[Gllug] Upgrading a PC in situ

[Phil Reynolds]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 03:09:54PM +0100, John Winters wrote:
> All this talk of 1GHz CPUs being "old" has finally prompted to do
> something about my power workstation - an 800 MHz Duron.
> 
> I've ordered a ready-made motherboard/Processor/Heatsink/Fan/RAM
> combination.  An ATX board with Athlon 64 3000 CPU and 1 Gig of RAM.
> The power supply in my target box was upgraded about 6 months ago
> because the old one died and I fitted a higher spec one (350 watts and
> specifically claiming to be suitable for an Athlon 64).
> 
> I am proposing simply to open up, remove peripherals, remove m/b,
> install new m/b, re-connect and close the box.  Is there anything else
> I'm likely to need to do?  Additional case fans perhaps?  The box is
> fairly empty with just a single HDD and an oldish video card (not
> powerful enough to need a fan).

Should be relatively simple. You may want to set up a new kernel, if any
of the hardware differs in such a way it would require it, before going
ahead, but that's relatively easy.

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