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Thread: Will a Dell Dimension XPS B800R take a 1GHz CPU ?

  1. Dec 10th, 2002, 09:56 AM #1
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    Will a Dell Dimension XPS B800R take a 1GHz CPU ?

    I have a Dell Dimension at home with a P-III 800MHx CPU and a computer in work here with a P-III 1GHz CPU.

    Can I swap the CPUs ?
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  2. Dec 10th, 2002, 10:54 AM #2
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    You need to look at the motherboard type (name, make & model), then look it up on the manufacturers site to get a list of which chips it supports ...

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  3. Dec 10th, 2002, 10:57 AM #3
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    Yeah I know that.
    Its what I teach people to do, but the computer's at home so I dunno yet.

    Anyway, the dell site is an absolute *****.
    Was just hoping someone might happen to know off-hand
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  4. Dec 10th, 2002, 11:01 AM #4
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    Aparently you've got this custom motheboard: Intel VC820 motherboard [Intel i820 chipset]

    The standard page for this one is:
    http://www.intel.com/support/motherb...desktop/VC820/

    & the actual processor info you need for it is here:
    http://www.intel.com/support/motherb...0/procsupp.htm

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  6. Dec 10th, 2002, 11:02 AM #5
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    & yes the dell site is $#%?{@$!!!!

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  7. Dec 10th, 2002, 11:10 AM #6
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    Cheers alex. Just downloading a bios update now
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  8. Dec 10th, 2002, 07:37 PM #7
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    It's possible, some BIOSes don't allow CPUs over xxxxMhz (proprietary BIOSes/boards)

    It won't fry or anything if it doesn't recognize it, so try it
    I'm bringing geeky back...
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  9. Dec 11th, 2002, 04:23 AM #8
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    ARG!

    Wrong bloody size!!!
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  11. Dec 11th, 2002, 04:26 AM #9
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    What's the max it can take then?

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  12. Dec 11th, 2002, 04:29 AM #10
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    Originally posted by alex_read
    What's the max it can take then?
    No, its physically the wrong bloody size.
    The 1GHz CPU here is one of those rectangular ones, like the P5 and before used to look like.
    The CPU in the computer at home is a normal P-II/P-III style black cartridge
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  13. Dec 11th, 2002, 04:39 AM #11
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    haha, there's only 2 hardware things I've never managed to keep up with, one was the difference between simms & dimms type memory, the other was the processor sizes, all this socket 7, slot 1 talk still confuses me & I haven't got a clue what processors fit what slots without looking it up.

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  14. Dec 11th, 2002, 04:50 AM #12
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    I'm fine for DIMMs and SIMMS myself, and the CPU slots... I was fine the whole way along .... 386, 486, P5, P6, P-II, P-III

    Well I thought I was fine for P-III.
    Apparantly not now
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  15. Dec 11th, 2002, 04:58 AM #13
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    I blame the manufacturers for not naming them Slot "smallsquarechipfitsinto" or "slotforbulkyblackrectanglewithfan"

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