Intel Core 2 Quad compatibility

[chemicalrong]

I am currently using running an Asus P5WD2-E Premium with a Pentium D dual core CPU. I'm thinking of upgrading the CPU to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU. Can anyone tell me if the Quad core Q6600 CPU is compatible with my Asus MObo?

It seems to be cause the MObo supports 65 nm chips and is LGA 775 interface. however, the Q6600 CPU is not listed as one of the supported CPUs on the Asus website.

(http://support.asus.com/cpusup...del=P5WD2-E%20Premium)

Also does anyone know if by simply changing the CPU i will need to re-install the OS (win XP)?

Thanks and appreciate any info on this.

 

[ViRGE]

That's a 975X board, so yes. At worst you'll just need the latest BIOS so that the board can identify the chip.

 

[chemicalrong]

Nice. thanks for the info.

You reckon i'll have to re-install win XP after doing the quad CPU transplant?

 

[zsdersw]

Doubtful. XP is already configured for multiple processors with your Pentium D, so you should be fine.

 

[chemicalrong]

Glad to hear that. it'll take a whole day just to get all the software back on...

Cheers.

 

[zsdersw]

Yeah, I know the feeling. At work, I'm having licensing headaches with Autodesk software on the master image I'm making for a bunch of computers.. and at home I'm backing up all of my software and stuff in preparation for installing Vista Business x64 with the new motherboard

 

[MarcVenice]

new mobo's do require a new install of your OS, a new CPU does not

 

[Accord99]

Unfortunately, not all 975x based MBs support the C2Ds. The Asus P5WD2-E does not, the only Asus 975x MBs that support the C2D are the P5W-DH and the P5WDG2 workstation MBs. You can blame Intel and their VRM updates for that.

 

[zsdersw]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
new mobo's do require a new install of your OS, a new CPU does not

Well, right.. even if XP was installed on a single-processor computer, the most that would have to be done is changing it to multi-processor with the installation of a multi-core CPU.

 

[MarcVenice]

And not even that, when I went from a single core to dualcore cpu windows detected it itself. I did install the amd dualcore patch, but I doubt it mattered any. To bad his mobo doesn't support the new cpu's. Gotta love sockets being phased out and what not.

 

[mrblotto]

I'd be curious to know if the ASUS P5N32-SLI supports quads. Like the first post above, it is not listed on the 'Supported CPU list' shown here:
http://support.asus.com/cpusup...t.aspx?SLanguage=en-us


But it says it IS supported in the FAQ (last page)
http://support.asus.com/faq/fa...remium&SLanguage=en-us

Then again, I just noticed this, so perhaps the whole thing is moot/not worth it at this time.....
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view...page=1&SLanguage=en-us

 

[chemicalrong]

It's final. the Asus P4WD2-E Premium is not compatible with the Quad core CPUs.

Boohoo.