P4 Question

[swp]

I have this older dell pc with this in it. Now, i took it out because i thought that i could just swap it out for this. I put it in and turned it on...the computer turned on..it just didnt boot up.. i swapped the old 1.8 back in and everything is fine. Is it not just as easy as a swap? Is it not compatible? Is it something like the mobo doesnt support past like 2.0ghz or something? No clue. Just looking for some info.

[jayb1234]

Hard to be sure without knowing the motherboard model, but the board probably can't support a 800 Mhz processor.

[glc]

That is definitely not going to work. There is not a Dell in existence that shipped with a 1.8 GHz 400 FSB processor that is going to support an 800 FSB processor, much less one with a Prescott core.

Please post the exact model Dell computer and we can advise you on possible upgrades that will work.

[swp]

Thanks jay and glc. It wasn't too important to upgrade this dell. I just had it laying around the room and a friend gave me this cpu and im like..hmmm will this work? No biggy. Now i just have another peice of hardware lying around. Thanks.

[chuck4456]

Buy a $45.00 motherboard and use your new processor.