How to install a pentium processor?

Question

Hello, i would like to upgrade the processor on my computer?

i would like to know it this is a complex process to take?

and also all the steps in detail of what i need to know, and what i need to know?

would really appreciate it if someone could help me.

Thanks

Answer 1

To make absolutely sure of if you do it properly, you could be looking at youtube video tutorials of actual people doing it, http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu...

Please also remember that all chips are different sockets, eg: 478, 775 etc, you can also check on chip or hardware manual. Try to also find if your using an AMD motherboard or Intel, as you will need this info to buy a AMD chip or Intel chip.

Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 2

It is really easy and takes about 10 mins, including taking the case off.

Just pop the heatsink off the cpu, release the cpu lock, take it out, put the new one in, put the lock back, replace the heatsink.

Your new CPU will have a big sheet with pictures in anyway, so don't sweat it!

Answer 3

I wish i knew. haha. I could try find out for you though. Watch this space. I might come back and edit it if and when I find the answer.

Answer 4

Before you upgrade the processor, make sure the new processor will work with your motherboard.  If the motherboard is not compatible with the processor you will not have a working unit.  

If the processor is compatible, remove power cord, open the computer case, remove the processor cooling fan and processor cooling block, and then open the two levers that lock down the processor.  Carefully remove.  

Reverse the process and you are back in business.

CAUTION !  Static charge can and usually will destroy the processor.

Answer 5

It's a simple process, but pretty pointless unless the chip is really cheap or your existing one is just no good.  Unlike Apple products, PC's are easy to modify provided that the new parts are compatible.  keep inmind that there's more to upgrading than simply removing the CPU and putting in another (this is actually the easiest part).

The problem with changing the chip is that evolving chip/mobo architecture means that there will be few real improvements in performance before the architecture changes.  That means that successive chips may become incompatible with your system before they become better - if you have a motherboard with a 478 socket, newer, more powerful 478 chips might offer few observable improvements; rather you'd need a 775 chip to see real improvement, andyou won't be able to fit that on your board.  

if the improvements are minimal, you have to weigh that against the risks of upgrading - 1st, getting the incompatible chip risks harming your system.

For a CPU, you need to consider what the FSB speed is - for a Pentium 4 HT, it might be 800MHz.  You also need to know what the socket is - like the other answerer said, different motherboards have different sockets.  Yours might be a 775LGA.  The older standard, 478, is also still present on many systems.

The next problem is heat sink - you'll have to apply some new thermal paste to the new chip - it's easy to do and about as easy to mess up.  You'll also have to ground yourself against static shock (you can get one of those anti-static bracelets at Radio Shack).