Procedure for upgrading CPU

[Mike Loiterman]

On Nov 21, 2005, at 7:36 AM, Andrew P. wrote:

> On 11/21/05, Mike Loiterman <mike at ascendency.net> wrote:
>> I'm thinking of upgrading the CPU in my machine running 6.0- 
>> RELEASE with an
>> SMP kernel.
>>
>> Is it a matter of powering down the machine, swapping chips and  
>> powering up?
>> Is there anything else I would need to do ahead of time or after the
>> upgrade?  Will I need to recompile world, kernel or ports?
>>
>> I currently have a 2.8 GHz P4 Prescott (520) and I'm thinking of  
>> replacing
>> it with a 3.6 GHz P4 Prescott (560J).  Both are 32 bit LGA 775  
>> chips.  The
>> motherboard is a SuperMicro P8SGA.
>>
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>
> As long as you don't lose any CPU features (e.g.
> SSE3 or MMX), which is clearly your case, you're
> absolutely safe to just swap the chips.

So would the same be true for a Pentium D - dual core or to move to a  
64 bit capable chip?  My kernel is already SMP enabled and running well.

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