Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:50:52 -0600 From: Mike Loiterman <mike@ascendency.net> To: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Procedure for upgrading CPU Message-ID: <4F415CBF-C632-4F39-B1DD-C138F6BB8652@ascendency.net> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420511210536q3faa7b47rca8f629d11899ce7@mail.gmail.com> References: <006f01c5ee5f$b71ad520$0401a8c0@Mike8500> <cb5206420511210536q3faa7b47rca8f629d11899ce7@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail-2--301769399 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Nov 21, 2005, at 7:36 AM, Andrew P. wrote: > On 11/21/05, Mike Loiterman <mike@ascendency.net> wrote: >> I'm thinking of upgrading the CPU in my machine running 6.0- >> RELEASE with an >> SMP kernel. >> >> Is it a matter of powering down the machine, swapping chips and >> powering up? >> Is there anything else I would need to do ahead of time or after the >> upgrade? Will I need to recompile world, kernel or ports? >> >> I currently have a 2.8 GHz P4 Prescott (520) and I'm thinking of >> replacing >> it with a 3.6 GHz P4 Prescott (560J). Both are 32 bit LGA 775 >> chips. The >> motherboard is a SuperMicro P8SGA. >> >> ------------------------------ >> Mike Loiterman >> grantADLER >> Tel: 630-302-4944 >> Fax: 773-442-0992 >> Email: mike@ascendency.net >> PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > As long as you don't lose any CPU features (e.g. > SSE3 or MMX), which is clearly your case, you're > absolutely safe to just swap the chips. So would the same be true for a Pentium D - dual core or to move to a 64 bit capable chip? My kernel is already SMP enabled and running well. ------------------------------ Mike Loiterman grantADLER Tel: 630-302-4944 Fax: 773-442-0992 Email: mike@ascendency.net PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E --Apple-Mail-2--301769399--
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