Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:36:40 +0300 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: mike@ascendency.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Procedure for upgrading CPU Message-ID: <cb5206420511210536q3faa7b47rca8f629d11899ce7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <006f01c5ee5f$b71ad520$0401a8c0@Mike8500> References: <006f01c5ee5f$b71ad520$0401a8c0@Mike8500>
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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 replacin= g > it with a 3.6 GHz P4 Prescott (560J). Both are 32 bit LGA 775 chips. Th= e > 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.o= rg" > 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.
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