I installed R5F27 on my Intel Pentium 4 box and the installation is perfect. I've got it loaded up with new programs already and all is golden. EXCEPT.... that "golden" glow is really coming from the Prescott P4 chip! It's hitting 75C while watching HDTV and doing a little Folding@Home on the side.

I have a number of Athlon X2 boards around here. A couple of 3600's -- one of them even a 65w processor. What kind of chaos should I expect if I kept my Linux install and traded mainboards and CPUs? Would the system totally hose itself? Would Linux shrug it off and work anyway?

Just thought I'd ask before I'm up to my elbows in CPU thermal grease and power supply wires...

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If you are just swapping CPUs, you should have no issues. I'd recommend doing a backup and auto upgrade if you are doing a mainboard and CPU swap.

I imagine you'd get a kernal panic if you just swapped hardware over. I got that once, just by installing some more ram - same sort too.

Do a backup and then swap the hardware. After that and do an auto upgrade, (or manual depending on your setup...) and new hardware should just be detected and then your db should just come up.

Unless I'm talking out of my ear, that should you be done.

edit -- Darn, beaten to it. - shouldn't talk to people on msn a the same time.

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Auto upgrade can now upgrade to any drive. It doesn't have to be hda1. This came about in E50.

A few weeks ago I poped out the 2.4Ghz celeron and replaced it with a 3.2Ghz Intel processor with no troubles at all. I did it because HD audio sounded like static. It didn't fix the problem and made no difference that I can see.

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