Replacement parts question

[sanityvoid]

Hi guys. I have a question and I'm not 100% on the answer.

I have an aunt who I built a computer for. It uses an older AMD 939 socket set. As of right now there is a single core CPU in there. I recently upgraded my rig to an Intel system. I had the same AMD socket set 939 before the upgrade but with a dual core, better mobo and better ram.

So my question is, could I just pop in the Mobo, CPU and RAM into my aunt's PC? I used an OEM winXP cd from newegg and of course the hdd will be fine, but will windows give more errors or even boot? I know the driver's will need to be updated on the hdd/windows, but I don't want to hose her system and make it unstable in the process. Basically she has software installed that she don't have access to anymore (former company) and I don't want to do a complete format and reinstall.

Does that make sense? I think I explained it right but I'm not sure if you get my drift.

Any help would be great, thanks!!!

 

[Outlander_04]

since they are both socket 939 the simplest option is to swap processors and leave her mb in her computer .
That should be trouble free . You could also add your RAM to help speed things up a bit too , but I'd do that after I had run it with the new processor .


it is possible to make a complete swap , but its a bit more complicated

 

[jsc]

The odds are about 50:50 that the complete motherboard swap will work. But to be really safe, check to see if the newer processor will work in her motherboard. Then swap just processor and memory.