On 11/21/05, Mike Loiterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
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. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
