Will Thoroughbred Processors be Pin-Compatible with Athlon XPs?

[praetorius]

That is, will you be able to swap in a thoroughbred on an existing
Athlon XP motherboard, or will a new motherboard be required?

Thanks

 

[sandorski]

Your mobo will need a BIOS update, but the TBred usues the same socket as XP, so there's no problem there.

 

[praetorius]

Great! Thanks.

But another question: Assuming you DO do the BIOS update and processor
swap, what's the likelihood that everything will work properly the first
time you boot subsequent to such an upgrade?

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

Assuming that your motherboard is fully compatible (i'm sure many of us remember the problems when upgrading to XP processes when our Motherboards were only 1/2 compatible) you comp should work first time up.