade tomorrow. I never have done this before. I don't want to pay $ to have Fry's do this, so I hope I can do it myself. Is there anything I should know before I start? Or is there a link that might help me in this endeavor?

Thanks.

 

[Jen]

does the motherboard you have support the celeron your putting in it?


Jen

 

[tedthebear]

Yes. But only up to 800 mhz, which is what I got. I wish I could go higher but HP says I can't. At least the 800 mhz will give me the faster 100 mhz fsb.

 

[Jen]

in the old days of BX boards i put in a PIII 550E before there was a bios update for it. it booted up at 116mhz so it said on boot . but it still did work


have you considered another motherboard perhaps ? or are funds to limited for doing that?


the procedure i use to change processors is

unplug the power cord to the powersupply
carefully remove the heatsink
remove processor very carefully
then place in new processor
apply a thin coat of heatsink grease.
reattach new heatsink [if it has a thermal pad on the heatsink make sure you clean that off of it] [best way i found to clean heatsink is with soap and water. sometimes even nail polish remover has to be used] make sure you have fan plugged in for heatsink before you ever power the computer back on.
i usually have to clear the CMOS in order for the motherboard to boot up
replug in power cord to ATX

then if everything goes right and thats usually where i get very nervous it will boot up

then go back in to bios and reset everything correctly [special note if you dont know the settings in bios write them down prior to all this]
also check temperature right away in bios to make sure the temperature is right. usually if temperature keeps riseing it means heatsink isnt on properly or to much heatsink grease was used.


i may have missed some things but hopefully i didnt

Jen

 

[OverVolt]

I would reset the CMOS before you install the cpu. i thought about doing the same on one of my old compaq's. Your going to need some thermalgrease unless you bought a new hsf, then it might have a thermal padalready. The instruction manual that came with your PC should have instructions on installing a new cpu.

Make sure to check all the pins are straight, if the cpu doesn't drop right into the socket recheck the pins, DON'T PUSH ON IT!!! Here is a Linky of a howto guide to making your pc/installing a cpu. Your cpu/socket will look different but it's the same procedure.

Since the new cpu runs at a higher fsb check the mainboard and the RAM can handle it. Most OEM boards don't have dividers for RAM so if your increasing fsb to 100mhz make sure your RAM can take 100mhz!!!

 

[CamNeely]

Easy to follow "how-to" here..