I was given an old desktop a couple of weeks ago and have decided to upgrade it. bunged 512mb of ram and a new graphics card in it ( from Ati rage 3d PRO to Ati Radeon 8500DV). this is the first time i have ever opened up a PC to upgrade and im getting more and more confident.
anyway, the pc's running on a intel celeron 533Mhz cpu, dire, and unfortunately i dont know how far i can go with the motherboard, Intel SE440BX-2 (seattle). Im close to buying a Intel Pentium 3 850Mhz cpu (not much better, but a good learning process) with 256kb of cache and 100Mhz front side bus. Its a slot 1 jobbie but will it fit and work on the mobo.
if it is compatible is it a case of just taking the old one out and putting the new one in. does this effect the O/S in anyway and
do i need to revise the BIOS (p14 at the moment, i think).
would be grateful for a response and in layman terms, but detailed if you like if you think will help.
anyway, the pc's running on a intel celeron 533Mhz cpu, dire, and unfortunately i dont know how far i can go with the motherboard, Intel SE440BX-2 (seattle). Im close to buying a Intel Pentium 3 850Mhz cpu (not much better, but a good learning process) with 256kb of cache and 100Mhz front side bus. Its a slot 1 jobbie but will it fit and work on the mobo.
if it is compatible is it a case of just taking the old one out and putting the new one in. does this effect the O/S in anyway and
do i need to revise the BIOS (p14 at the moment, i think).
would be grateful for a response and in layman terms, but detailed if you like if you think will help.