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Swap from Single Core Athlon to Athlon X2

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PzYk0

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G'day anandtech forum members,

I will be changing my cpu (currently a 3500+ clawhammer) to an Athlon X2 3800+. I have updated my bios to the latest available (a8n-sli deluxe) so it is ready to take an X2 processor.

Just a quick question, will I need to reinstall windows (currently windows 2000) or change anything to allow for the dual core setup or will this cpu swap work fine as is?

I guess I am also wondering if windows 2000 will just see the computer as having 2 cpu's now?

Thanks in advance!
 
You'd need to change the hardware abstraction layer from ACPI Uniprocessor to ACPI Multiprocessor, windows might do this by itself though.
 
Originally posted by: Furen
You'd need to change the hardware abstraction layer from ACPI Uniprocessor to ACPI Multiprocessor, windows might do this by itself though.
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It does indeed do this automatically.
 
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