Processor Upgrade

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I am about to upgrade the processor in a PC at work from a Core 2 Duo E6400
to a Core 2 Quad Q6600. My boss seems to think that I need to reinstall
Windows XP after doing the hardware change, but I thought you could just make
the swap and Windows wouldn't miss a beat.... Who's correct?
 
none of you.........you will need to do a "repair" installation for XP to
pick up the quad
peter
"Scott Bowden" <ScottBowden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am about to upgrade the processor in a PC at work from a Core 2 Duo E6400
> to a Core 2 Quad Q6600. My boss seems to think that I need to reinstall
> Windows XP after doing the hardware change, but I thought you could just
> make
> the swap and Windows wouldn't miss a beat.... Who's correct?
 
I switched from an E6600 to a Q6600. All 4 cores of the Q6600 were
recognized, although the first 2 were listed as from a Core2 CPU. (XP worked
OK. All 4 cores were active in the Performance tab of Task Manager.)

I wouldn't know a HAL from halitosis, but I believe that the same drivers
are used for any multicore CPU, on a given mainboard.

I believe that neither a repair installation or a clean XP re-install would
be necessary, or even desirable.


Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"Scott Bowden" <ScottBowden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B434B78-1225-4C94-A9D5-6F5CCB7529BE@microsoft.com...
>I am about to upgrade the processor in a PC at work from a Core 2 Duo E6400
> to a Core 2 Quad Q6600. My boss seems to think that I need to reinstall
> Windows XP after doing the hardware change, but I thought you could just
> make
> the swap and Windows wouldn't miss a beat.... Who's correct?
 
Not to mention reactivation (due to the hardware change) - unless you use
the Enterprise (Business) edition which I don't believe requires
activation - but XP Professional itself does.

"peter" <peter@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> none of you.........you will need to do a "repair" installation for XP to
> pick up the quad
> peter
> "Scott Bowden" <ScottBowden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8B434B78-1225-4C94-A9D5-6F5CCB7529BE@microsoft.com...
>>I am about to upgrade the processor in a PC at work from a Core 2 Duo
>>E6400
>> to a Core 2 Quad Q6600. My boss seems to think that I need to reinstall
>> Windows XP after doing the hardware change, but I thought you could just
>> make
>> the swap and Windows wouldn't miss a beat.... Who's correct?
>
 
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